ah!; oh!; yes; indeed; aah; gah
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
to attack; to assault; to assail
compact disk; CD; cash dispenser; (negotiable) certificate of deposit
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
the expectation is that ...; the reason is that ...; the fact is that ...; the explanation is that ...; it is that ...
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
by itself; automatically; naturally
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
hello (e.g. on phone); excuse me! (when calling out to someone)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
what's the matter?; what's wrong?; what happened (to) ...?; what have you done (with) ...?; where is ...?
yes; yeah; hum; hmmm; oof
a little; a bit; just a minute; for a moment; somewhat; rather; (not) easily
-ness; indicates assertion; come; come now
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
eh?; what?; yes; that's correct; (arch.) strengthens a question, assertion, etc.; (arch.) hey
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
your house; your home; your husband; your organization; you
results; record; grades; marks
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
below; down; bottom; beneath; underneath; just after; right after
junior high school; middle school; lower secondary school