(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
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
consequence; outcome; result; blame
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
indicates emotion or admiration; indicates emphasis; I; me; wah!; boo!
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
until (a time); till; to (a place or person); as far as; to (an extent); up to
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
police; police officer; police station
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
it seems; I think; I guess; right?; don't you agree?
pudding (esp. custard); black hair dyed blond but where the roots have again turned black
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
what; you-know-what; that thing; whatsit; whachamacallit; (not) at all; (not) in the slightest
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
that; the; part (as in "part two"); um ...; er ...
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be; to exist; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen
life; living; I; me; student