called; named; as many as; as much as; all ...; every single ...
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
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
approval; license; licence; permission
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to descend; to go down; to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.); to pass (of time); to surrender; to capitulate; to be less than
but; however; even; however; no matter how; ... or something; either ... or ...
official name; formal name
Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Sri Lanka)
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
don't; do; hey; listen; now, ...; well, ...
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
hey; you; hey; hey; hold on; yo
serious; not joking; straight
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
together (with); at the same time; in a lump
club activities; extracurricular activities
to start; to begin; to start up (a business, society, etc.); to open (e.g. a store); to start ...; to begin to ...
you said; he said; if ... then; do you seriously think that; I already told you; you should know by now that; the said ...
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
happy; glad; pleased; joyful; delightful; gratifying
looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
something; some; somehow; for some reason; (is there) something (you want, etc.)
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.)
youth; springtime of life; adolescent
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
proposal; proposition; suggestion