pregnancy; conception; gestation
right?; isn't it?; hey; say; you know; you see; will you?
scheduled date; expected date; due date; estimated date of confinement; expected date of delivery
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
August; eighth month of the lunar calendar
second day of the month; two days
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
now; the present time; just now; another; more
centimeter; centimetre; centi-; 10^-2; sentimental
approximately; about; to (about) the extent that; (almost) enough that; as ... as ...; like
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
excuse me; pardon me; I'm sorry; thank you
to say; to utter; to name; to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"); to make a noise
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
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
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
another thing; exception; special case
so; therefore; accordingly; like I said; I told you already
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to differ (from); to vary; to not be in the usual condition; to not match the correct (answer, etc.); to be different from promised; isn't it?
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
no; nay; well; er; you're welcome; not at all
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university