prologue; prolog; Prolog (Programming in Logic)
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
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
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
direction; way; side (of an argument, etc.); one's part; type; category; field (of study, etc.)
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
to come; to go; to be (somewhere); to be (doing)
indicates a question; or; whether or not; some- (e.g. something, someone); hmm; huh; very
eye; eyeball; eyesight; sight; look; stare; notice
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
to be dazzled by; to be dizzied by; to be lost in (greed, lust, etc.); (arch.) to become dark
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
such; that sort of; that kind of; no way!; never!
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
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.
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
from (e.g. time, place, numerical quantity); since; from (originator); by; because; since; out of (constituent, part)
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
that; it; then; that point (in time); (arch.) there; (arch.) you
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
sky; the skies; high-altitude sky; upper air
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to fly; to soar; to jump; to leap; to spatter; to scatter; to hurry
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
(medical) doctor; physician
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
(hospital) nurse; registered nurse; RN
seems; I think; I guess; don't you agree?; I thought you'd say that!
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn