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Strong emphasis or assertion directed at others; Rough, masculine emphasis; Exclamatory marker for a bold statement

Strong emphasis; Forceful assertion; Friendly or familiar emphasis; Rough masculine emphasis

emphatic particle indicating surprise or emphasis; soft exclamation, like "oh!" or "you know"; strong assertion or determination in a feminine tone; exclamatory ending for emotional emphasis

So?; Well? (friendly or familiar); What now?; And then?

You should; It would be good to; Best to

Probably; Right? (archaic/ literary usage)

shall; I wonder; isn't it?

Or something; Any... (with question words); No matter (who)

easy to (do); likely to (happen); easy to be affected by

Difficult to; Hard to; Not easy to do something

Gradually; Little by little; Step by step

more and more; rapidly; increasing quickly; progressively

We/They/You all (plural forms); These/Those (plural demonstratives); Plural suffix for certain pronouns and demonstratives

to progress into doing something; to go on with a action over time; to start doing and continue into the future; to move away from the present toward the future

to come to do something; to start doing something; to continue doing something up to now; to have become something; to be starting to do something; to begin to do something

Way of ~ing; How to ~; Manner of ~ing

Only by; With only; Just by; Just with

But; Still; However; Nevertheless

To not ~ and ~; Not ~ and ~; Connecting two clauses with negation (reason/contrast)

not ~ and; not so; because not (used to give a reason)

without doing; not ~ and ~; without having done