Quartet Grammar Ch. 4-6

~以来

ever since~

~ような気がする

have a feeling that~; feel like~

せっかく

go to the trouble of ~ing; long-awaited

Nさえ

even N

~さえ~ば

if only~

~たばかり

have just done

~ないで済む/~ずに清む

get by without ~ing; it saved me from ~ing

(X は) Y ほど~ない

X is not so much ~ as Y is; X is not as ~ as Y

~(という)わけだ

that’s why~; no wonder~; so you mean~

~ば~のに

if~; it would be~

Question word ~ても

no matter what/who/when/etc

~たび(に)

whenever~; every time

~はずだ

be supposed to~; should~

~ておく

do something in advance

~ないでおく

leave something undone

(もし)~ても

even if

~ように

so that~

Nにする

decide on N

~だけあって

as might be expected of~

~(という)わけではない

it’s not that~; it doesn’t mean that

Nからみると/すると/いうと

judging from the standpoint of N

~(の)ではない(だろう)か

(although I cannot say this with confidence) I think it is the case that~

~がる

show signs of~

~(よ)うとする

be just about to do; attempt to do

~(よ)うとしない

he/she doesn’t even think about doing; make no attempt to do

~まま

just as it is; unchanged; as remains

~ように言う

tell someone to do something

~ほど

to the extent that~; so much that~

わざさざ

go all the way to; take the trouble to