society; company; the public; the world
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to undertake; to take on (task); to assure; to guarantee; to vouch (for)
lightly; gently; (breaking apart) easily
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
(not) a single person; (no) one
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods
suggestion; hint; implication
curve; turn; curveball; curve ball; (wine) cellar
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva
person who is ...; thing that is ...
trot; half run; jog; girl in charge of menial tasks in a samurai family
attendance (at school); going to school
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
transition; change; progress; passing (of time)
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name); inferior; younger (of two people with the same name)
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters; having a tendency towards; being close to
to attract notice; to catch the eye; to stand out
lighting (a lamp); turning on a light
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
of late; lately; this part; this point; here
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
premature joy; short-lived elation
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
journey; course; itinerary; stroke (of a piston); throw (of a switch)