to be raised (e.g. child); to be brought up; to grow (up)
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
setback; failure (e.g. plans, business); frustration; discouragement
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to run; to run (of a vehicle); to drive; to rush (to); to dash; to retreat; to flee
to become desperate; to give in to despair
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
addition and deletion; taking out and putting in; plugging and unplugging; making do; getting by; managing
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
stale; hackneyed; cliched
imagination; supposition; guess
any more; any further; any better; any longer
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
single; simple; singles (tennis, badminton, etc.); win bet (bet which predicts the winner of a race)
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
photograph; photo; picture; moving picture; movie
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
world; society; people; the public
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
regular customer; valued client
until now; so far; up to the present
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
(social) position; status
human relations; personal relationships
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
the world; society; sphere; circle; world-renowned; world-famous
as it is; as one likes; because; condition; state
to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)
to sniff around; to snoop around; to nose about
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
legal means; legal methods; legal measures
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem