incarnation; impersonation; personification; avatar
to be born; to come into this world
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
town; city; municipal; urban
elite; best; pick; cream of the crop
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
first year of high school; first-year high school student
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
mature woman; middle-aged woman
to be unable to stand; to be weak in the knees; to be paralyzed (e.g. with fear) (paralysed); to be dumbfounded
demon; devil; evil spirit; -crazed person; -obsessed person; fiend
eye; insight; vision; gist; main point; hole
to curse someone to death; to put a deadly curse on someone
learning about the world; preparation for life in the community; work experience
self-control; self-restraint
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
henchman; follower; (arch.) adopted child
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
to fasten one's eye on (a person); to stare at
consideration; taking into account
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
to get permission; to get approval; to get the go-ahead
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
discretion; prudence; good sense; judgement; judgment; wisdom
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
jealousy; roasted rice cake
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
in a bad temper; cranky; crabby
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
transient (symptom, phenomenon); temporary; passing; fleeting
stage made of Japanese cypress (in noh, kabuki, etc.); the limelight; the big stage; the big time
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit