new employee; freshman employee; new hire
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
personal affair; one's own affair
while; during; performed in this condition
ordinary; run-of-the-mill; usual
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
unless (you do something)
now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease
evil influence; (evil) clutches; tentacles of evil
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
important matter (for discussion (deliberations))
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
one or two; a few; small number
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
one's student (esp. a former one); one's pupil; one's disciple
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
February; second month of the lunar calendar
friction; discord; strife
fixed period; fixed term; regular; periodic; fixed-term commuter pass; fixed-term deposit
trembling with fear; filled with trepidation