unknown; obscure; insignificant
loss; defeat; counter for losses
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
for convenience; as a matter of convenience
seventh day of the month; seven days
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
long (time); protracted; prolonged
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to sleep all day; to idle away one's time; to loaf all day
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
re-; again; repeated; deutero-; deuto-; deuter-
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
bubble; foam; froth; head on beer
to cut off the head of a sleeping person; to assassinate someone while they sleep; to catch someone off their guard by setting traps
to engrave an inscription; to call (designate) itself; to mark; to label
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to torment; to punish; to treat harshly; to beat up; to give a drubbing; to cause damage to
at that time; in those days; at that moment; then
all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
ignorance; innocence; stupidity
whether one wants to or not; without choice
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
surely; certainly; no doubt; indeed
state of mind; mental state; mental attitude
to be more than one can imagine (esp. of sadness, anguish, etc.); to be impossible to comprehend
to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
to take an aggressive position; to stir up trouble
to play outside (out of doors)
to behave like a spoiled child; to behave like a spoilt child; to fawn on; to depend and presume upon another's benevolence
responsibility; liability; blame; torture; torment; persecution
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
even so; anyhow; at any rate
particular; hard to please; fussy
guardian; protector; patron; parent
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...