half-moon; half a month; semicircle
almost every day; almost daily
tenacious; persistent; stubborn; vindictive; spiteful; vengeful
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
one's person; around one's person
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
devil; demon; Satan; the Devil; Māra; evil spirits or forces that hinder one's path to enlightenment
such; like that; that sort of
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
to write down; to record; to register
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
day; days; sun; sunshine; (the) day; daytime; date
gradually; day by day; every day; each day
at first; initially; in the beginning
mischief; prank; mischievous; naughty; pastime; hobby
to occur repeatedly; to repeat; to be repeated; to be frequent
finally; in the end; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; suspicious
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to write down; to note down; to mention; to describe; to inscribe; to mark
postmark; (postal) cancellation mark
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
in the city; within the city
each time it happens; at all such times
occasion; time; circumstances; (in) case (of); when
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
one's in-laws (esp. a woman's in-laws)
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
disliking; not wanting; unpleasant; disagreeable; no!; quit it!
to come fluttering in (e.g. leaves, snow, flowers, etc.); to come dancing in; to drop in unexpectedly; to happen unexpectedly
to be separated; to be apart; to leave; to go away; to leave (a job, etc.); to quit
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
very careful; thoroughly prepared
(if) by some very rare chance; in the very unlikely event that ...