small fraction; small proportion
to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to feel pain
outside of; not covered by
tailoring; dressmaking; sewing; making; preparation
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
being alone; solitude; loneliness; orphan
equipment; facilities; installation; accommodations; conveniences; arrangements
to disturb; to prevent; to obstruct; to hinder
as much as possible; as far as possible; to the best of one's abilities
original idea; originality
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
open-minded; receptive; free from preconceived ideas
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
commissioning; entrusting (with); request; appointment (to a position)
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
stupa; dagoba; wooden grave tablet
millennium; one thousand years; (fig.) long time
unbroken; endless; continuous
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
same; similar; (just) like; equal
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to entangle; to entwine; to pick a quarrel; to find fault; to be involved with; to be influenced by