going through great pains in vain
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
to make someone realize (e.g. their mistake); to bring (something) home to someone; to teach someone a lesson
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
to lose weight; to become thin; to wither away
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
to let out a cry; to break forth
waste of effort; thankless task
otherwise; if not; or else
true character; true heart; true spirit
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
to cherish; to treasure; to prize; to take good care of; to look after
not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
identifiable; personalized
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
whatever the case; under any circumstances
selfishness; self-interest
committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to be crazy about; to be infatuated with; to be obsessively devoted to
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
devotion; attachment; infatuation
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
omission; failure; incompleteness; irregularity; mismanagement; misconduct
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
opposite side; other side; other party