consecutive defeats; series of defeats
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
hybrid; crossbreed; mongrel
Maltese (small white terrier)
to wag one's tail; to flatter; to butter up; to fawn (on)
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
to be stingy; to be tightfisted
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
finding employment; getting a job
sense of emptiness; empty feeling; feeling of meaninglessness
plectrum; pick; drumstick for Japanese drums (e.g. taiko)
doing whatever one pleases
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
just you wait and see (as a threat)
why; oh; no!; quit it!; stop!
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied
sick person; patient; invalid
(medical) doctor; physician
strategy meeting; council of war
match; game; bout; contest
to be tonsured; to have one's head shaved; to become a monk
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
sports ground; sports oval
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
sweaty; sweat-drenched; covered in sweat
muddy; covered with mud; mud-caked
unity; union; solidarity; combination; teaming up
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know
heap; pile; stack; full measure
to be distracted from feelings of depression, boredom, tension, etc.
brimming with health (vigor, vigour); full of vitality; full of health