Vocabulary

seamless; contiguous; unbroken; non-stop

down-market; popular; mass-market

forbidden fruit

inshallah; God willing

Servant of God

to leave behind

dream for the future; hopes for the future

Sukkot; Succot; Feast of Tabernacles

to survive; to continue living; to escape death

to move forward; to move on

up through; up until; down to

(wearing) nothing but a pair of underpants

(wearing) a loincloth alone; nothing but a loincloth

unlucky

to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended

to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject

hard-nosed; strong-willed; determined; unyielding; stubborn; resolute

to take someone down a peg; to cut someone down to size; to dampen someone's confidence

hard-nosed; strong-willed; determined; unyielding; stubborn; resolute

hard-nosed; strong-willed; determined; unyielding; stubborn; resolute

to shake with rage

incoherent; inconsistent

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to be awesome; to be extreme; to be incredible

to make tea

to breathe new life into; to usher in a new phase; to break the mold

to gain popularity

to penetrate a body (e.g. with a spear or bullet)

to beat out a rhythm

to aim for laughs; to play to the crowd

to extend from one year to the next; to go to the next year

to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

to hinder; to obstruct; to disrupt; to interfere with; to cause a delay

to look slightly doubtful; to look puzzled; to bend one's head slightly to one side

to be found out; to be seen through; to be exposed; to come to light; to be revealed

identity theft

identity theft

waking up early; getting up early; early rising

to go through several printings; to run into several editions

reasonable; understandable; justified; not without reason