One
such part involves boredom, routine, and petty
frustration. The parents and older folds here will know all too well what I’m talking about.
* petty: insignificant; trivial
ex>
The judge was known to be very forgiving for petty offenses.
Note>
The adjective “petty” was derived from the French word “petit,” meaning “small.”
This original meaning still exists in terms like “petty cash” and “petty
officer.”
* know all too well: to know something
due to unfortunate or embarrassing experience
ex>
The boys knew all too well why there was paint on the car’s back seat.
The
really important kind of freedom involves attention, and awareness, and
discipline, and effort, and being able truly to care about other people and to
sacrifice for them, over and over,
in myriad petty little unsexy ways, every day.
* over and over: repeatedly in a tiring
way
ex>
Tina’s mother told her over and over to wash her hands after being out
in public.
By
way of example, let’s say it’s an average day, and you get up in the morning, go
to your challenging job, and you work hard for nine or ten hours, and at the
end of the day you’re tired, and you’re stressed out, and all you want is to go
home and have a good supper and maybe unwind for a couple
of hours and then hit the rack early because you have to get up the next day
and do it all again.
* unwind: to relax; reverse the effects
of stress
= put
one’s feet up; take it easy; take a load off
ex>
Gord liked to unwind by drinking hot chocolate and reading a car
magazine by the fire.
ex>
Why don’t we all go out for dinner after work this Friday so we can unwind?
It’s
the end of the workday, and the traffic’s very bad, so getting to the store
takes way longer than it should, and when you finally get there the supermarket
is very crowded, because of course it’s the time of day when all the other
people with jobs also try to squeeze in
some grocery shopping.
* squeeze in: to incorporate with
difficulty
ex>
Cameron begged the dentist to squeeze in one more appointment at the end
of the day.
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