IDIOM

To busy oneself in a way which cannot lead to any profitable result

To work hard to achieve one's aim

To afford hope or ground for expecting a good result

To advance one's position in life

To drink little

To drink alone

To drink in the company of others

To be a drunkard

To misinterpret

To bestow importance

To make publicly known

To originate

To feel sorry

repress an emotion

To laugh at others

To have doubt

To be in the extreme hatred

To be furious

Bitten by a snake

To reveal the secret