the basics, a general idea

for the time being, for the present

(literally) one side / everywhere, all around, the whole area / one viewpoint, one opinion or way of thinking / the front page of a newspaper

(idiomatic) tears (drops from the eyes)

crēdō ut intelligam

(informal) "not knowing even a millimeter": completely ignorant in regards to something

vicissitudes, the way that the world or a person prospers one day and declines the next

dotting the i's and crossing the t's

successive series of questions and responses

You should treasure every encounter, for it will never recur.