giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
pat; tap; pop; crack; cutesy suffix applied to names
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
childhood friend; friend from infancy; old playmate
quirk of fate; curious coincidence; happy chance
to be found; to be discovered
older sister; elder sister
breaking off relations (with); severing one's connections (with); breaking with (e.g. one's past); insulation (electrical or thermal); isolation
bad feeling; cares; ill feeling; grudge; sense of discomfort; discontent
to be solved; to be worked out; to come loose; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. of a ban)
warm; mild; (pleasantly) hot; considerate; kind; genial
(traditional) festival music
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
battle; war; fight (against time, poverty, etc.); struggle (for freedom, survival, etc.); contest; competition