quarrel; dispute; argument
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
bonds (between people); (emotional) ties; relationship; tether; fetters
pity; sympathy; compassion; affection; love
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
just friends; no romantic interest; (lit.) no pulse
delineation; demarcation; drawing a line (e.g. between what's acceptable and unacceptable); (measuring) ruler
cheerful; jovial; weather; season; spirit of yang
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
to feel goodwill (towards); to wish someone well; to have a strong liking (for); to be emotionally involved
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
to replace; to move; to change the position of
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
year in, year out; always; 24-7
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
deciding first; settling (a matter) first; first priority
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
sincere; earnest; serious
to be pleased with; to suit
otherwise; if not; or else
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
to replace; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
to be the ruin of (a person)
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
intentional; deliberate; contrived; artificial
to be dispersed; to get separated
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
(I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding