to lean against each other; to rely on each other; to depend on each other; to scratch each other's backs
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
to dry up; to grow dry; to lose moisture
fondly; admiringly; with fascination; with adoration; with enchantment
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
(linguistic) competence; language capability
confession (to a crime, wrongdoing, etc.); admission; professing one's feelings (to someone one wants to go out with); declaration of love; profession (of faith); confession (of sins)
to have a rumor circulating
to blur; to shade off; to gradate; to obscure; to make ambiguous
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
patience; forbearance; endurance; forgiveness; pardon
face; honour; meld; lineup (of players participating in a mahjong game); attendees (e.g. at a meeting); members
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
very loose; slowly; leisurely
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
unintentionally; calmly; inadvertently; innocently
little grebe (Tachybaptus ruficollis); grebe (any waterbird of family Podicipedidae)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
slowly (but steadily); little by little; with a sizzle; burning; oozing out (e.g. of sweat)
to burn (with jealousy, desire, etc.)
to talk together; to chat together
silly; foolish; absurd; childish; easy; trifling
sticky; syrupy; weakly (of a flame); gently (e.g. boil); dozing off; napping
middle of the night; dead of night
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
wherein; therein; thereinto
road; load; loading (a program or data into memory); Lord; Lord (title of members of the British nobility)
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
to turn pale; to lose color; to lose colour
to divide; to separate; to partition; to punctuate; to mark off (with a comma); to insert pauses (between words or phrases when reading aloud)
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
keeping a domestic animal beyond its useful life; keeping a person on the payroll without utilizing their skills
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
comparatively; relatively; fairly; rather; pretty; unexpectedly
to be manageable; to be able to handle
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
in proportion to; just as much as