dispute; controversy; debate; argument; taking issue
draw (in competition); tie game
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
ornament; decoration; figurehead; leader without real power
round; tranquil; contentedly at ease
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to take great care (in doing); to pay attention; to be careful
possible; likely; probable
postponement; deferment; extension (of time)
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to attach; to stick together; to place together; to put side-by-side; to make someone get married; to get someone hitched
pair of lovers; girlfriend and boyfriend
navel; belly button; protrusion or depression in the middle of an object; center; centre
script; libretto; scenario
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
to be incomparable; to be completely different matters; to be completely different things
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
jealousy; roasted rice cake
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
watchful waiting; careful supervision
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
other intention; hidden purpose; ulterior motive; ill will; malice
substitute (e.g. actor); substitution; stand-in; double
to come around to do; to become inclined to do; to get excited about; to take an interest
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
quotation; citation; reference
losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal