flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
blood relative; close relation; (one's) flesh and blood; flesh and blood; the body
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
minimum; at the very least
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited; listless
rational; reasonable; logical
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to dip out; to scoop up; to ladle out
sulking in bed; going to bed in a huff
from one's side; from the side (of something); from someone unconnected; from someone uninvolved
to set off an explosive; to start a fire under someone; to motivate someone with rough words
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
settlement; solution; resolution
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to knead; to mix with fingers; to quibble; to argue for argument's sake
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
to pull around; to drag around; to take around; to show around
to let one's hair hang down
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to go along; to walk along; to follow
should (be); bound (to be); nock (of a bow); nock (of an arrow); nock-shaped grip (between thumb and forefinger); wooden frame on the tip of the mast of a Japanese ship that prevents the hawser from falling out
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
reconciliation; make peace with
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal