to cling to; to depend on; to embrace; to hug
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to hug (someone) tight; to embrace; to give (someone) a tight hug; to cuddle
fiction; fabrication; concoction
to stop crying; to cry oneself out
towering; astonishingly high
to repaint; to paint again; to paint (a different colour); to change completely; to break (a record); to redraw (e.g. the map)
what kind of thing; anything (else); nothing (but)
half-crying; being on the verge of crying
shade; shadow; behind (something); other side; the background; behind the scenes
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (of a voice or sound)
to cut off (from); to separate; to detach; to sever; to uncouple
floating; buoyancy; fishing float; bobber; buoy; lifebuoy
the Dragon (fifth sign of the Chinese zodiac); hour of the Dragon (around 8am, 7-9am, or 8-10am); east-southeast; third month of the lunar calendar
to yearn (for); to miss; to feel nostalgic (for); to recall fondly
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
to act as an opposite; to form a counterpart; to act as a twin
hostility; animosity; enmity
empty air; sky; shunyata (the lack of an immutable intrinsic nature within any phenomenon); emptiness; air force; fruitlessness; meaninglessness
edged tool; cutting instrument; knife
still; yet; more; still more; furthermore; in addition
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
binding hand and foot; sleep paralysis; temporary feeling of paralysis; being tied down with money
to become settled; to be fixed
river; stream; River; the ... river
law-like nature; regularity
earth; ground; the solid earth; the (vast) land
being dotted about; being scattered; being interspersed
pair; the two; both persons; both things
flickering; flashing on and off; glaringly (bright); painfully (bright); prickling (pain)
to turn (one's face) away; to avert (one's eyes)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; bit by bit
to destroy; to break (by striking); to smash (to pieces); to ruin (e.g. a plan); to wreck; to do away with (an old custom, ideology, etc.)
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
image; figure; figure; form; image
extinction; annihilation; destruction
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter