quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
in the belly; in one's heart of hearts
to let (something or someone) go past; to do too much
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over (something); pondering
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship
risky; dangerous; insecure
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
being absorbed (in); immersion; sinking (into)
chief; main; principal; major
faddist; follow-the-crowd type; poser; trend junkie; sheep
blank space; margin; blank canvas
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to do ... incessantly; to do ... hard; (arch.) to happen repeatedly; (arch.) to happen over and over again
leadoff batter; first batter; first person appearing (witness, performer, etc.)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
skip (bounding forward with alternate hops on each foot); skipping (over); skip (captain of a curling team); skipper
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
pushing through; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb; produced at an unorthodox location
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
damn it!; dang it!; darn it!; bring it on!
to be unable to just watch (without doing anything); to be unable to look on in silence; to be unable to overlook; to be unable to remain indifferent to
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
the law of the jungle; the strong prey on the weak; the weak become the victim of the strong
consequently; as a result; in the end
making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause
each and all; every single one; everybody
gradually; slowly but steadily; little by little; inch by inch
reset; fresh start; new beginning
to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
depths; deep place; bottom (of one's heart)