Bicker

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–verb (used without object) 

1. to engage in petulant 

or 

peevish argument; wrangle: The [two] were always bickering.  



2. to run rapidly; move quickly; rush; hurry: a [stream] bickering down the valley.  



3. to flicker (忽隱忽現); glitter: The [sun] bickered through the trees.  



–noun 

4. an angry, petty dispute or quarrel; contention. 



–noun Scot. 

1. any wooden dish or bowl, esp. a wooden porridge (麥片粥) bowl.

2. Obsolete. a wooden drinking cup. 





 　

Returning to the present, he meets a teenage girl who resembles the long-departed Sara. She [hitches] a ride with the professor and Marianne, as do a ceaselessly bickering married [couple]. 



These new characters eventually become intertwined with Borg's hazy flashbacks and fantasies, as the old man [re]calls the [dis]appointments and [dis]illusionments that have left him cold and [guilt]-ridden, attributes emphasized when he encounters his equally cold and resentful son.





flaccid

placid

the [storm] passes and the placid, chilly surface returns.

the opening shot of calm, placid [water] disturbed by the family's arrival sets the tone of the picture in an instant.

Raucous



insinuate

infiltrate 

Our agents hope to infiltrate [into] their intelligence-gathering organization.

osmosis

He never [studies] but seems to learn by [osmosis].  

that he’s probably ready to be the next Stanley Kubrick [by] osmosis alone.

impervious

The coat is impervious [to] rain. 

impervious [to] wear and tear.  

exude

She exuded [from every pore] an [air] of prosperity. 

He exuded pomposity.

and one that exudes [wonder] from first frame to last.   

shimmer

flicker, changing play of light

Moonbeams shimmer on [water]. 

[Silk] shimmers in a high light. 

glisten

sleek or wet

[Wet] fur glistens.

[Snow] glistens in the sunlight.

Beleaguer