Only the atmosphere of distrust and ill-feeling was strengthened, precipitating every now and then little sprinklings of irritable conversation, enlivened by flashes of wrath.

• 只是猜忌和反感的气氛更浓了，不时地引起一些毛毛雨般的小吵小闹。 这些小吵往往因为怒气勃发而变成大吵。