real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
understanding; comprehension; appreciation; sympathy
before oneself; in front of one; a bit before reaching (a location); this side (of a location); one's standpoint; one's appearance; skill
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to take (preventive) measures; to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
to take (by force); to take away; to snatch; to absorb (one's attention); to fascinate; to captivate
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
to change; to alter; to mistake; to make a mistake; to fail to keep (e.g. one's promise); to sprain (a muscle)
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
(in) her way; peculiar to her
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
to feel like; to feel inclined to do
to lose heart; to lose interest; to become stale (i.e. of a carbonated beverage); to go flat; to lose focus; to let one's guard down
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
difficult to ...; hard to ...
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
until now; till now; up to now; up to the present; so far
to come into contact with; to touch (each other); to have a brush with
to stroke; to caress; to brush gently; to comb (hair); to smooth down
manner; way; appearance; air; custom; convention; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
to be playful; to gambol; to flirt with; (arch.) to have elegance; (arch.) to have refinement
how; in what way; by what means
to recall; to remember; to recollect
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
real feeling; actual feeling; to actually feel; to have a real feeling (that ...); to experience personally
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
such; this sort of; like this
involuntarily; instinctively; without realizing; unconsciously
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
way of talking; speaking style
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare