looking for something; searching for something; object being sought
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
trackless; reckless; dissipated
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
self-examination; reflection
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
incomprehensible; mysterious; inexplicable; inscrutable; enigmatic; baffling
beginning; clue; starting point
ghost town; deserted village; village without inhabitants
ge (ancient Chinese dagger-axe)
lot (production); batch; lotto
eccentric; queer; unconventional; peculiar; bizarre; strange
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
to hang over; to cover; to lie over; to fall on one's shoulders; to become one's responsibility; to become a burden
difficult to ...; hard to ...
finally; at last; at length; barely; narrowly; hardly
to leave (to someone, esp. after one's death); to bequeath
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
rubbing; scrubbing; scraping
association; fellowship; change (of season, year, etc.)
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to draw the conclusion that ...; to conclude
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
coherence; order; focus; point
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
logical connection; chain of reasoning; coherence; blood vessel
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
selfishness; self-interest
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
uniform; equal; even; common; ordinary; usual