in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice)
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
slapping; splashing; splatting; banging shut; flat (refusal, denial, etc.)
person concerned; interested party; related party
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
a lot; lots; enough; sufficient; enough; too many
desperation; self-abandonment
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless
to be found; to be discovered
on paper; in the newspapers; in a letter
to ask; to inquire; to blame (someone) for; to accuse of; to care about; to regard as important
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
fastidiousness; faultfinding; nit-picking
release (from custody); discharge; liberation; setting free; letting go; letting off
(not) much; (not) very; (arch.) like this; (arch.) as a rule
to apologize; to apologise
looking away; looking aside
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
breast; chest; pit of the stomach; solar plexus; epigastrium
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
flour; meal; powder; dust
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
stepping back; drawing back
history of; experience of
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge