apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
-ish; -like; resembling; appearing to be; seeming to be
grazing; skimming; almost touching; barely; just; narrowly
other side; opposite side; other party
generous; magnanimous; open-handed; liberal
good young man; agreeable youth
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
certain; definite; clear; credible
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
how much; how many; to what extent
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
January; first month of the lunar calendar
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
to wail; to bawl; to cry loudly; to shout (while crying)
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
to sense; to perceive; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
there; the spot; the place; then and there; on the spot; immediately
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
in the same way as; just like
benefactor; patron; person to whom one owes a great deal; person to whom one is (deeply) indebted
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
older sister; lass; young lady
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
person living with a family; lodger; housemate; flatmate; roommate