to be confusing; to be different from what one is used to
large part; greater part; people in general; general public; mostly; for the most part
pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
variables; uncertain elements; uncertainties; imponderables
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity
performance (of a play, opera, etc.); staging; presentation
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
hesitation; bewilderment; illusion; delusion; inability to reach enlightenment
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
entering a room; studying under a Buddhist teacher
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to hum (a tune); to sing to oneself; to croon
something wrong; accident; change; abnormality; aberration
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
if it is the case that ...
cannot do a thing; feeling handcuffed; being at the end of one's tether; being at one's wit's end
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer
script; screenplay; scenario
to come to an end; to lower the curtain
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
profound; deep; deep (of a cave, etc.); innermost; interior
one-person show; one-woman show; one-man show; performing solo; monodrama