(train) station attendant; station employee; station staff
platform; home; home base; home plate
(those) who are; (that) which is; in the capacity of
lonely; desolate; forlornness; desolation
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
pause; suspension; rest; stoppage
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
to search about for; to hunt around for; to look high and low for; to look everywhere for
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
arrest; apprehension; capture
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
loaner vehicle (e.g. from a garage which is repairing one's vehicle)
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
lingering (usu. feeling, emotion, etc.); continuing (to); still (...)
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
egoistic; selfish; self-willed
person being waited for; person who waits
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
(on) one's own; (by) oneself
and yet; though; when; in spite of
gentle; mild; meek; tender
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel