to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
spirit; mind; nature; disposition; motivation; intention
in one's own way or style
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to be oversensitive; to be nervous; to be overly concerned; to worry too much
woman; female; feminine gender
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
theatre-going; theater-going
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
state; condition; the way things should be; ideal state; truth
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
at the critical moment; when the time comes; when it's most important; when necessary; in an emergency; when push comes to shove
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
if so; in that case; in that situation
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
lower part; foot; lower direction; left part of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage right (actor's POV)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
slowly (but steadily); gradually; bit-by-bit; slowly soaking in; slowly permeating; oozing out
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate