i gave up looking for a bathroom, and ran behind a tree in the nick of time.とは 意味・読み方・使い方

I was drunkenly weaving my way home [through the crowd].

He fell into the cesspool and got covered from head to toe.

I couldn't take a picture of the cuckoo, as it flew away just when I had got it in focus.

I was at a loss what to do, when the idea of going [turning] to Mr. Kono for advice occurred to me.

I took the shortcut back to the woods, locked my shelter, and opened the basket.

I saw a gangster lying in the light from the hall.

I hurriedly started searching in earnest.

He slunk off the moment he saw me.

It was I who found her. She'd lost consciousness so I carried her to the infirmary.

My dress was so shabby that even the rickshaman looked twice at me before taking me.

I had a rummage in the attic [through the papers].

I was so shabbily dressed that the very rickshaman looked twice at me before taking me.

I intended to go straight back home, but I sort of wandered inside a bookstore.

At the cry of “Fire!” they vied with one another in gaining the door.

At the cry of “Fire!” they vied with one another in making for the door―they scrambled for the door.

I found myself deeply immersed in the decadent atmosphere of the town.

On the way back home, I stopped by the convenience store.

I walked so fast that I tired him out.

I go to the Kabukiza theater every time there is a change of program.

I waited impatiently for him to come back, intending to give him a piece of my mind.

He used to come to see us all the time, but now he has suddenly stopped showing up.

With deep and reverent awe I replaced the candelabrum in its former position.

He turned out to be a real disappointment after we went through hell and high water to find him.

At the cry of “Fire!” everybody scrambled for the door.

I never laughed, being bashful; lowering my head, I looked at the wall- Ezra Pound

After that, I left, but then I realized that I forgot my backpack at their house.

A man was standing in the doorway, but I elbowed [pushed] him aside [to one side] and walked out.

I threaded my way through the crowd to the exit.

The drunkard suddenly lunged at me with his umbrella, so dodging to the left, I held his arm.

As I was struck on the head, I was unconscious for some time.