Vocabulary

折角

with trouble; at great pains

adverb noun
N2 freq #900

Example sentences

I'm sorry that I wasn't home when you so kindly dropped by.

He threw cold water on what I was doing.

We'd better try to sell or give away all these white elephants we've collected.

He has failed after all his labors.

If you could do it at all, I'd like you to do it.

After a mad dash down the stairway, I missed my train by a second.

Though I went to see her all the way in the rain, she was out.

As such is the case, I am sorry I can't accept your kind invitation.