brood; think over and over again ? 直呆了一頓飯的工夫，～，總不知如何是可。(《紅樓夢(mèng)》724) For the time half a dozen meals would take he sat there brooding,but could not think what to do. ? ～，左右為難，真是一縷柔腸，幾乎牽斷，只得忍住。(《紅樓夢(mèng)》1542) In a dilemma,she felt her heart would break yet had to bear up.