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be ill at ease

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be ill at ease
to feel anxious or embarrassed. He always felt a little ill at ease with strangers. (often + with) The girl behind the bar looked ill at ease in her uniform. (sometimes + in)
See also: ease, ill

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Snagsby should be ill at ease too, for he always is so, more or less, under the oppressive influence of the secret that is upon him.
Between them stood a lean, white-faced brother who appeared to be ill at ease, shifting his feet from side to side and tapping his chin nervously with the long parchment roll which he held in his hand.
 
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