海边: coast, seaside, seashore, beach...
多心: oversensitive, suspicious...
厌倦: to be weary of, to be fed up with, tedious...
看上去: it would appear, it seems (that)...
礼堂: assembly hall, auditorium...
咧嘴: to grin...
笼子: cage, basket, container...
苗: sprout...
下调: to adjust downwards, to lower (prices, wages etc)...
蜡: candle, wax...