the last moment; the very end
setting off (on a long journey); setting out; departure (e.g. for the front); starting a new life; starting life anew
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
hunting; hunt; gathering (mushrooms, shellfish, etc.); picking (berries, fruit, etc.); hunting down (a criminal, etc.); rounding up (e.g. communists)
money in one's possession
(one's) quota; assignment
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping); perfectly (suited)
destined; predestined; fated; fateful
to be saved up (of money)
embarking (a ship); embarkation; boarding; ship (carrying someone)
hire (charge); rent; charge; fare; fee; freight
10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
calculation; computation; reckoning; consideration; calculation; estimation
favourable; favorable; doing well; OK; all right
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
therapeutic agent; remedy; medicine; drug; cure
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); pharmacist; druggist; chemist
to order; to send away for; to have (something) sent to one; to pull (something) closer
secret medicine; secret remedy; nostrum; wonder drug; excellent remedy
large amount of money; great cost
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
each place; every place; various places; all parts (of the country, world, etc.)
picking; collecting; harvesting; extraction
January; first month of the lunar calendar
evening; night; dinner; evening meal; counter for nights
mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation
to begin a trip; to depart; to embark; to die; to pass away; to depart this life
mother; mom; wife; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); she
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
preparing a prescription; compounding a medicine
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
brightness; brilliance; brilliancy; radiance; glitter
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)