unprecedented; never happened before; first time in history
fine weather; fair weather
cloudless (sky); without a cloud (in the sky)
setting off (on a trip); departure
particular; hard to please; fussy
preparations for a journey
position; job; employment; opening
center; centre; metropolis
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
attendance; participation; presence
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
to write down or convey in full
marriage ceremony; wedding
chorus; singing in a chorus
to machine; to cut; to scrape
to surge (water or waves)
caravan; group of people touring to sell, investigate, etc.
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
to grow wild; to run to waste; to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
evil spirits of rivers and mountains
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
flush with money; having a full purse; having a full handbag
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
penniless; extremely poor; destitute
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
settlement; permanent residency
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
to fail (in getting a job); to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.); to be left out; to be crowded out
diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
to have a guilty conscience; to have (something) lie heavy on one's conscience