to come out; to fall out; to fade; to discolour; to wear a hole (e.g. clothes); to leave (e.g. a meeting); to be clear
trembling (with fear, anger, etc.); shivering (with cold); shaking; quivering
reading (farsighted) glasses; spectacles for the aged
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to tell (somebody) to (do something)
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
person who introduces someone; introducer
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
treasuring; cherishing; prizing; holding dear
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
November; eleventh month of the lunar calendar
fifteenth day of the month; fifteen days
paying an unannounced visit; rudeness
old body; aged person; elderly person
to surprise; to frighten; to create a stir
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
beforehand; in advance; previously
in the mountains; among the mountains
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
to have an eye on; to zero in on
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
deep in the mountains; mountain recesses
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
to be manageable; to be able to handle
rather; sooner; preferably
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope
crumpled; wrinkled; crinkled; creased
tear; tears; lachrymal secretion; sympathy
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake