disused road; abandoned road
showman; impresario; promoter; producer
snow leopard (Panthera uncia); ounce
general merchant; Jack of all trades
coating; film; membrane; tunic (plants); capsule
person making threats; intimidator
to teach; to take a teaching job
antiques business; curio dealer; secondhand dealer
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
to blame; to find fault with
merry drinker; one who laughs easily
missing person; wanted person
living up to one's reputation
Daphnae; Tahpanhes; Daphne
hidden; concealed; unknown; passing away; dying; death
great scholar; profound scholar
fine product; masterpiece
several men, several minds; everyone has his own ideas and tastes; everyone has his own interests and ideas; different strokes for different folks
unexpected result; upset; surprise
purpose; utility; objective; way to use something
story; topic (on everyone's lips); (the stuff of) legend
to take a turn for the better (of an illness, patient, etc.); to begin to improve; to begin to recover; to convalesce
burning at the stake; execution by burning