to come to an end; to lower the curtain
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
moaning; muttering; complaining
20 years old; (arch.) twenty
king; ruler; tycoon; magnate; king (of the senior player)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
senility; dotage; decrepitude
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to take; to catch; to capture
quail; Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica)
to grow older; to advance in age; to be very aged
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
violently; without holding anything back; firmly; resolutely
mist net (fine mesh for capturing small birds)
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
popular; folksy; plebeian; ordinary; unpretentious
chaos; confusion; disorder; chaotic; confused; uncertain
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
birth; creation; formation
such; like that; that sort of; very
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
now that; since; so long as; because
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
counter for birds, rabbits, etc.
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
performance; execution; skill; dexterity; tact