throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
major dealer; wealthy merchant
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
lumping together; summing up; bundle; lump; batch
shopping; purchased goods
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
strict order; peremptory command
parents and siblings; one's relatives
to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
minimum; lowest; minimal; least
to gain the understanding (of); to obtain consent (from)
spring; springtime; New Year; prime (of life); height (of one's prosperity); adolescence
February; second month of the lunar calendar
article; item; quality; flirtatiousness; coquetry
kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot; Chinese moonseed (Sinomenium acutum)
to fall and pile up (e.g. snow); to lie thick
in respect of; in regards to; as for
from afar; over a great distance; all the way
to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness); to cross a pass
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
dozens; scores of; decades
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
going through; going via; going by way of
don't push yourself too hard; don't force yourself
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
serious look (on one's face); straight face
anxiously; with anxious looks; with anxiety