Vocabulary

to go too far; to break bounds

having spirit; (being) staunch; having backbone

to make (somewhere) one's final home; to make (a place) one's final resting place

to make efforts; to take pains

to walk; to move forward

to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)

between the pages of a book

bookworm; bibliophile; bibliophage

to compile a book

to publish a book; to put out a book

to open a book

to act with extreme violence

to be very busily occupied; to be swamped (with work); to be overwhelmed (e.g. by tasks)

to take off one's hat

there are brief moments of leisure even when at one's busiest

to quell a disturbance

to resort to violence

despite one's busyness

to draw a line

at my place

both mother and child

to dance; to perform a dance

to cover one's private parts

not be allowed; must not

if things go wrong; if the worst happens

lucky; fortunate; timely; convenient

to lower the curtain (at the end of a play)

to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.)

to do with sincerity

not at all inferior to; rival or surpass; compare favorably (with)

not at all inferior to; compare favorably (with); being even better than; rivalling; surpassing

till we meet again

to pass through town

to administer the affairs of state

falling short of the mark

to hit the mark

to miss the target

educational institution; school

to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

in a circle (ring)