Vocabulary

tunnelling (through); excavation; drilling; boring

guidance; leading (the way); taking point; conducting

collation; examining and comparing; checking (against the original text)

delivering from sin; succor; succour

swinging hard

appointment; promotion

decay; dilapidation

imploring with tears in one's eyes

rambling; sauntering; strolling

flickering; blinking

reprimanding (a person) personally; personal reproof

reading with appreciation; savouring (a book); enjoying

stopping tightly; sealing hermetically

bathing (in cold water); showering

nodding; greeting (with eyes)

keeping quiet; taking no measures

following with one's eyes; gazing after

identifying a piece by touch

being adopted into the family of one's bride

studying two lessons

taking (score) the first two points of the game

acceptance; reception

transferring (a convict to a different prison); escort

being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances

shedding tears; lacrimation

cutting in two under train wheels

training; practice; drilling; cultivation; improvement

trolling; singing in a circular canon; round

leaving one's village

establishing oneself in life; success in life

recitation; singing

capture (of enemy weapons, supplies, etc.); seizure; plunder

mention; reference to; touching upon

inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement

catching fire (from next door); spreading fire

insult; affront; disgrace; indignity

reexamination; reinvestigation

dispatch; despatch; sending

rite of scattering flowers

listening quietly