Vocabulary

any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve

two nights before last

lost book

one-tenth hectare

one's only good clothes (suit, dress, etc.); one's only suit of clothes; one's best clothes; one's Sunday best

one-horse (carriage)

(idle pursuit of) pleasure

right now

annoying; infuriating; provoking; irritating; aggravating; vexing

taboo word

unwillingly; reluctantly; grudgingly

reluctantly

compulsory; unavoidable; necessary

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; offensiveness; tastelessness

more and more; all the more; increasingly

sunset

bay; inlet; gulf; creek

inlet; cove; creek; bay

setting sun; evening sun

to mix (with); to be mixed (together); to be mingled

man who takes his wife's family name and marries into her family; man who is adopted by his wife's family

to mix

roaring; booming; bellowing; pealing; reverberating; rumbling

appearance and disappearance

secluded life

seal (stamp) box

Indian cotton (raw)

sexual desire; carnal desire; lust

swimming belt; swimming float; life buoy; life jacket

diversion (from one's worries, troubles, etc.); distraction; amusement

thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

to knock down; to shoot down; to lop off

inside pocket

inside of a helmet; hidden circumstances

bruise

to shoot dead; to shoot to death

death in battle; death on the battlefield

to hammer into place

congestion (of blood); engorgement

thick; dense; luxuriant