Vocabulary

plot; trick; evil scheme

impure blood

misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness

eating strange food; eating bizarre things

morning sickness; nausea and vomiting of pregnancy

unlucky day

wild horse; unmanageable horse

bad habit; vice

bad reputation; ill repute; bad name; notoriety

millet grain

dark night; moonless night

client; requester

doctor of medicine; MD

one by one; one each; one at a time

a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable

two days before yesterday; three days back (ago)

(an) only child

private individual

quibbling; temporizing; temporising

one meal

being the sole master of the situation; reigning supreme; standing unchallenged

once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime

one class (of students); one group (of people); one set (of items); one pair

one bundle; one sheaf

(waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity

temporary consort; prostitute

careful selection

seal; stamp

hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek

signs of rain; threatening to rain

fourth month of the lunar calendar

intercalary month (lunar calendar); leap month

clouds and haze

cloud movements

tugboat; tug; towboat

durability; permanence; perpetuity

round mirror

oat (Avena sativa); oats

long walk; roundabout way

hollow; low ground; basin; pit; dip; depression