Vocabulary

accessory nerves

deputy (vice) prime minister

penal servitude; submitting to a sentence; pleading guilty

wind-wrought pattern on the sands

passage; fare; shipping charges

shipping agent; boathouse; inn for sailors

cardia

wealthy farmer

confusion; disorder

strenuous efforts

book burning

speed per minute

wanderer; vagabond; capricious person; hobo

milling machine

proclamation; official notice

wind and waves; rough seas

shaking; ague; trembling; shivering

different; eccentric; original; striking; extraordinary

floating about; drifting

appearance; air; mien; getup

rumor; rumour; gossip; hearsay

knotted silk

negative number

to hint; to insinuate; to satirize; to satirise

to happen suddenly; to occur unexpectedly; to appear out of the blue

hint; insinuation; indirect suggestion; allegory

General Winter; hard winter; Jack Frost

stubborn; obstinate; self-willed; headstrong

ear canal; external auditory canal; external auditory meatus

circumcenter; circumcentre; outer center; outer centre

to have learning; to be educated

to lie down (in bed); to take to one's bed

raging waves

magic; sorcery; wizardry; witchcraft

natural decrease

the lowest (of its kind); the poorest

resolutely; determinedly; strictly; authoritatively; solemnly; gravely

selfless (pious, righteous) man

silver gray; silver grey

silver hair; gray hair; grey hair