Vocabulary

portable safe; portable cash box

handbag; purse; briefcase; attache case

short; brief

planting personally

able individual; man of ability

small brazier; hand-warmer

tedious job; troublesome job; time-consuming job; piecework

handcraft; handwork

wound (suffered in a fight)

one's troops

small plate

shadow cast by a person's hand

teaching the basics; initiation; introduction

pressing; urging

sign language

short gaff; hand gaff; hook on a wooden handle

raising or keeping an animal by oneself

grasping (with one's bare hands); holding; grabbing; seizing; catching

connections; contacts; influence

flag signaling; semaphore

blowing one's nose with one's fingers

means of deceiving another

artifice; wiles; trickery

whisk broom

"dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position; dancing empty-handed

severe; harsh

hand paper-making; handmade paper

fingering an object (in killing time); amusing oneself; diversion

lax; lenient; lukewarm; mild

(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control

wear from frequent handling

portable candlestick

pan

even if it means living in dire poverty; by all means

having sticky fingers; compulsive thievery

growing old enough to not need constant looking after by one's parents

to reel in; to haul in

handle

handbasket

prison labor; prison labour