Vocabulary

fishing; fishery

fishing

(husband and wife) earning a living together

textbook; manual

to resound; to echo; to reverberate

agglomeration; clumping together

telephone exchange number

recently

penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism

to run around; to bustle about

simple honesty; tactless frankness

rake; fork; bamboo rake

military forces; army; troops; number of soldiers

beauty; siren

shape; figure; image

salute; bow

to pass (of time); to elapse

to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to join; to bind

hindsight-based opinion

vegetable diet

cherry (fruit; esp. of the sweet cherry, Prunus avium)

consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement

various kinds of small trees; assorted trees

triple time; triple meter; triple metre; three-four time

to serve; to work for; to attend

there's no (other) way

to stab to death

looking after a baby; taking care of a baby; babysitting; babysitter

(conductor's) baton; stick

itself

self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

to join (hands); to take (each other's hands)

love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker

formal; stiff; strict; ceremonious

like cats and dogs; (on) very bad terms; relationship of dogs and monkeys

to see through (a lie, scheme, etc.); to see into (someone's mind); to read (someone's true feelings); to penetrate

wise mother

grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)

stale; old fashioned; hackneyed; trite; antiquated; obsolete

to wake (someone) up (by calling for them); to awaken