programme; program; plans; arrangements
collection of books; (personal) library
in a body; concentrated force; combined efforts
to rearrange; to reorder; to move around; to sort; to collate
orphan; person without friends
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
to take lessons in; to be taught; to learn (from a teacher); to study (under a teacher); to get training in
mountain monkey; wild monkey; mountain dweller; bumpkin; boor
mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.; side of a mountain that gets little sunshine; envious; jealous
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
bad boy; naughty child; brat
raging fire; conflagration
hills and fields; hill and dale
fields (of rice and other crops)
riverside; edge of a river
daily income in cash; money paid by daily installments; money paid by daily instalments
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
acquaintance; appreciative friend
even though; despite; when
last drink (of sake); last glass; last cup
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
to pamper; to make a fuss of; to spoil; to fawn over
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
to assign; to allot; to allocate; to divide among; to distribute; to prorate
to turn yellow; to become tinged with yellow; to yellow (with age)
within the story (of a book, play, film, etc.)
enchantress; seductress; vamp
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
suffering; distress; hardship; trial
to rouse anger; to provoke wrath; to offend