New Practical Chinese Reader Lesson 5.58 - Page 1

view of somebody's back

back

shadow

to meet

to forget

grandma; grannie

work; job

to hand over official duties to one's successor

misfortunes never come singly

to hasten home for the funeral of a parent or grandparent

in disorder

rustle; (tears) streaming down

to flow; to stream

so; thus; herein

fortunately; luckily

Heaven will always leave a door open

to sell off (one's property)

to mortgage; to pawn

debt; deficit

funeral arrangement

circumstances; conditions

gloomy; dismal

to be unemployed

to finish; to complete; to end

to look for a job

to study

travel together

to stroll about

to stay for a time; to stop

must

to cross a river

hotel

to be familiar with

waiter; steward

over and over again

to enjoin; to exhort

careful

appropriate

considerably; quite

to hesitate

to keep an eye on; to look after

baggage; luggage

porter

to bargain

excessive; undue; over

to interrupt; to chop in

to choose; to select

purple wollen overcoat

overcoat

to spread