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breathless, unstirred by wind; dead.
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subterranean, underground.
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perforated, pierced through with holes.
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ballads, simple songs; sentimental song of several verses sung to the same melody.
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patrons, customers who frequent the shops.
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blind man, the story-teller or entertainer is usually blind and makes a living out of singing ballads and telling stories.
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millionaire, rich person; possessor of a million of money or more.
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slips, cutting from a plant for grafting or planting.
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invalid, a person weak and infirm, especially one in chronic ill health.
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symbolic significance, meaning which is regarded by general consent as naturally typifying or representing or recalling something by possession of analogous qualities or by association in fact or thought.
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the cultured, persons trained and refined in matters of understanding and manners and taste.
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mah jongg， 麻雀，the Chinese game for four played with 136 pieces called tiles.
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in bad taste, bad conduct; unbefitting the occasion; not conforming to good taste or conduct.
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open-air stage, a stage in the open air, out on the grass lawn, not one confined within the four walls of a hall.
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ballet, an artistic dance performed as a form of entertainment.
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improvisation, getting up; composition; making up.
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picnics, an excursion or outdoor pleasure party in which the members partake of refreshments carried usually by themselves.
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the Lins, with whom Nora Waln stayed in the House of Exile.
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Ningpo， 宁波，in Chekiang province.
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mother-by-affection, not her real mother, but Shun-ko of the Lin family. Nora Waln came to love Shun-ko very affectionately, so she came to call her her mother-by-affection.
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decorum, the usages required by decency or good manners.
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outdress, be more prettily dressed; be dressed in more beautiful colors so as to outdo the flowers.
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out of place, not in good taste, unbefitting; in bad taste.
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distracts, takes the attention away from.
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rude, offensive; insolent; in bad taste.
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