1 scanty

2 meager

1 surname Bo

1 unkind

2 harsh

3 cutting

4 mean

5 acrimony

6 to embezzle by making illegal deductions

1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)

2 good preparation is the key to success

3 to be well prepared

1 weak

2 frail

3 thin

4 flimsy

1 harsh and merciless (idiom)

1 to revere the past and neglect the present (idiom)

1 lit. to praise the dead and revile the living

2 fig. to live in the past (idiom)

1 lit. to have accumulated knowledge and deliver it slowly (idiom)

2 good preparation is the key to success

3 to be well prepared

1 to be on the verge of eruption (idiom)

2 (of the sun) to emerge in all its brilliance