people

v. If a place or country is peopled by a particular group of people, that group of people live there.

It was peopled by a fiercely independent race of peace-loving Buddhists.

fling

If you fling yourself into a particular activity, you do it with a lot of enthusiasm and energy.

She flung herself into her career...

mould

To mould someone or something means to change or influence them over a period of time so that they develop in a particular way.

She was only 17 at the time and the experience moulded her personality...

Too often we try to mold our children into something they do not wish to be. =form, shape

glean

f you glean something such as information or knowledge, you learn or collect it slowly and patiently, and perhaps indirectly.

At present we're gleaning information from all sources...

10,000 pages of evidence were gleaned from hundreds and hundreds of interviews.=gather

papyri

A tall, aquatic, Mediterranean sedge(Cyperus papyrus)having numerous drooping rays grouped in umbels. Also called Egyptian paper rush,paper plant

纸莎草：一种高的地中海水生莎草（纸莎草 莎草属），有很多下垂的成伞状花序排列的舌状花 也作Egyptian paper rush,paper plant

heyday

Someone'sheydayis the time when they are most powerful, successful, or popular.

In its heyday, the studio's boast was that it had more stars than there are in heaven.

starveling idea

in want of ...

Laziness is like a lock,which bolts you outof the storehouse of information and makes you an intellectual starveling.

inscription

An inscription is writing carved into something made of stone or metal, for example a gravestone or medal.

The medal bears the inscription `For distinguished service'.

strewn with

If a place is strewn with things, they are lying scattered there.

The front room was strewn with books and clothes...

The riverbed was strewn with big boulders.

clear up

To clear up a problem, misunderstanding, or mystery means to settle it or find a satisfactory explanation for it.

During dinner the confusion was cleared up: they had mistaken me for Kenny.

in the light of

If something is possiblein the light ofparticular information, it is only possible because you have this information.

In the light of this information it is now possible to identify a number of key issues.