completely without clue(abrupt)

be jampacked with people

famous mountains and great rivers

plain(naked; stare somebody in the face)

the people are boiling with resentment(seething popular discontent; poupular grievances run high; public anger is seething)

look clean and pretty

be in a very melancholy spirit

close up(have lost one's tongue)

make a noise in the world(gain considerable fame among one's contemporaries for a time)

look mediocre

be unworthy of the name

flesh emaciated and face yellow

cease to exist except in name

sell his son and daughter

unfeeling

hateful countenance(repulsive appearance)

be full of misgivings(be very suspicious)

have eyes with a piercing gleam(eyes bright and shining)

looking ahead with wisdom(sparkling eyes)

give personal instructions to sb.