cleared his throat

shrivelled or dried tree, shrunken, dry

quarrel, bustle, disorder, confusion

a skeleton, dry and crackling, stiff

hardship, difficulty, trouble

scrape roughly, search, rake up

Retrograde motion, retreat,moving or walking backwards.

spitting or mucus with the sound of rattle from the throat

a traditional wall of china which is made with the lead and copper, it is said that if any one trying to watch behind this wall, the one started to laugh, i.e. a very high, tall and great wall