岳父: wife's father, father-in-law...
风气: general mood, atmosphere, common practice...
地步: stage, degree (to which a situation has evolved), situation, leeway...
当然: only natural, as it should be, certainly, of course, without doubt...
儒学: Confucianism...
住宿: to stay at, lodging, accommodation...
壶: pot, classifier for bottled liquid...
呼救: to call for help...
扁: flat, (coll.) to beat (sb) up...
不解: to not understand, to be puzzled by, indissoluble...