那: (archaic) many, beautiful, how, old variant of...
水管: water pipe...
碑: a monument, an upright stone tablet, stele...
录: diary, record, to hit, to copy...
阔绰: ostentatious, extravagant, liberal with money...
狼狈: in a difficult situation, to cut a sorry figure, scoundrel! (derog.)...
了不起: amazing, terrific, extraordinary...
用餐: to eat a meal...
袖珍: pocket-sized, pocket (book etc)...
退回: to return (an item), to send back, to go back...