推理: reasoning, inference, to infer, to deduce...
着迷: to be fascinated, to be captivated...
睡袋: sleeping bag...
老人: old man or woman, the elderly, one's aged parents or grandparents...
想方设法: to think up every possible method (idiom); to devise ways and means, to try this, that and the other...
相提并论: to discuss two disparate things together (idiom); to mention on equal terms, to place on a par with, (often with negatives: impossible to mention X in the same breath as Y)...
迟到: to arrive late...
年初: beginning of the year...
打牌: to play mahjong or cards...
守株待兔: to guard a tree-stump, waiting for rabbits (idiom), to wait idly for opportunities, to trust to chance rather than show initiative...
