tight / strict / close at hand / near / urgent / tense / hard up / short of money / to tighten
紧
=
収
+
糸
:
In the encampment Joan of Arc is very tense to finally open her present. It is a radio receiver which has been tightly packed in fine silk. Finally when she's finally allowed she urgently opens the package.
to withdraw / to pull back / to contract / to shrink / to reduce / abbreviation / also pr. [su4]
缩
=
宿
+
纟
:
The silk worm (纟) heard that there is a new hostel (宿) in front of the observatory (o1) and wants to check it out, but as she notices that the hostel is run by Susan Saint Bernard she slowly but steadily retreats (缩).