Vocabulary

after childbirth; postpartum

directions; instructions; orders; command

private property; personal belongings; personal effects

complaint; protest; objection; fault

one's father; one's old man; dad; pops

to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out

worship; adoration; admiration; cult

to spring; to bound; to bounce

intuition; instinct; hunch

introduction (from abroad)

grade; class; degree; rank; rating; order

gap; lag; slippage

as expected; just as one thought; as feared; sure enough

to cause; to induce; to bring about; to provoke

to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)

elegance; refinement; grace; dignity

signature; signing one's name; writing one's name (on); registration (of a bond)

old friend; old acquaintance

development (of film); photographic processing

confusion; mixing; merger

to try; to attempt; to have a go (at)

surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in

jealousy; envy

being too late; losing one's final chance

to become weak; to decline; to wear; to abate; to decay; to wither

living flesh; flesh and blood; living (human)

to bury; to inter; to entomb

speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of)

lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous

value; worth; merit

somersault; looping-the-loop

advice; warning

keen; acute; heartfelt

to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off

(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely

annual tree ring; growth ring

to fall ill

sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen

to be rich (in); to abound (in); to be abundant (in); to be full (of)

loss; going missing