Vocabulary

publishing (of books, magazines, etc.)

desktop publishing

catchy

outtake (of a film, television program, etc.)

juicy (i.e. having lots of juice or liquid)

zhajiangmian (dish of ground pork over wheat noodles)

broth left over after boiling meat, fish, vegetables, etc.; stock

three-toed sloth

two-toed sloth (Choloepus sp.)

Japanese house bat (Pipistrellus abramus)

Japanese pipistrelle (Pipistrellus abramus); Japanese house bat

bat

Japanese cockroach (Periplaneta japonica)

German cockroach (Blattella germanica)

American cockroach (Periplaneta americana)

cockroach

steak tartare

cream of tartar; potassium hydrogen tartrate

tartar (as formed during the fermentation of wine, etc.)

flying bird; soaring bird

it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order

giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon); black tiger prawn

black tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon); giant tiger prawn

monad

menu bar

working mother

unmarried (by choice)

administrator

guide; usher

confirmation (rite)

extrusive rock; effusive rock

sedimentary rock

shale oil

chert

pyroxene andesite

amphibole

granite

lumping similar things together and giving the group a collective name; collective name; generic term

it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)

with a creak; creakily