Vocabulary

large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward)

large seal script (dating from China's Spring and Autumn period onward)

work experience

deep-fried tofu mixed with thinly sliced vegetables

filhos (traditional Portuguese dessert)

and they all lived happily ever after

date of execution (e.g. of a contract); agreement date; entering date (e.g. into a treaty)

sports club (e.g. at school); sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)

literary club (e.g. at school); literary section (e.g. newspaper)

trial by ordeal

trial by hot water; putting a person's hand in boiling water to determine their guilt or innocence (with the belief that the innocent would not be scalded)

attorney general; attorney-general

field hockey

pivot hinge (using extensions on the top and bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame)

sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)

transistor radio

cavities in the frame of a door used as part of a pivot hinge

extensions on the top and bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame (as part of a pivot hinge)

door (with a pivot hinge)

single door (as opposed to a double door)

Xi'an Incident (involving the arrest and confinement of Chiang Kai-shek; December 1936)

thinking the sun shines out of someone's eyes; being the apple of one's eye

dowsing

justifiable cause for noncompliance with the law

MP3 player

squinting; looking closely

meerkat (Suricata suricatta); suricate

meerkat (Suricata suricatta); suricate

dwarf planet

Ceres (goddess)

Eris (dwarf planet)

to set one's hand to; to start work on

sense of isolation; (feelings of) loneliness

artificial intelligence; AI

to start a fire (with wood-wood friction or by striking metal against stone)

to yell; to shout

Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica); meadowsweet

Japanese spirea (Spiraea Japonica)

gelatin paper

general merchandise store