Vocabulary

making a country prosperous; prosperous country

interest (in something)

credit-worthiness directory

spoiled fun; loss of interest; damper (e.g. on the party); wet blanket; turn-off

rise and fall (of nations)

stimulant

buckwheat chaff

veteran; reservist; ex-soldier

local story

regional cuisine; local cuisine

reflection in a mirror; reflected image; mirror image

panel; scene-panel

vibrating pipe

Symposium (book by Plato)

entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining

pleasant surprise

astounding; startling; world-shaking; amazing; earth-shattering

look to (for help); look up to; reverence

order (from one's superior); command

lying on one's back; lying face upward; lying supine

angle of elevation

looking up to; revering

looking up; looking upwards

being on one's back

clot

deliberation; consultation

solidification; congelation; freezing; curdling; setting

blood clot; curdle

coagulation; clot; enthusiast; fanatic

hardening point; freezing point; congealing point

solidified oil

cohesive power

delay

adhesion

adhesion

curd; curds; curdled milk

concentration of thought

looking intently

standing absolutely still

dawning sky