Vocabulary

chief of protocol

ceremonial sword

precedent; model

(a) model

bearing; manners

guard of honor; guard of honour

ceremonial weapon

guard of honour; honor guard; ceremonial guard

empress dowager's home

joke

comedy; burlesque

funny story

funny song; comic song; limerick

picture drawn in fun

fiction writer; dime novelist

rambling writings

playful laughter

humorous comments; sarcastic remarks; cartoon; caricature; satire

humorous writing

assistant engineer; (telegraph) operator

technology transfer

technical assistance (provided to underdeveloped countries)

technological innovation

technical cooperation

technical works

imitation; sham; -like

imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect

imitation leather

imitation leather

imitation of classical styles

classical style

feigning death; playing possum; tonic immobility; thanatosis; apparent death

simulation of a person

personification; anthropomorphization

(legal) fiction

bluff; deceiving an enemy

onomatope (i.e. word formed by onomatopoeia)

imitation; forgery; copy

phenomime; mimetic word; word that mimics an action, condition, or manner that does not make a sound (e.g. "damp", "calmly")

ornamental railing top; bridge railing-post knob