Vocabulary

honour award (honor)

civil engineering and construction; public works and construction

reading a word backwards (often to make slang)

to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned

to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious

Dongpo pork; Chinese pan-fried red-cooked pork squares

living space

(starting) from nothing; from scratch

trough shell adductor muscle; columella

cannibalism

physical geography; physiography

Simon Says (children's game)

camisole

Musashi (former province located in parts of present-day Tokyo, Kanagawa and Saitama prefectures)

extortionist that blackmail corporations; corporate shakedown artist

longer type of wakizashi (short sword)

Shennong; mythical king of ancient China

Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan

before one could; in no time at all; without a gap

slit; interstice; narrow aperture

synovial membrane; synovium

bursa

unbeatable; invincible; irresistible

to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to pout (e.g. lips)

to pout

feigning illness; pretending to be ill

zoanthid

phenocryst

groundmass; matrix

phonolite; clinkstone

who cares?; see if I care; who knows?; how should I know?

citizen

citizenship

bait (for fishing)

chassé (dance step)

poise

counterpoise

nanobiology

nanobiology

draining (esp. pipes from water for the winter)