Vocabulary

thousands of miles

unpublished; unreleased; not yet made public

illicit sale; smuggling; bootlegging; trafficking

unrelated

futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness

safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; inoffensive

famous piece of music; excellent song; (musical) masterpiece

fate; destiny

fierce attack

lumberyard

salaried; paid; with pay

origin; source; history; derivation

amusement park

presentiment; premonition; hunch

waves that remain after the wind has subsided

to embrace; to hug

irrigation water; water for fire; city water; cistern water

bathroom

standing close together in a disorderly way (of buildings, etc.); standing side by side

ideal

to betray; to turn traitor (to); to double-cross; to go back on; to be unfaithful (to)

reverse side

foster child

care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; staying at home

formal receipt (of payment; oft. hand-written); receipt

neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood

encouragement; incentive; stimulus

worship (esp. Christian); (church) service

operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking

alley; alleyway; lane

ronin; masterless samurai

comment; criticism; critique; review

anthropology

waters; water area

water temperature

horizontal; level; even

several hundred million years

social conditions; phase of life; (sign of) the times; state of society

gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy

to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of