Vocabulary

white hair; grey hair; gray hair

half-moon

password; watchword

variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions

to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to reach

(preliminary) meeting; face-to-face introduction

person in charge; official; attendant

uniformity; standardization; standardisation

exposure to wind

atrocious; heinous; fiendish; brutal; vicious

to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to seek

to close up; to shut up (e.g. behind doors)

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to spoil; to mar

to penetrate; to sink in

appointment; assignment; promotion

shaking (something) out

conservative

anaesthesia; anesthesia

call; summons; paging; curtain call

pillage; plunder; looting; robbery

uncle

singing voice; (sound of) singing

dry taste (e.g. sake, wine)

intimacy; affection; familiarity

cape (on coast)

territorial airspace

contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching

sense of security

tenacity; endurance

basis; foundation; core; criterion; standard

rapid growth

fresh

climbing to the summit; summiting

setting up specially; special installation

loyal retainer; loyal subject

discord; dissonance; cacophony

plumbing; piping

conservatism and progressivism; conservatives and reformists

competition