Vocabulary

hideous face; ugly face; unattractive face; unsightly face

May Queen (potato variety)

hijiki (dark edible seaweed usu. sold in dried black strips; Hizikia fusiformis)

shawm-like instrument played by street vendors (sometimes referred to as a flute)

lanky person; beanpole; lamppost

single man; bachelor; unmarried man

thickness (of a sauce, soup, etc.); viscosity; thick consistency

slang

skin cancer

filtrate

cattle manure; cow dung; cowpat; bullshit

new argument; new theory; new thesis; new debate

tea (coffee, cigarette) break

utter fool; complete idiot; absolute moron

skilled engineer or mechanic who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical

left-and-right pair; symmetrical pair

bilateral symmetry

fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person

the passage of people and horses; coming and going of people and horses

fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus

sycophantic diplomacy; servile diplomacy

at (upon) presentation; when presented

scenic beauty; magnificent (spectacular) view

person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well

delicious flavor; superb taste

depending on the answer; hinging on the reply

being rather confused; looking somewhat dismayed (perturbed)

spiritual exchange; reciprocal flow of feeling

vertigo; staggers

garrison; guard

rambling talk; vague remarks

fluoridation

escutcheon

inflicting injury (criminally)

winding a replacement thread, wire, etc.

cold; indifferent; unfriendly; unsympathetic; unkind

hostile takeover

poison pill (anti-takeover measure)

poison pill (anti-takeover measure)

to be fragrant; to give out a smell; to be enveloped in a smell