Vocabulary

starting to walk

dungeon

memorandum of agreement; agreement; memorandum of understanding; MOU; letter of intent; heads of agreement

marketability; saleability

product appeal

automatic (transmission)

automatic car; car with automatic transmission

was; were

taking leave (of a visited place); leaving; going home

flush with money; having a full purse; having a full handbag

even more; still more; further

brainstorm

to read (a book); to open (a book) to read

cover (e.g. of snow, trees, etc.)

probe (device; electric, magnetic, sonic, etc.); probing needle

on countless occasions; many a time

otherwise; or else; if not

to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds

take it easy

difficult to speak about

difficult to understand; difficult to grasp; confusing; puzzling

check mark; tick

checklist

guarding; guard

in succession; one after another

fragrant wood

to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel

Union of South Africa (1910-1961)

Union of South Africa (1910-1961)

noisily (esp. the noise of heavy feet)

shellac

unpopular (with); out of favour (with); badly received

father; dad; papa

febrile seizure; febrile convulsions

exaggeration; overstatement

overdoing (something); doing too much; going too far; overkill

mistake; error; blunder

cloth bib displaying a competitor's number; athlete's number

epidemic

club activities; group activities