Vocabulary

stupidity barrier; stupidity as an obstacle to coming to a mutual understanding

younger brother

money loser; high-cost, low-return project

money-eating; expensive; extravagant

short-winged cormorant

without even asking; without even listening; without careful inquiry (enquiry)

slight increase; marginal rise

wife

wife

training and accommodation institution for young men

to wake (someone) up; to awaken; to rouse

thorn apple (Datura stramonium); jimsonweed; datura

belladonna (Atropa belladonna); deadly nightshade

stem cell

employment position or rank

to behave buggily (of software); to act up; to behave strangely

collating (printing)

imposition

to increase in value; to gain prestige

foil; (gold, etc.) leaf

European Economic Community; EEC

(fixing) boundaries for religious practices

hypothalamus

form of modern martial art using the bayonet

classical form of martial art

civil official (esp. dealing with literary matters)

transparent mode

transmittance; permeability

item number

a little over; a little more than

a few minutes later; after a few minutes

territory; autonomous region

seventh-generation descendant; great-great-great-great-great-grandchild

extinct species

sword that cuts iron

prompt reply

prompt reply

long distance relationship

to filch; to snatch; to pinch; to swindle; to cheat (someone out of something); to rip off

tambourine