Vocabulary

auxiliary intervention (in a lawsuit)

binding legal effectiveness as to third parties

instance (e.g. first instance, second instance, etc. in a legal proceeding)

show-room

unrecognized; unrecognised; lack of recognition

unapproved; lack of approval

foremast hand; common sailor

career bureaucrats

insect egg

to become frayed; to become loose

to shirk one's duties; to be idle; to play truant

tea-ceremony procedures; skill at serving tea

mimeograph

pulp paper; rough (printing) paper

gradual rise in prices

fabrication; made-up story; sham; hoax; put-up job; frame-up

low flame; (very) low heat; gentle heat

(sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story)

tepid water; lukewarm water

safety standards

alien (different) race

different race; different ethnic group; different peoples

gastric dilation; dilation of stomach

break; pause; halt; (temporary) stop

piece (e.g. poetry); poem; essay; book; story

extension; prolongation

ringworm (of the groin); jock itch; tinea cruris

ringworm (of the groin); jock itch; tinea cruris

facing right

rainforest

writer (of a poem); composer (of a poem)

longline

salt lake; saline lake

path to Hades; passage leading to the underworld

ocher (colour); ochre

where; whereabouts

charm (e.g. of an innocent child); lovable nature

Japanese linden (Tilia japonica)

flower stalk; peduncle

documentary draft; documentary bill