Vocabulary

short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole

mishit; poor stroke; poor shot

undressed concrete; unfaced concrete

punching (e.g. with a die); die cutting; blanking

opening inward (of a door or window)

backward pivot throw; technique of leaning back and carrying one's opponent round and out of the ring

to discard; to abandon

to attack; to strike; to take a swing at

deutzia (Deutzia crenata)

pitcher plant

tower

exhilarated; all smiles; tickled pink; pleased as punch

to take away; to carry off

tee-hee

inexperienced (in life experience); unsophisticated; green; wet behind the ears

good-for-nothing

to fester

nonexistence

sad; mournful; melancholy; sorrowful

sieve (for reducing soft solids to a pulp)

lonesome; lonely; forlorn

inwardly embarrassed; inwardly ashamed; a bit shy

to get shabby; to go downhill; to go to seed; to go to the dogs

bright (weather, mood, voice, etc.); clear; fine; beautiful; glorious; splendid

to sell out; to exhaust one's stock

embolism; intercalation

nonglutinous grain (not sticky enough to make mochi rice cakes)

alarming; worrisome; of concern

flattery; adulation; commendation

to remain unsold; to be left on the shelf

hollow; cavity; hole

hanging around; wandering around (aimlessly); moving around (restlessly); running around

oof (i.e. a grunt of effort)

keeping silent; saying nothing at all

to preordain

hurray; hurrah

to be reflected (in); to be mirrored (in)

to compose (e.g. poem)

United Kingdom and Germany; British-German; Anglo-German; English-German

Britain and France