Vocabulary

halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta

long-lasting; long-wearing; wears well

deep regret; great sorrow; bitter grief

anchorage; anchoring; mooring

set meal; special (of the day)

(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; throwing up (one's) hands

reading with pleasure

bad smell; foul smell; offensive odor; stench; stink

grasping; gripping; grasp; grip; clutch

highlight; best part

great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking

enclosure; fence; wall; pen; paling

entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization

surprise; something unexpected

chair; seat; stool; bench

heresy; nonconformism; heathenism; paganism

change (e.g. season)

posthumous works

wild goose

money and goods

academy of arts; arts academy

research officer

starting a train (or bus, etc.) before all the passengers are on board

watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel

sentence; judgment; judgement; pronouncement; order; command

each individual; each person

official residence

flush; blush

principal; main; important; fashionable

reality; real state of affairs; true state of affairs

water-purification tank

inner canthus; inner corner of the eye

woodworking; woodwork; woodworker

manner of speaking

blame; censure; reproof; reprimand; rebuke

natural voice (without a microphone)

recommendation

redecoration; remodelling; remodeling; refurbishment