Vocabulary

Naiad (water nymph)

increased investment

to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite

best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent

more than anything (else)

self-inflicted accident; traffic accident where injury is caused by one's own negligence; one-car accident

mesenchymal cell

obtaining the respective numbers of cranes and tortoises from the total of their heads and legs; calculating the values of two unknown quantities from their unit total and the total of one of their attributes

total volume control; regulations on total allowable volumes of pollutants

real-estate financing; real-estate loan

photography contest; photography competition

elderly care; eldercare

wallet-sized (photo)

giving a gift

diffusion index

New Year's greetings

colloquium; symposium; gathering for discussion

Palaeolithic culture; Paleolithic culture

stone age culture

industrial

two thirds

inattention; distraction; mind-wandering

age in days; number of days old

softstem bulrush (Scirpus tabernaemontani)

battledore fair

Lockheed P-3 Orion (anti-submarine and maritime surveillance aircraft); P3C

International Olympic Committee; IOC

net external assets

doorstop; door stop; door stopper

human drama

package of economic stimulus measures; comprehensive economic measures; comprehensive economic stimulus package

elementary operation; basic operation; fundamental procedure

automobile component; automobile part

he said, she said

midsummer; height of summer

economic slump; economic stagnation; lackluster economy; stagnant economy; sluggish economy; slow economy

endomesoderm

whole family; all the members of one's family

raid; assault; attack

industrial waste disposal facility; wastes treatment facility