Vocabulary

home delivery (of food); outside catering

to get a late start

to follow (a rule, precedent, etc.); to conform to (the law, standards, etc.); to be based on; to apply correspondingly

cruise; cruising

order; sequence

to fill in (field, entry, etc.); to fill out (form)

study; library; den; home office; reading room

to save; to rescue; to spare

midwife

gift certificate

small tool; gadget

major; lieutenant commander; wing commander

tokonoma; alcove where art or flowers are displayed

grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over

takeover (of a company, etc.)

horse riding; horseback riding; mounting a horse

colouring; coloring; shade of colour (color)

food additive

buttocks; behind; rump; bottom; hips

anticipation; expectation

to know; to understand; to be aware of; to regard as; to take for

new system; new order

bride

deep sea; depths of the sea; ocean depths

truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity

sincere; earnest; serious

mystery; mysteriousness; secret

affinity; feeling of closeness (with someone); feeling of kinship

artificial; unnatural; human-caused (e.g. mistake, error, disaster); man-made

one's view of life; attitude toward life; outlook

everyday clothes; ordinary clothes; casual wear; informal dress

to air; to dry; to desiccate

soft; tender; supple; flexible; limber; limp

(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point

aunt

to buy up

national power

payment; bill; account

day by day

to appear to want to have (something); to obviously want; to seem to want; to indicate a wish for