Vocabulary

to dry out; to become dry (and brittle); to go stale

to twitch

to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient

screenshot

screenshot; screen capture; screengrab

to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes

to exclude (someone); to shun; to ignore; to leave out; to ostracize

mechanical doll; automaton; string puppet; marionette; person who follows orders blindly

to glare; to dazzle

to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set

dark (color)

banning (e.g. an organization); making something illegal

to be sticky

must-have; essential item

impression given by a painting or image

packing tape

industry; industries

person attached to some unit

(animal) feed tray; feed trough; feed box; feed bowl; bait box (e.g. for fishing)

to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate

to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)

(frustratingly) slow; tedious; sluggish; roundabout (e.g. explanation); exasperating; irritating

the world

solid printing

commissioned officer attached to a school

to abridge; to shorten; to economize

to look old; to appear mature (e.g. of children)

disability pension; invalid pension

filling in (e.g. between speakers at a meeting, acts at a show); material used to fill in (between speeches at a meeting, etc.); anecdote

to cut down (grass, etc.; by swinging a sickle, scythe, etc.); to mow

ice shard; ice shards

that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that

results-oriented approach; resultism; belief in results

to abolish; to abandon; to repeal; to discontinue

mahjong tile

having consent (e.g. to do something); having (someone's) assent

Western-influenced; Occidental-looking; exotic; smelling of butter

(yet) again

at that (very) moment; just then

suicide by jumping (e.g. from a tall building)