Vocabulary

one night; one evening

family; clan; kin

look; glance; sight; having a look at; looking over; glancing through

feather; plume; plumage; down

weather; look of the sky

operation; calculation

swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin

cave-in; collapse; sinking; depression (e.g. of the skull); subsidence

rock

surprise attack

parasite

contribution; service

end of term

nose (of plane)

naturalization; naturalisation

strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit

quarterly publication

technique; finesse

doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious

doubt

donation money (esp. disaster relief or charity); contribution

tea drinking

opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring

weeping; lamenting

old state of affairs

fishing village

contest (between performers); competitive performance

common use; communal use; sharing

joint; common

republican form of government; republicanism

one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)

coercion; extortion; compulsion; force

panic; scare; alarm

school affairs; religious affairs

madness; insanity

to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)

nostalgia; homesickness

elaborate; exquisite; ornate; refined; sophisticated

nine

ward assemblyman