Vocabulary

Ringer's solution

injection of Ringer's solution

Linnaean nomenclature

lumen

Lugol's iodine; Lugol's solution

Russian blouse

rupee

rupiah (currency of Indonesia)

luminol reaction (e.g. to a bloodstain)

Rwanda

rain shoes; galoshes

rescue party; rescue squad

wrestler (esp. a professional wrestler)

tow truck; recovery vehicle; breakdown lorry; wrecker

wrench; spanner

Roman type (printing)

round glasses with thick plastic rims

log-house

Russian roulette

Rocky Mountains; the Rockies

lobotomy

one-sided game

coming to nothing

to fall through; to come to nothing; to be ruined

crowded (e.g. with people); overflowing

to be too late (to be of use)

leaving late (for work)

courageously; fearlessly; defiantly; boldly

fear; dread; fright; willies

to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation

to be horrified; to be filled with trepidation; to shake with fright; to yield to terror

Balcony of Appearances; balcony where the imperial family appears before the public

fan columbine (Aquilegia flabellata)

chatterbox; talkative girl; precocious girl

puckered-up mouth; button of a mouth

much the same; nearly equal

technique of holding one's opponent's arm to prevent him from getting a hold on one's belt

making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared

article offered at a bargain price (mainly of imperfect produce)

one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point