Vocabulary

spare trousers (pants, slacks)

wife; the missus

being devoted; spending all one's time and energy on

such; like this

iron basket for torches; cresset; brazier

sewing up; darning

to hug; to clasp to one's breast

to forget to write; to leave out (by mistake); to omit

original (written) work (i.e. a new novel, play, music, etc.); newly written work; specially written work; writing (a new work) specially (for a publication, film, exhibition, etc.)

rewriting (e.g. of a book)

scratch; scrape; abrasion

gaudy; flashy; showy; glittery; sparkly; shiny

confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent

training period; residency (esp. medical); internship

farewell exhibition; retrospective (exhibition); exhibition in commemoration of retirement

lay judge; citizen judge; juror

matrimonial happiness; happy marriage

according to; by (means of); due to; because of

scatter diagram; scatterplot; scatter plot; scattergraph; scattergram

dispersion diagram

transition diagram; trend diagram

near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess

slip of the pen; mistake in writing

egg soup

scribblings; scrawlings

difficult to write or draw; does not write well (pen, brush, etc.)

slip of the pen; mistake in writing; misspelling; lapsus calami

to write incorrectly (e.g. character); to make a mistake in writing

every other; second; alternate

like this; such; thus; in this way

such and such; so and so

ice cube

you

alveolar consonant

objective complement; noun or adjective following and modifying the direct object

small toy included with food

to slam into; to crash into; to run into; to hit (against)

to look up to; to respect

wavelet

regular position; position with a prospect of promotion