Vocabulary

advance payment; up-front payment; prepayment

crimp; crinkle; waviness

crimp; crimping

crinkle

love

payment of debts; repayment

debt trap; debt hell; being in debt up to one's ears

educational institution; educational facilities

excursion ticket; travel pass

separation of politics from economics

oral instruction

apocalyptic literature

Pentecost; Whitsunday

pseudepigrapha

disembarkation (from an aircraft or spacecraft); deplaning

theme music; theme tune; theme song

Madrid (Spain)

bonanza

Hispanic America; Spanish America

Spanglish

tilde

superstratum; superstrate

substratum; substrate

grinding; trituration

semiformal attire; semiformal dress

Central Intelligence Agency (US); CIA

evenhanded foreign policy; equidistant foreign policy

key case; key pouch

kokedama; moss ball; plant grown in a ball of soil covered in moss, held together with string

ring inversion; ring flip

zapping (through TV channels); channel surfing

common saying; slang; argot

electrified vehicle (incl. hybrid electric vehicles, fuel cell electric vehicles, etc.); xEV

woman in STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics); female scientist

spreading out; stretching out; expansion; extension

need for approval; desire for recognition; esteem needs

staying an extra night (e.g. after attending an event)

Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP

Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP

Trans-Pacific Partnership; Trans-Pacific Strategic Economic Partnership Agreement; TPP