Vocabulary

train window; car window

isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation

meandering; snaking; zigzagging

borrower; debtor

borrowing; loan

feeble complaint; whine

subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego

manager; director; superintendent; overseer

reins; bridle

washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands

personal delivery; handing over in person

magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand

division of work; sharing out the work; splitting into groups (e.g. to search for someone); separating into parties

garnering; collection

end; close

penmanship; calligraphy

heavy taxation

serious illness

(political) purge

maturing; ripening; aging; ageing; curing; fermenting

(on the) point of going out; (at the) moment one is about to leave

publisher

commodore; brigadier general

postponement; moving to a later date

prescription (of medicine); formula

bookshelf

schoolgirl; female student

woman's body

unveiling ceremony

chance (of success); odds

prospects of victory; chances of success

pine forest

firefighter; fireman

impatience; irritation; frustration; fretfulness

check (against); collation (with); comparison; verification

nitric acid

how to manage (e.g. case); how to handle (e.g. machine); way with (e.g. children, animal)

replenishment; supplement; reparation

Port and Harbor Authority

deodorant; deodorizer; air freshener