Vocabulary

return of something; repayment

toilet; lavatory; water closet; restroom; bathroom

Mother's Day (2nd Sunday of May)

home port

unaccounted; off the books

bearing; heading; point of the compass

equation; formula

homesickness; nostalgia

to defend against; to protect against

enclosing (e.g. with a letter)

to be able to ...; can ...

special skill

special effects; SFX

poisonous substance; toxic substance; poison

self-education; self-instruction; self-study

self-righteousness; self-justified

to thrust (at someone); to stick; to point (a gun)

mutation

bureau in a ministry

Lord Keeper of the Privy Seal (1885-1945)

Antarctica

second step

to enter; to come in; to go in; to get in; to arrive

approval or disapproval; admission or denial

the whole store

estrangement; alienation; neglecting to stay in contact

binoculars; field glasses

conception; idea; thought

remembering; recollection; calling to mind

sooner or later; in time; eventually

general term; generic name

frost

sender (of a present)

less than; under; short of; not even

to be sufficient; to be enough

sleeve

pluralism; diversity

many kinds; many types

large seal; large stamp

crossing swords