Vocabulary

percussion instrument

systematic

personification; impersonation; embodiment

honour; honor; dignity; prestige; reputation; appearances

resistant to earthquakes

loan; debit and credit; lending and borrowing

pedestal

to go past; to pass; to pass by

ivy (esp. Boston ivy, Parthenocissus tricuspidata)

articles of incorporation; company statute

sovereign; emperor; monarch

competent; suitable; qualified

cherub; gods disguised as children; children parading as cherubs

addition; annexing

attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing

imputation; shifting (blame, responsibility, etc.); passing the buck

transfer (of a call, patient, etc.); forwarding (a letter, email, etc.); redirection

moving into (a city, etc.)

means of making contact; intermediary; go-between

introduction (from abroad)

electromagnetic

going to the United States

winter clothing; winter wear

grade; class; degree; rank; rating; order

putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

revival; resuscitation

very high; high up; aloft

byway; bypath; byroad; secret path; shortcut; way of escape

exposure to the sun; sunny place; sunlight

appendix; supplement; annex; extra (of a newspaper or magazine)

outward appearance

pottery; earthenware; ceramics; porcelain; china

pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad

fall; decline; lowering; hanging down; drooping; slanting (downward)

piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles

succession; continuation; series; sequence

doing as one is told; yes-man

main school; principal school

out in 1-2-3 order

(not) in the slightest; (not) at all