Vocabulary

expanding into a chain (e.g. store, hotel); development of chain stores

to disgrace oneself; to make a fool of oneself

partition cap; upper plate; wall girder

on closer reflection; on second thought; come to think of it; actually

fist-sized

spawning

summoning circle (esp. in fantasy fiction); magic circle

thickly (of smoke, steam, etc.); stiflingly (hot air); suffocatingly; pungently

springy (texture); doughy; elastic

dust devil

hybrid warfare; hybrid war

mission golden-eyed tree frog (Trachycephalus resinifictrix); Amazon milk frog; blue milk frog

abrachia

mass spectrometry

double-flowered

double flower; double blossom

boundary between the world of men and the world of the sea god

picture formed from letters

sound collection

highly directional microphone

base- (e.g. base-2); numeral system; counting system

stationary point

downpour; drenching rain

better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know

African swine fever; AFS

Kegel exercises

out of hand; uncontrollable; out of control; messy

key to a solution; first step toward a solution; thread to unravel a mystery

gentle; mild; lenient

not expecting in the slightest; not in one's wildest dreams

to get out of hand; to become uncontrollable; to boil over

to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown

renovation work; remodeling; remodelling

infinitesimal calculus; (differential and integral) calculus

selling like crazy; selling like hotcakes; flying off the shelves

stem and calyx of muskmelon (used in traditional Chinese medicine)

microstate; ministate

reduction (in size); shrinking; minimization

middle relief pitcher; middle reliever

secret notebook