Vocabulary

multipurpose knife; Swiss Army knife

contactless payment

inductive charging; wireless charging

inductive charging

wireless charging

saint's bones; sacred bones

reliquary; feretrum

disease pattern

tile kiln

wet-bulb temperature

to complain; to make a complaint

home-visit care worker

physiognomist

non-oil producing countries; non-oil nation

menstrual blood

geospace

physiognomist

braggart; boaster; big talker; big mouth; blowhard; bullshitter

to laugh mockingly; to smile with contempt; to jeer; to sneer

longing for freedom when tied down; caged bird's longing for the open sky

ladies and gentlemen

wise and virtuous; good and able men

American journal; American magazine

basic income

to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account

basis for decision; evidence for judging

tonsil stone; tonsillolith

materials science

complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge

to cross the Rubicon; to pass a point of no return

henna

intensive-care old people's home

poorhouse; almshouse; workhouse

vocational aid center (centre); vocational-training facility; sheltered workshop

alert status; emergency alert

to be misleading

Maine Coon (cat breed)

sic

great morinda (Morinda citrifolia); Indian mulberry; noni; beach mulberry; cheese fruit

snowrose (Serissa japonica); tree of a thousand stars; Japanese boxthorn