Vocabulary

taking a cut from a thief's plunder; vile deed

physical quantity

credit risk

credit default swap; CDS

inauspicious time in four pillar astrology

ice shelf

gas-filled (lamp, tube, counter, etc.)

to set a deadline; to fix a time limit

Mercalli intensity (earthquake)

dots and dashes; Morse code

dot (in Morse code)

geochronology

succession of strata; stratigraphy

syphiloma

wife's mother; mother-in-law

wife's mother; mother-in-law

elder; senior

student hostel partly managed by the residents

law of superposition; principle of superposition

quick and lightweight car

to chase around

secondary use; reuse

pruning tree branches to encourage new growth

amateurish and haughty way of doing business

cutting off the head

cutting off the edges (printing, sewing, cooking, etc.)

cutting; cutting off; severing

clearance store

store that sells remaindered book or magazines

remaindered books; remainders

selling off cheaply (e.g. books); selling below cost price; dumping

batting practice facility; batting practice center; batting cage

paper cutter; paper knife

to lose balance

irresolutely; hesitatingly; undecidedly

lifting one's buttocks (e.g. through exercise); getting a perkier bum; getting rid of sagging buttocks

surgeon

lettuce

null set; set of measure zero

to finish watching (e.g. a movie)