Vocabulary

garb of love; metaphor for love kept as close to one as clothing

price without taxes added; price before tax

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point; HACCP

Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point; HACCP

pungent; irritating; acrid

hard-boiled egg

hard-boiled egg

lamplighter; town employee who lit oil or gas streetlights

baseball-playing teenager; high-school baseball player

buddy; pal; friend

friend; buddy

lighting a sacred flame by the light of the Sun

incredible; unbelievable; implausible

incredible; unbelievable

pizza crust

favicon

selfie stick

paste-up; collage

(your) bank

you (esp. unmarried women)

spring picking; first flush (tea)

establishing

to get away without consequences; to get off scot-free

loose diamonds

public indecency; indecent exposure

post-disaster public-funded rental accommodation

new window; separate window

pain

glossy abelia (Abelia grandiflora)

glossy abelia (Abelia grandiflora)

announcement from backstage (theatre, television)

footstool

to cut with scissors; to put scissors to; to trim (a tree, shrub, etc.); to prune

quickly; briefly

first maple leaves to turn red in the season

proof-of-concept; demonstration experiment; verification test

patent application

sixteenth note; semiquaver

scoring in succession (points, sets, etc.)

Russian capital (i.e. Moscow)