Vocabulary

Federation of Malaya (1948-1963)

Malaya

inducing agent (e.g. for birth); inducer

boldface; bold-type; thick characters

to be leaning (to one side); to be tilting

daily delivery (esp. of perishable food, e.g. milk)

Christmas party

lavish feast; splendid banquet

to swing past the maximum (e.g. of a needle on a dial)

heliborne (e.g. operation, assault)

to be able to read; to be legible; to be decipherable

overnight transportation (train service, flight, etc.); late-night departure; red-eye flight

fan base; fanbase; fan demographic; fandom

Mao collar; Mandarin collar

to laugh together

pseudo; quasi; artificial; simulated

legendary; folkloric; traditional

follow back (on social media); following the account of someone who follows you

sewing needle

to finish eating

to believe in each other; to trust each other

gyrase; DNA gyrase

half wavelength

leaving a school club (upon graduation)

to fit perfectly (of an expression, etc.)

blasphemous; profane; sacrilegious

delusional; chimerical

within the village; all over the village; throughout the village

to compose; to write; to author

to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder

temperature decrease; fall in temperature; cooling

minimal amount

center alignment; centering

to copy verbatim; to copy word-by-word

to pull out (with force)

quickly reversed cut (sword technique)

wall; wall tiles

part of a wooden board closer to the bark; face side

inner side of a wooden board; core side of sawn timber

battlefield; battleground