Vocabulary

miraculous (miracle-working) water

bituminous coal

four-handed performance (on the piano)

allied forces; the Allies (e.g. in WWII)

purgatory

complicity; implication; involvement

briquette (charcoal or coal)

wrought iron

chaste, strong-minded woman; virtuous woman; heroine

upright man; patriot; hero

blazing sun; scorching sun; hot day

schizopetalous flower

(power of) understanding; comprehensive faculty

estrangement; alienation; sowing discord; driving a wedge

reading in turns

traffic accident; automobile accident

gonococcus (Neisseria gonorrhoeae)

neighboring country; neighbouring country

rotation of crops

copying

milepost; milestone

elderly spinster

one's old bones; old man

hexahedron

staying at home or indoors; living in seclusion; retirement

articulation

dew point

surface mining; open-cut mining; open-pit mining

travelling expenses; traveling expenses

affinity; family relationship

lachrymal sac; tear sac; dacryocyst

tear gland; lacrimal gland

everyday clothes; informal clothes (dress)

supply line; supply of provisions

good conductor (of heat, etc.)

good family; respectable family; decent family

seeking the bizarre (abnormal, grotesque, etc.)

strip of vegetation (in an urban area); green strip; tree lawn; grass verge

wooded area; verdant area

shade of trees