Vocabulary

bedplate; sole plate

United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

mockingbird

polysynaptic reflex

tax deduction on housing loans

tax reform; tax revision

housing market

land art; Earth art; Earthwork

Earthwork; land art

gaudy; flashy; shiny

shiny; flash; gaudy; glitzy

stable expression

background noise

expert panel; advisory committee

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Convention on the Rights of the Child

family relationships; one's relationship with one's family

partial lunar eclipse; partial eclipse of the moon

taking precautions against the cold (e.g. by dressing warmly)

empathy; understanding; sensitivity

new urban center

returning to the starting point

vaccinia; cowpox

town hall meeting

(period of) postpartum rage; postpartum irritability

seminal plasma

dust tail (of a comet)

gas tail (of a comet)

great comet

surface gravity

surface temperature

gaseous planet; gas planet

tectonic activity

main asteroid belt; main belt

gas cloud

kei van

wading pool; play pool

Olympic spirit

Olympism; Olympic spirit