Vocabulary

top view (esp. diagrams)

taxation office serving a specific area; competent tax office

everlasting spring

one of these days; someday; one day

a foolish child is more precious

security blanket; comfort blanket; comfort object

security blanket; comfort blanket; comfort object

security blanket; comfort blanket; comfort object

security blanket; comfort blanket; comfort object

police station with jurisdiction for a precinct, etc.; competent police station

taxation office serving a specific area; competent tax office

nonexistent; not being (there); not having

senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion

key performance indicators; KPI

the events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate

Middle East respiratory syndrome; MERS

drift (mining); driftway

gangue; veinstone

porphyrite

eyebrowed thrush (Turdus obscurus); gray-headed thrush

glam metal (heavy-metal sub-genre)

drift (mining); driftway

strike; direction

edgewise (e.g. load, compression)

arsenic mineral; arsenious anhydride

in (e.g. secret); with (e.g. success)

to wriggle; to twist (one's body); to writhe

unoccupied seat; (as-yet) unreserved seat

hair

to catch fire (of charcoal); to start burning; to burn away; to burn merrily

without being discouraged by this (experience); without letting this put (you) off; without being held back by this

vomit-inducing (romance)

to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize

airplane (manned by ...)

simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work

routine work; everyday work

formatting

old Chinese custom of marrying older women with young boys

to head home; to leave for home

restaurant that only serves set meals