Vocabulary

cling film; plastic wrap; food wrap

(one's) work performance; performance record; service record

leather jacket

older sister

assassin bug (any insect of family Reduviidae)

thin, white ceremonial haori worn by miko

nuisance phone call; spam phone call

jewellers

emergency tasks; urgent tasks

straight face; composed expression; nonchalant look

fixed working hours; prescribed working hours

mutagenicity

variation drill

novella; short novel

litmus paper

seat (of a chair)

new hair growth

prolate spheroid

oblate spheroid

warts; wart-like bumps

goosebumps; goose pimples

secret place; hidden place

microfibre; microfiber

boomslang (Dispholidus typus)

anole; American chameleon

green anole (Anolis carolinensis)

progressive probation

regressive probation

entrance ceremony (when students enter a dormitory)

ringworm (of the groin); jock itch; tinea cruris

chuckle; chuckling

Hu poplar; Populus euphratica

foaming; frothing; lathering

charm; amulet; talisman

water offering to Buddha; holy water

composition and arrangement

pleasure

eloquence or flattery designed to deceive

fiery chariot

evil old hag