Vocabulary

shock absorption; buffer action; cushioning; buffer

unarmed; without weapons

plan; project; attempt; plot; scheme; undertaking

to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close

boarding house; residence hall; dormitory

parasitism

to be affected; to put on airs

stout-hearted; firm; courageous; brave; tough

respiratory tract; air duct

noble visitor

caricature; cartoon; comics

passenger car; passenger carriage

backward movement; reverse movement; going backwards; retrogression; going in the wrong direction; going against (e.g. the times)

sphere; globe; orb

old family; old-established family

obligatory supply (of goods to the government, e.g. during wartime); delivery (to the government at a fixed price, e.g. of rice)

to become stiff (of muscles)

stare; gaze; fixation

to forbid; to ban; to prohibit

abstinence from alcohol; temperance

valuable; high-priced; precious

person who has been through a lot; worldly-wise person; one who has seen it all

expulsion; driving out; driving away; extermination

even number

bending; curving; twisting; turning; winding

sergeant

kasaya; monk's stole

coefficient

congratulations and condolences

(police officer's) baton; truncheon; billy club

talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk

frivolous; flippant; superficial; shallow; trifling; insincere

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

making arbitrary decisions which benefit oneself; self-approved plan

to be dispelled (of doubts, ill feeling, etc.); to disappear; to be put behind one

hard; solid; tough

power; influence

to estimate

to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate

original document (not a copy or adaptation); book in its original language (esp. a European language)