Vocabulary

bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer

exhaled air; exhalation; expiration

respiratory system

breathing techniques; breath control

somewhat hard; somewhat firm; fairly hard; on the hard side

adherence (to one's beliefs); persistence; sticking to one's guns; standing one's ground

clinging

to hold one's breath (in fear, anxiety, etc.)

regular pay; fixed salary

stator

fixed-length

fixed length block

fixed liabilities

eigenvalue

stubbornly sticking to old ways; dislike of new things; narrow-mindedness

lone traveller; lone traveler

lone (isolated) force; forlorn force

solitary castle; isolated castle

isolation

isolationism

temple kitchen; monastery kitchen

to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air); to form an arc

arc light

arc shape; crescent shape

arc (of a circle)

degree of curvature

outdoor photography

head of a household

family registration official

the late; the deceased

reason; cause; circumstances; grounds

old acquaintance

buying stolen goods; receiving

to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)

desolate field; withered field

hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)

elegant simplicity

on the lake

lake surface

pale fiery light seen in fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus; elf-fire; fen-fire