Vocabulary

set phrase; stock phrase; conventional expression; usual wording; cliché; clichéd line

burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture

duel; shoot-out

conspiracy; collusion

platelet; thrombocyte

moon viewing (esp. during the eight month of the lunar calendar)

far; distant; far away; a long way off; in the distance

gambling

hibernation; winter sleep; brumation; torpor

frostbite; chilblains

to count on; to anticipate; to expect

(for) the time being; (for) the present; (for) the moment

to answer; to reply

hard worker; hardworking person

same text; same wording

living alone; solitude; solitary life

vocal solo

to stick (into); to pierce

to report; to notify

introversion

antinomy; self-contradiction; either-or situation; choice between mutually exclusive alternatives

sunbathing; basking in the sun

parasol (esp. one carried in the hand); sunshade

length of time; term

to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate

to dilute; to water down; to thin; to lighten (e.g. a color); to make less strong (e.g. flavor, depth, etc.)

myriad; countless things

birthplace (e.g. of jazz, Buddhism); cradle (e.g. of civilization); place of origin

to omit; to leave out; to skip

partial destruction

bad example from which one can learn; good example of what not to do (esp. how not to behave); negative example

to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to make (e.g. mistake)

criminal intent; malice

princess; Her Royal Highness

blighted love; disappointed love

guess; conjecture; surmise

foam; bubble

to get drunk

numerical formula

hem; (trouser) cuff; shirttail; bottom (of a kimono); train (of a dress)