Vocabulary

implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem

fake (work); counterfeit

pet bird

favorite pupil; favourite pupil; teacher's pet

compressed air

oppressive rule; tyrannical regime; despotism

pressure group; lobby

hint; suggestion; clue; implication

conspicuousness (usu. color); prominence; distinctiveness

medical affairs

important matter; matter of great importance; serious affair; major incident; emergency

obstinate; stubborn; inflexible

sliding storm shutter

to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem

sharp (eyes, ears, etc.); keen; acute; sensitive

garden party

quotation (to support one's argument); citation (e.g. of a precedent); invocation; claim

temple festival; fair; fete day; day related to a particular deity and thought to bring divine blessing to those who celebrate it

magic; conjuring; sleight of hand; legerdemain

quick-wittedness; tact

affectation; pretension; posturing

constraint; reserve; feeling hesitant; being afraid of troubling someone

to lie; to pretend; to feign; to falsify

formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic

sister-in-law (spouse's younger sister or younger brother's wife)

guest appearance

backward flow; backflow; countercurrent; reflux; regurgitation

inhalation

to cry and shout; to scream

spherical; globular; globe-shaped

poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury

lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger

raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote)

torpedo

offering

to offer; to sacrifice; to dedicate

to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest

rhapsody

bust (sculpture); half-length portrait

being amazed; being horrified; being taken aback