Vocabulary

rectangle

foolish act; folly

emptiness; hollowness; vacancy; void

waste; wastefulness

senior pupil (of the same master); senior disciple; senior student; senior member

memento (esp. of a deceased person); keepsake; heirloom; remembrance; souvenir

look (esp. an angry or upset look); expression

minor offence; minor offense; misdemeanor; misdemeanour

raging stream; rapids

preparedness for death; do-or-die spirit

thrift; economy; frugality

body donation

trainee

to show off; to flaunt

to show; to display

unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful

to mistake (for something or someone else); to misread; to misjudge

headword (in a dictionary); entry word

to (see and) choose; to select

original sentence

the original work

ledger; original record; register

disillusionment; disillusion; disenchantment

unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit

old tree

old person (knowledgeable about events of the distant past); elderly person; elder

door; doorway

sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people)

eardrum; tympanic membrane

bitter enemies in the same boat; rivals finding themselves together by chance; strange bedfellows

sacred treasure; the three sacred treasures (sword, jewel, mirror)

white plaster wall

audience with the Emperor; imperial audience

cutting into four; quarter

westward trip; trip to the West

large number of people

(raw) ore

practice-swinging (sword, bat, tennis racket, etc.)

the contracting business

a buyer's market