Vocabulary

to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)

to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen

it is simply common courtesy to clean up after yourself; a bird does not foul the nest it is about to leave; on leaving a place, one should see that all is in good order

to lean against; to set against

to recover; to rally; to pick up

to push through (an idea)

hollyhock (Alcea rosea); common hollyhock

first day of summer (approx. May 6)

constitutional monarchy; limited monarchy

to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way

first day of autumn (approx. August 8); first day of fall

stereochemistry

feeling of solidity; three-dimensionality; drawing highlights

Cubism

first day of winter (approx. November 8)

cube

legislator

argument(ation)

to steal; to rob; to snatch; to pocket; to plunder

to snatch; to steal

to plunder

grazing; touching lightly

to get blurred

almost; nearly; for the most part

abbreviation

informality

abbreviated form of a Chinese character; simplified character

demitoilet; ordinary dress

looting

mnemonic

stranger; tramp; wanderer

flowchart; flow diagram

to drift (to); to be washed ashore

liquid sound

influenza; flu

penal colony

false rumour (rumor); groundless rumour; canard

influenza; flu

meteor shower

fluid mechanics; fluid dynamics; hydrodynamics