Vocabulary

frost and snow

long-standing ambition; one's heart's desire

mutual love

carelessness; careless mistake; blunder

canal; drainage

youth; young man who has reached adulthood (conscription age)

blue sky; azure sky

ambitious undertaking

ambitious undertaking; grand scheme

water pollution

savior; saviour; rescuer; messiah

hypercomplex equation; plural equation

charged body

accumulation of (undelivered) freight; freight congestion

serious error; gross mistake

durable (consumer) goods

large or bulky book or volume

decline; one's declining fortunes; decay

great eater; glutton

severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment

wearing a sword

calamity; disaster; great misfortune; grand climacteric

solar year; tropical year

sensibility; (having) many worries and regrets

gift; boon; godsend

bulletproof; protection (or charm) against bullets

bird-watching

on the brink of

brief note; brief letter; brief message

sightseeing

searchlight

freshwater lake

polytheism

position; orientation

base angle

forming an alliance; conclusion of a treaty of alliance

laying a cornerstone (foundation stone)

law; established rule

thinning out fruit; removing superfluous fruit

entanglement; clinging affection; involvement