Vocabulary

concentrated sulfuric acid; concentrated sulphuric acid

hare (esp. the Japanese hare, Lepus brachyurus)

Chinese trumpet creeper (Campsis grandiflora)

blunder; miss; slip; oversight

eavesdropping; tapping

uremia

(ticket) punching

largely cut (e.g. of cabbage); cut into large pieces

dusky; dim; shady

tail and fins

caudal fin; tail fin

to grow old; to weaken with age; to become senile

remaining years (of an old person's life)

except; no other

dignified; austere; imposing

to put a thing on top of another; to cover; to lay something on

to be done; to be practiced; to be practised; to take place; to be held; to be prevalent

jumping to hasty conclusions; conjecture

to be hesitant; to feel timid

embarrassed; self-conscious; bashful; abashed

starboard (side of a ship)

cercopithecoid (any Old World monkey of family Cercopithecidae, esp. the guenons of genus Cercopithecus)

your body; your health; yourself

anguish; trouble; agony

hot compress

manly; brave; heroic

to get along with; to compromise; to make concessions; to come to an agreement

late spring frost

prime of manhood

mother ship

lightning strike

fame; renown; great name

cutting one's hair before entering a monastery; tonsure

comfortable retirement

fall of a castle; surrender of a castle

losing one's life; death

butyric acid

cutting one's hair before entering a monastery; tonsure

violent conduct; misconduct; dissipation; profligacy; debauchery

environmentally damaging (indiscriminate) development