Vocabulary

one after another

frizzy (hair); wiry; kinky; curled up (leaves, etc.); shrivelled up

slowly; sluggishly

meow; miaow

chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle

whistling of wind

bell ringing (chiming)

look, look!; there, there!

picking and choosing

bracelet

kaiser; emperor

halberd

Shockwave (multimedia platform)

assault

nightmare

typhoon

sword

javelin

lancer

executor

priest

cent

warlock

hellfire

assassin

reshuffling; job rotation

Japan and North Korea; Japanese-North Korean

addition (to a text); additional entry (e.g. to a database)

part-time lecturer; contract teacher

on the street; around town; the world; the public

superior insight; your idea

lowly government servant; humble government servant

raising (the standard)

name given to the deceased; posthumous name; posthumous title

identity fraud; masquerading (as somebody else)

to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to pass oneself off as; to disguise oneself as

musical instrument; music

steel rod

report given to deity or nobility

now or never; time's up