Vocabulary

Minister of Labour

labor federation; labour federation

government whose core support comes from labourers and farmers (esp. the Soviet government)

labor-farmer party; labour-farmer party

laborer; labourer; workman

physical labor (esp. forced); strenuous manual labor; toil

prison labor camp; prison labour camp

to play with; to joke; to use (esp. trick, sophistry, etc.)

meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something

two-storied gate; tower gate

student waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination

romanticism

romantic (school)

romantic school; romanticism

leak; leakage

to overhear; to hear (secondhand); to hear on the grapevine; to know by hearsay

water leakage; water leak

short circuit; leakage (of electricity); electrical fault

funnel

cross talk

jail; gaol; jailhouse

beacon; skyrocket; signal fire; smoke signals

confusion; dismay; consternation; panic

disorder; confusion

rioter; ruffian

aging; ageing

old man

experienced; seasoned; veteran

old woman

solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness

to deafen

deafness

school for people unable to hear and speak

deaf and mute person

school for the deaf

being kept uninformed; being cut off; out of the loop

deaf person

wax figure; wax doll; wax model; waxwork

vassals; retainers; followers

sextuplets