Vocabulary

expectoration; sputum

unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious

merely; only; simply

to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard

trumpet; horn; bugle

drinking straight from a bottle

trumpeter; bugler

wild daffodil (Narcissus pseudonarcissus); Lent lily

lama (honorific title)

Lamaism

sobbing; weeping; fit of crying

ah!; oh!; alas!

to scent out; to detect

to sniff out; to get wind of

to distinguish by smell; to smell the difference (between); to scent out

sense of smell; olfaction

luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence

Nausea (novel by Sartre)

to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick

to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by

to choke; to be choked (by)

ridicule; scorn

to laugh at someone scornfully; to scoff at

scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer

to laugh at; to ridicule; to mock; to make fun of; to sneer at

surely; certainly; no doubt; must

to boast; to brag

noise; cacophony

to play accompaniment; to keep time

meaningless words added (to a traditional Japanese song) for rhythmical effect; words or utterances added to modulate the cadence of a song; non-lexical vocables

to sing; to chirp; to twitter

live decoy (for hunting)

crucible; melting pot

10^20; 100,000,000,000,000,000,000; hundred quintillion

barrier reef

praise and censure; approval and disapproval; approbation and condemnation

praise and censure; public criticisms

trench; dugout

monopoly

many; plentiful