Vocabulary

bandwidth

taking (someone) along

mixed fraction; compound number

to wait impatiently for

to be impatient for; to wait (anxiously) for; to eagerly look forward to; to long for

to ambush

taking refuge and waiting (for the danger to pass)

carefully

diligently; faithfully; without fail; without blundering

neglectfulness

sabotage; slow-down tactics

mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight

on purpose; deliberately; intentionally

the Occident; the West

famous Western painting; masterpiece of Western painting

having presence of mind; self-possessed; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed

non-payer; one who doesn't pay one's bills

viviparity

mossy

bryophyte (any of three groups of non-vascular land plants, incl. mosses, hornworts and liverworts)

lichen

opossum

beating someone up by ganging up on them

hire boat; rental boat

carriage for hire

safe-deposit box

balance sheet

loan

creditor; lender; credit side (of the ledger)

to refuse; to reject; to turn down; to dismiss

unavoidable; inevitable; inescapable

conservative; regressive; backward-looking; unenterprising

retrogression; degeneration; deterioration

stripping a Diet member of arrest immunity

arrestee; person arrested

arrest warrant

blackish blue

substitution

change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)

alternately; in turn; one after the other