Vocabulary

to thrust down; to push off

inner wall

privacy; secrecy; confidentiality

southern barbarians (name used in ancient China for non-Chinese ethnic groups to the south)

double exposure

two-color; two-colour; dichromatic

double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; double-tongued

steady progress; rapid advance

lactic acid

mixing with; being mixed

excess of imports

appointment; employment

master (of a house, shop, etc.)

unskillful; childish; immature; naive; artless; clumsy

to wear (multiple layers of clothes); to wear underneath; to bundle up; to dress warmly

arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)

embezzlement; misappropriation; pocketing

medium wave; medium frequency; MF; medium frequency wave

telegram of condolence

mixing; blending (e.g. spices); compounding (e.g. a medicine); making up; dispensing (a prescription); preparation

(suffering) an emotional disturbance

shingles; herpes zoster

mallet; pestle; pounder

sun (approx. 3 cm)

shorts; short pants

unlabeled; unbranded

perishable food; perishables

nocturnality; nocturnal habits

hemorrhoids; piles

exaggerated; overblown; overdone

ambition; aspiration

popular literature

valley floor; bottom of a gorge; bottom of a ravine

sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

to shoulder; to carry on one's shoulder

to feel around for; to fumble for; to grope for; to search for; to look for

fraction; odd amount; leftover amount

precipice; cliff; bluff

delay; procrastination

(good or bad) feel when wearing something