Vocabulary

neat; trim; tidy; pretty

existing of or by itself; self-existence

counter for houses, households, apartments, etc.

curved wooden support on top of the main beam of a house, now mainly decorative (shape evokes an open-legged frog)

acid

grenade

thunder

smoke

tangent (trigonometric function)

chaff

bazooka

parsec

launcher

permeation

reddish; tinged with red; rufous

passive sonar

active sonar

leading (movement, revolution, etc.); guiding

banquet; invitation to a party; party

slight damage

short preface; brief foreword

demagnetization; demagnetisation; degaussing

short break; breather; brief recess; rest

marsh gas; methane

cupboard; sideboard

first proof; first-proof sheets

chapter and verse; paragraph; passage

one's duty; vocation

carnivores (i.e. animals of the order Carnivora)

vegetation

official duties; office; function

birth and death

heat of summer

(your) reading (of my work)

ranging through (mountains, fields, etc., looking for something); roaming over; searching far and wide

labor saving; labour saving

chapters and sections; chapter and verse

(our) company; (my) company

short history; concise history

illegitimate birth