Vocabulary

scissors maneuver (in wrestling, judo, etc.); scissors manoeuvre

shivering

well curb of a round well

round slices

nozzle; muzzle; gunpoint

the sound of gunfire

Oriental cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)

bronze color; copper color

lust for money

bronze medal; copper medal

made of copper

copperware

bronze mirror

blasphemy

corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery

continuing to pitch

serial (story); series

continued run (of a film); continuing to show (at a movie theater)

continued staging (of a play or show)

successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another

sequel

finishing reading

composer (of a poem); writer

finishing reading

to leave half-read; to leave unfinished

to read out and compare (e.g. proofs against a manuscript); to check (accounts, etc.) by reading aloud

reading (of a bill)

reading a map

reader's column

after reading a book

one's impressions after reading a book

to scatter about

to proceed smoothly

to gather; to collect

to miss; to fail to get; to fail to obtain; to fail to catch; to fail to win

reserve; spare

to look unconcerned; to assume a composed look

to quell; to quiet

to release; to let go (of)

(levying of a) heavy taxation