Vocabulary

bowl for confectioneries

cake tray (dish)

merciless; unforgiving; ruthless; relentless

puppeteer for the head

spiral pattern

to live on air; to live on nothing; to live without a means of income

to make up the number; to have a complete set of

clearing of the river water

Martian year

breadwinner; biggest earner

to earn by working

to build up a hypothesis

spiral line; line vortex; vortex line; circumvolution

windy; windswept

to be exposed to wind

to ride upon the winds

to flutter in the wind; to wave in the wind

chance; stroke of luck; (curious) turn of events

direction of the wind

to give a cold (to someone)

plastic material

chaste woman; virtuous woman

sound business

solemn promise

to get out of shape; to lose shape

to settle (a problem); to put an end to (a dispute); to be disposed of; to be settled; to come to an end

cross choke

single-handled pot

to temper a sword; to forge a sword

to wear a sword

to bear; to shoulder

stiff-consistency concrete

one ear

biased view (biassed); prejudice; one-sided view

offset cylinder

to step aside

hard biscuits; hardtack

angular distance

glider

infusion of kudzu, cinnamon, etc., used as an antifebrile, for hangovers, etc.