Vocabulary

poor-looking; impoverished-looking

ability; capability; competence; skill

rare; extraordinary; unparalleled; unparallelled

infertility; sterility; barrenness

gift; present; tip

addition; appendix; note; supplement

levy; imposition

musical dance; music and dancing

endemic disease; local disease

secondary

additional income

to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize

Buddhist picture

(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; eccentricity; whimsy; (having) strange tastes

to share

to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with

earnest apology; humble apology; apologizing profusely

ground plan; plane figure

another world

to release; to let go; to free; to set free; to let loose; to turn loose

standing upright; standing bolt upright; rearing

to flare up; to burst into flames

viscous; sticky; gluey

slack season for farmers; leisure season for farmers

to dash against (of waves); to billow; to roll

wave crest; whitecaps

drainage; gutter; ditch

to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in

to sell off; to sell completely

extensive knowledge; erudition

to whiten; to grow light (esp. at dawn); to turn white

feebleness; weakness

barley tea

bumping of heads

coloring; colouring; colour development; production of colour

half-cooked; half-done; soft-boiled

antiproton

flourishing (of plants); thriving; luxuriant growth; growing lushly; rankness (of weeds)

being exposed to radiation; radiation exposure

to jump up to one's feet