Vocabulary

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)

extreme; excessive; terrible; intense; severe; serious

to hang; to dangle

sodium hydroxide

to install; to equip; to mount; to fix (in place); to set up

approval; approbation; endorsement

disposition; inclination; characteristic; idiosyncrasy; propensity

star cluster

exactly; just; precisely; really; truly; surely

looking directly at; looking straight at; looking in the face

purity; innocence

impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky

(having) life-and-death power (over)

quick lime

(good quality) meat; processed meat; small goods

contractor

old-fashioned; old-style

to condemn; to blame; to criticize; to criticise; to reproach; to accuse

pointed knife

to change (to); to switch (to); to be replaced (by)

in the snow

unclear speech; garbled speech; poor enunciation

clicking one's tongue; tut-tut

great variety of flowering plants

arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny

shudder; shiver; trembling with fear

shallow; superficial

green tea; green leaf tea; non-powdered tea (as opposed to matcha)

foothills; first range of mountains

morning session; morning trading

ibid.; the above-mentioned publication

total destruction by fire; being burned down

basic factor

behaviour; behavior; conduct

sum total

to send back

speed