Vocabulary Browser

corpus delicti (concrete evidence of a crime, e.g. a bullet-riddled body)

to not try to fix an error but rather make it look good on the surface only

28 mansions of Chinese astronomy (constellations dividing the ecliptic into 28 positions)

Crux (constellation)

transliteration

danger

Southern Cross (asterism formed with the brightest four stars of the constellation Crux)

to lie down (and rest)

five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner

to sigh

Fougere fragrance (family of scents including coumarin, oak moss, lavender, and geranium oil, used in perfumes)

inferior conjunction

silverfish (Lepisma saccharina)

forecast (bet)

incomparable

(printed) itinerary

cheap drinking spot (pub, tavern, etc.)

true fruit (i.e. one that forms from the ovary only)

(crime of) robbery

Crux (constellation)

selecting an auspicious date by looking at the astrological information on the calendar

theism (as refers to the existence of a personal Christian god)

Chypre fragrance (family of scents including sage, lavender, and oak moss, used in perfumes)

messy

structural elements (of an offence)

timidly

Oriental silverfish (Ctenolepisma villosa)

Xiuyaojing (Indian astrological text written by Amoghavajra)

to act as an opposite

I pray that