false rumor; false rumour; false reputation
Donald Brown (anthropologist)
dipping up (night soil); scooping up
allotment (of land); parcelling out
swift (any bird of family Apodidae); fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)
learned at ...; acquired at ...
bravery; valor; valour; courage
Records of the Three Kingdoms; Annals of the Three Kingdoms
underling; loser; low-ranking samurai
to pour (of rain); to pound down
russet; tawny; yellow-brown
actor who specializes in ruffian roles (specialises)
to appear rustic; to become countrified
to hypnotize; to hypnotise
large-scale map; detailed map