open reward (for anonymous act of charity)
Canopic jar; Canopic vase (used to store the internal organs of an Egyptian mummy)
menial services (e.g. kitchen work); serving one's master unsparingly
group that goes ahead of the main body
Charles Taylor (philosopher)
colliding-beam accelerator; (particle) collider accelerator
character sketch; comments on personalities
imminent danger; impending hardship
accretion disc; accretion disk
khopesh (Egyptian sickle-shaped sword); khepesh
one's true character; one's true self; one's true worth; serious; earnest
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
chronological scientific tables
nevertheless; still; however; yet
locust swarming; locust swarm; (swarming) locusts
immediate, direct response
a good chance coming along; the time has come (for, to, when...); opportunity knocking
to rebuke strongly; to tell off
mass driver; electromagnetic catapult
responsibility for the consequences; absolute liability; moral responsibility; answerability
absolute beauty; classical beauty
to blow apart; to winnow; to smelt
bureaucratism; bureaucratic nature
appointment; assignment; promotion
quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)