ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
holiday allowance; allowance for working at weekends or on a holiday
white label; white tag; white card (in karuta); blank card; honour awarded to samurai in Tosa
In the Shadow of the Moon
mobile home; trailer house; house trailer
snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)
comma; decimal point; radix point
different magazine (esp. by a different publisher); another magazine
low income group; low income class
Apollo program; Project Apollo
state police; provincial police
refusing to allow a passenger on board a train or into a bus or taxi
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
provincial dialect; local accent
coffee time; tea time; coffee break
Japanese title (given to foreign work)
to read out and compare (e.g. proofs against a manuscript); to check (accounts, etc.) by reading aloud
to be relieved of a worry; to get a load off one's chest
prairie dog (Cynomys sp.)