St Sophia's Cathedral; Cathedral of St Sophia
Pilgrim Fathers (early Puritan settlers in North America)
check; restraint; oppression; suppression
popping bubble-wrap (e.g. for fun or as a stress relief technique)
Assumption (of the body and soul of Mary into heaven)
Kristallnacht (night of concerted violence against Jews in Germany and Austria from November 9-10, 1938)
a real man would (shut up and) ...
measured value; actual measurement
(motion of) precession of the equinoxes; precession
Eastern Standard Time; EST
detective story (esp. one from the Edo period featuring thief-takers); detective's memoirs; thief taker's memoirs
wicked heart; evil design
intercom; intercommunication system
fur coat (to protect against the cold); clothes made with the down of birds
optician; optician's store
exegesis; explanation of a text; commentary on a text
Sassanid dynasty (Persia, 226-651 CE); Sasanian dynasty
dog that is raised indoors
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge
financial circles; the financial community
swastika (in its clockwise form, esp. as a Nazi symbol)
to decorate with many bright colours (colors); to create a beautiful variegated pattern; to manipulate skillfully