英和和英

choice patterns―picked patterns

readings from Shakespeare

picked―select―choice

an arrow-head

choice extracts

to select text-books―choose text-books

uprooters of gravestones

elemental strife

of a plant, a root that grows out of a main root

optional choice―free choice

the crown of thorns

an offshoot from the base of a plant stalk

floor-boards―flooring

rounds of radishes

wield the scepter

a simplified version of Shakespeare

free choice―optional choice

wizard wands

a lateral root that branches out from the main root

orotund tones

to elect the monitor

to root out an evil―eradicate an evil―extirpate a pernicious doctrine―exterminate a pernicious sect

to board the floor

kindred clans

rank treachery

type of fiction called speculative science fiction

roe of shad

web spinners

sentinel loop

an option that is selected automatically unless an alternative is specified