A | B |
Liter | metric measure of volume, a little larger than a quart - here used for the displacement of an engine |
Wheelbase | distance from front to back wheels |
Injection | forcing a fluid or gas directly into something |
Mug | person's face, or the whole person |
Guv'nor | British for sir or mister (governor |
Trade | kind of work |
Tidy | quite large |
Packet | bundle of something - in this case, money |
Loom | appear quite suddenly in great size |
Mum | silent |
Smoldering | burning in anger |
Mocking | making fun of |
Offense | act of wrongdoing; crime |
Wing | British term for fender |
Clink | prison |
Summons | order to appear in court |
Solicitor | British term for lawyer |
Crafty | sly; cunning |
Tin | can |
Daft | weak-minded; silly |
Twerp | unimportant person; a nobody (slang) |
Conjuring | magic |
Conjuror | magician; sorcerer |
Huffily | in an offended manner |
Pound note | main unit of British money |
Coarse | nasty; impolite |
Queue | line |