Day 17/18 : July 12th/13th, 2026

Incest : Sexual intercourse between people bound by blood, seen as a taboo.
Conform : To comply with a fix set of rules and customs, often to fit in and feel belonged.
Reckoning : A time when somebody’s actions will be judged to be right or wrong and they may be punished, an approximate calculation, to recall something
Gratuitous : unwarranted, not needed, lacking any reason (often harmful)
Tone-deaf : complete lack of awareness about situations of the other person
Watertight : impossible to show to be wrong; without any faults

Play by the ear : to tackle a situation as and how it develops
Play fast and loose : deceptive behaviour, mixed signals about something, to disrespect the norms, to be uncaring about something
Bear the palm of : to win and enjoy victory
A waking dream : A state of being out of your mind (positively), hallucinating and seeing things that are not real
To be dead in the water : a plan or a situation that has stalled and has no scope for recovery or recapitalisation
Big cheese : a very important person
Uncle Sam : personification of the US President

Humanism: Humanism a non-religious philosophy that focuses on human potential, reasons and ethics. It emphasises our ability and responsibility to lead meaningful, ethical lives through critical thinking and compassion, without relying on supernatural beliefs or religious dogma. 

Totalitarian : An absolutist government that leaves no room for individual freedom, dissent, or independent organisations. (an autocracy)