12. bellicose : of a quarrelsome or hostile nature; eager to fight or quarrel/ 호전적인

Comparison  
belligerent implies a taking part in war or fighting or in actions that are likely to provoke fighting [belligerent nations]; bellicose implies a warlike or hostile nature, suggesting a readiness to fight [ a bellicose mood]; pugnacious and quarrelsome both connote aggressiveness and a willingness to initiate a fight, but quarrelsome more often suggests pettiness and eagerness to fight for little or no reason; contentious suggests an inclination to argue or quarrel, usually with annoying persistence.

13. brass instruments(금관악기)의 주둥이 부분도 종처럼 생겨서 bell이라고 함.

14. dumbbell [ dumm < dumbs, mute, dull, dumb + bell : 벙어리 종] :
① a device usually used in pairs, consisting of round weights joined by a short bar, by which it is lifted or swung about in the hand for muscular exercise/ 아령
② a stupid person/ moron/ simpleton/ dum-dum

15. barbell [bar + (dumb)bell] : a metal bar or rod to which disks of varying weights are attached at each end, used for weightlifting exercises/역기

16. dumb [ dumm < dumbs, mute, dull, dumb, stupid] :
① lacking the power of speech; mute/ 벙어리의
② stupid; moronic; unintelligent

• the deaf and dumb/ 농아자들
• In the far corner of the room, grotesquely spread out, was the body of Carol Roberts. She was nude. Her hands were tied behind her back with piano wire, and acid had been splashed on her face and breasts and between her thighs. The fingers of her right hand were broken. Her face was battered and swollen. A wadded handkerchief was stuffed in her mouth.
  The two detectives(Angeli and MacGreavy) watched Judd as he stared at the body.
  "You look pale," Angeli said. "Sit down."
  Judd shook his head and took several deep breaths. When he spoke, his voice was shaking with rage. "Who-who could have done this?"
  "That's what you're going to tell us, Dr.Stevens(Judd)," said MacGreavy.
  Judd looked up at him. "No one could have wanted to do this to Carol. She never hurt anyone in her life."
  "I think it's about time you started singing another tune," MacGreavy said. "No one wanted to hurt Hanson, but they stuck a knife in her back. No one wanted to hurt Carol, but they poured acid all over her and tortured her to death." His voice became hard. "And you stand there and tell me no one would want to hurt them. What the hell are you - deaf, dumb, and blind? The girl worked for you for four years. You're a psychoanalyst. Are you trying to tell me you didn't know or care about her personal life?"
  ["The Naked Face" written by Sidney Sheldon]

17. 참고로 numb은 "마비된/ 무감각한"의 뜻임.

• numb: (adj) (of part of the body) unable to feel anything

18. dumbfound/dumfound [dumb + (con)found] : to make speechless by shocking; amaze; astonish

19. confound : to make feel confused; bewilder

20. dum-dum : a stupid person/ also, dumb-dumb

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