Vocabulary

double suicide; lovers' suicide

to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of

tax office

(meeting with) disaster; (having an) accident; mishap; shipwreck; distress

promoting; increase; advance

to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on

monotony; monotone; dullness

animal husbandry; livestock industry

intestine; bowel

long work; (full-length) novel; feature-length film; long poem

bank; weir; embankment; levee

to decide; to determine

on the way; en route

aim; object; purpose; end

the opposite sex

harmonious; peaceful; happy; amicable; smooth; free from trouble

places alongside a railway line, bus route, major thoroughfare, etc.

overcrowding; congestion; overpopulation

memory; sense; experience

score; sheet music

tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity

married

disposition; temperament; nature; mentality; spirit; character

starting point; origin

legislative bill; measure

training; instruction

mediation; good offices; go-between; intermediary; mediator; bridge (between)

model; prototype; archetype

to mix; to combine; to include

official business; government business; public business; company duties

prosperous (economic) conditions; favourable conditions; (economic) boom; thriving business; brisk market

mining industry

you (people)

pearl

correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation

iron manufacture

build; physique; frame; constitution

pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china

to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to begin selling; to market

remnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness