Vocabulary

paving (a road); surfacing (with asphalt, concrete, etc.); pavement

(direct) hit; hitting the mark

evening; dusk; twilight

labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble

ability; skill; facility

donation; presentation; gift

sunburn; suntan; tan

effect; virtue; efficacy; impression

prediction; prophecy; prognostication; foretelling; forecast

disclosure; exposure; revelation

attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession

(giving) birth; childbirth; delivery

being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; throwing up (one's) hands

rainy weather

(the) second (party, rank, etc.); B (grade); the latter

ophthalmology

injury; harm; danger

coeducation; mixed-sex education

place of work

putting off; postponing

wharf; bridge; jetty; pier

handcuffs; manacles

water's edge; beach; shore

temple; shrine; sanctuary

progress

fine weather (i.e. little or no clouds); fair weather; clear weather; clear sky; fair skies

halfway up (down) a mountain; mountainside

set meal; special (of the day)

nobleman; dignitary; lord

embankment; bank

boiling water

New Year's greetings; New Year's call; New Year's gift

eyebrow; eyebrows

bad reputation; poor reception; unpopularity; disrepute

insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)

indignation; resentment

strenuous effort; hard struggle; working hard

listening comprehension; aural comprehension

supplement; complement

waste; extravagance