Vocabulary

town; city; municipal; urban

president (of a country)

important; essential; significant; major; key; principal

inhabitant; resident; citizen; population

residence; housing; residential building

sale; sales; selling; marketing

price; value; cost

state (of the US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. of Canada); county (e.g. of the UK); region (e.g. of Italy); canton; oblast

possible; potential; practicable; feasible

prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier

subject; theme; issue; matter

the past; bygone days

member; the membership

settlement; solution; resolution

restoration; recovery; rehabilitation; return; improvement

criticism; judgement; judgment; comment

foreign; abroad; overseas

diplomacy

enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)

expansion; extension

nature

(one's) self; oneself; yourself; himself; herself

activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation

time; season; period; phase; stage

group; party; team

circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs

fact; truth; reality

event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble

executive secretary; coordinator; organizer; person in charge of making arrangements; the organiser

patient

boy

prefectural governor

environment; surroundings; circumstances

supervision; control; superintendence; direction

state; country; nation

candidate; contender; prospect; pick; choice; list

effect; effectiveness; efficacy; result

muscle; tendon; sinew

attack; assault; raid; onslaught; offensive

thinking; thought; view; opinion; concept