Vocabulary

president (of a country)

center; centre; middle; heart; core; focus

secretary (government); director; chief

Ministry of Finance (1869-2001)

degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about

adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing

investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey

investigation; inspection; examination

major company; big company

representation; representative; delegate; delegation

stand; rest; base; pedestal; platform; table

university; college

mass meeting; convention; rally; conference; assembly; gathering

Taiwan

position; situation; standpoint / position

financing; loan

every day; daily

overall victory; championship; winning the title

estimate (of costs); budget

import; importation; introduction

export; exportation

both countries

part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties

ruling party; government party; party in power; government

opposition party; the opposition

union; combination; alliance; confederation; coalition

discussion; argument; debate

baseball

continuation; succession; series; sequence

suspect

question (e.g. on a test); problem

federation (of states); confederation; commonwealth; union

goal; target; aim; objective

purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention; motive

coalition; alliance; union

history

tree; shrub; bush

demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire

reason; grounds; pretext; excuse; motive

people; citizens; subjects; folk