Vocabulary

decrease in production

loss in weight (esp. body weight); weight reduction

old book; rare book; classic

fixed assets

number of houses; number of households

rear; stern

talk; recital

entertainment expenses

public management

public interest; public benefit; public good

official document; archives

construction cost

permanence; perpetuity

red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors)

tug of war

consideration; taking into account

cruise; navigation; sailing

(air or sea) route; course; line; run

high blood pressure; hypertension

high mountain; alpine mountain

high level

composition; synthesis; compounding; combining

agreement; concurrence; conformance; compliance

conquest (of a difficulty, illness, crisis, etc.); overcoming; surmounting; bringing under control

country name

Black Sea

bone fracture

root; source; origin; cause

balance; difference (in price, cost); margin

reappearance; reemergence; return; revival

retrial; reopening of a case

the oldest; the earliest

front line; forefront

details; particulars

pre-existing; already there; conventional

(writing) song lyrics

these days; nowadays; recently; lately

three sons

three (long cylindrical things)

councillor; councilor