Vocabulary

founding of a nation

inspection; examination; check

strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough

actual article or goods

one's say; one's point; one's case; one's claim

reference; allusion

limit; limits; bounds

succeeding; following; trailing; next

circuit

to change; to alter; to revise; to replace

repair; improvement

opening a business; opening a practice

reclamation (e.g. of wasteland); cultivation; development

shellfish

external angle; exterior angle

foreign travel

foreign; imported

outline; summary; overview; synopsis; abstract; abridgment

expansion; extension; enlargement

core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel

isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine

scholarly ability; scholarship; knowledge; literary ability

stock certificate

calculation; computation; counting; reckoning; count

to bear; to stand; to endure; to put up with

custom; practice; convention; precedent

conversion (e.g. yen to dollars); change; exchange; translation (numerical)

control (by the state); controlling; coordination

spectators; onlookers; members of the audience

space; interval

to love

handshake

compression

bargain sale; selling cheaply; selling at a low price

matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; topic; case

elegance; dandyism; sophistication; having style

stubbornness; obstinacy; willpower; pride

different (quality, nature); heterogeneous

(personnel) change; transfer; relocation; reassignment; reshuffle

migration; move; emigration; immigration