Vocabulary

straight line

beginning of the year; new year

(approximate) age; years

to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest

concentration (e.g. of a solution); enrichment; condensation

payment (of taxes, fees, etc.)

spread; extension; influence; aftereffect; ripple

fragment; broken piece; splinter; chip; shard

haiku poet

business suit

distribution

sales promotion; hard selling

exhibition; exposition; expo; fair

to tie; to bind; to fasten

arrival and departure

(divine) punishment; curse; retribution

anti-establishment

one's later years; final years (in life)

corpulence; fatness; obesity

manure; fertilizer; fertiliser; compost

contraception; birth control

illegal; unlawful

to jump out; to leap out; to fly out; to run out; to rush out; to bolt out

whole passage; full text; whole sentence; full paragraph

face with no make-up; unpainted face

to insert; to include; to incorporate; to install; to embed

magnificent; grand; majestic; splendid

instrumentalist; player

consul general

increase in production; production increase

adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion

speed; velocity; quickness; rapidity

great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious

overthrow; defeat; bringing down; knockdown

corporal punishment

talk; dialogue; conversation

endurance; persistence

stand-in; proxy; substitute; double; ringer

leaving hospital; discharge from hospital

representative; exemplary; model