Vocabulary

cultural

merger; joining into one; amalgamation; melding; merging; annexation

fresco; mural; wall painting

one hand

capture; seizure

footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement

correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)

to get dark; to grow dark

lottery

direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)

statute; law; act; ordinance; regulation

gun; cannon; artillery; ordnance

listening (to a lecture, hearing, parliament session, etc.); attending (without participating); sitting in (e.g. on a meeting); observing

acting rashly; running wildly; behaving recklessly; rampaging

slump; crash; heavy fall; sudden decline

to desire; to want; to wish for; to hope for

expansion; swelling; increase; growth

sugar

legume (esp. edible legumes or their seeds, e.g. beans, peas, pulses); bean; pea

motion (i.e. proposal to a committee, etc.)

movement (of the body); action; motion; gesture

living together; coexistence

same kind; same sort; same species; same race; homogeneity

the same place; that place

profit; advantage; benefit; gain

semigovernmental corporation

unofficial report; confidential report

inland

the south; southward; southern direction

serious disease; intractable disease; difficult-to-recover-from illness

acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)

admission (to an institute, nursery school, facility, etc.); entrance

bathing; going in the bath

jumping out; running out (e.g. into the street); dashing out; springing out

pitcher's first pitch (to batter, or in the game)

new graduate; recent graduate

learning; scholarship; study; erudition; knowledge; education

open sea

oil-producing country

kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb)