Vocabulary

(verbal) abuse; speaking ill of people; bad-mouthing; name-calling; slander; abusive language

one passage; one paragraph; one stanza; one verse; one section (of a piece of music); one syllable

rain water

benefit; use; good; advantage; gain

alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume

miscalculation

symphony orchestra

alternate; alternating

honour; honor; glory; privilege

envoy; diplomat below the rank of ambassador (e.g. deputy chief of mission, charge d'affaires); minister (of legation)

company (in China); firm

civil rights; franchise; citizenship

use; utility; effect; benefit

change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement

to mind; to care about; to be concerned about; to have a regard for

high efficiency; high performance

to mince; to cut fine; to chop up; to hash; to shred

morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps

citizenship; civic rights; civil rights

studying under; looking up to; apprenticing oneself to

(finger) ring

government; administration; statesmanship

private ownership

eyesight; vision; visual acuity

time difference

one's own house

autobiography

spontaneous; voluntary

marshy grassland; wetlands

qualitative

example; illustration; precedent

lawn; grass; turf

bull's-eye (pattern); double ring (pattern)

hindrance; obstacle; nuisance; disturbance; interruption; interference

chief editor; managing editor

staple food

in hand; on hand; on one; in stock; in store

sign language

plan; idea; design; plot

receiving; receipt