Vocabulary

main purpose; chief aim; focus

budget bureau

advocacy of war

main battery; main armament

note; memorandum; memo

manual (operation)

distinguished services; meritorious deeds

(telephone) receiver

surroundings; circumference

collection of cargo (esp. produce, etc.); cargo booking

charging (electrically)

instant; moment; (split) second; (in a) flash; (in the) blink of an eye

provincial tour

inspection tour

initial salary; starting salary; entry-level salary

soft (esp. of softball, tennis, etc.)

fault; weakness; flaw; defect; drawback; disadvantage

three-legged race

dairy products

whole year; all year round; throughout the year

age range; age-group; age bracket

farm; plantation

loss of a (legal) case

delivery

doubling; double

stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store

bowl; pot; basin

invention

half a lifetime; half one's life; one's life so far

remnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness

war criminal

last week; the week before

(preliminary) skirmish

first half of a game; first half of a match

ancestor

makings (of); aptitude; talent; qualities

sending home; repatriation; deportation

disturbance; riot; mayhem

profit and loss; advantage and disadvantage

breaking down; defeating; abolishing