Vocabulary

claim for damages

applicant interviewer

situation-wanted advertisement

job applicant

job vacancy

help-wanted advertisement; job advertisement; want ad

job advertisement

employer; someone hunting for workers

finding area or volume; mensuration

seeker after truth; one who seeks the way

inquirer

dipping up (night soil); scooping up

hole for pumping out a cesspool

laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears

maudlin drinker; person who is prone to crying when drunk

crybaby; blubberer

parting in tears; tearful parting; coming to grief; having to take a different tack; going separate ways

corm

retrieving balls (during a practice session; in tennis, baseball, etc.); acting as ball boy

spherical trigonometry

predicament

financial difficulty; distress

poor people; the poor

series

class representative; head of class

searching examination; establishing the facts through thorough examination

inquiry; enquiry

wage; recompense

donation of blood

water supply restrictions

hydrant; tap; faucet

feeder

water heater; (domestic) boiler

(state) benefit; allowance; (social security) payment; entitlement

former Soviet Union

past misdeeds; old crimes

worn-out clothes

ancient poems; ancient songs

old grudge

old relationship; old acquaintance