Vocabulary

mailbag

pocket size

regulation; standardization

(a few) words; phrase; expression

several months

proficiency; mastery; competence; becoming proficient (in)

orientation flight; training flight; practice flight

two people

missionary work (esp. Buddhist); preaching

warrant; writ

silicon controlled rectifier; SCR

silicon controlled rectifier; SCR

probability; likelihood

basic training; practicing the basics

non-official history; privately composed history

railroad facility; railway equipment

pocket edition (of a book)

inflected form

refractometer

brightest star in a constellation; Alpha

delivering an order; delivered order

using for riding; passenger use

no rest; working nonstop

lying face down; lying on one's face; lying prostrate

serving concurrently as; holding the additional post of

denudation; degradation

initial stage; early period; early days; early years

creation; formation; foundation; establishment

first appointment (to a post)

painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; outstanding work

first publication

terminal station

powdered medicine

supreme beauty; exquisiteness

detailed explanation

habits of handwriting; handwriting idiosyncrasies

setting an example

praying for rain

praying for rain

white sugar