Vocabulary

considerably; not a little; in no small numbers

to harm; to hurt; to injure; to damage; to spoil; to mar

to penetrate; to sink in

appointment; assignment; promotion

abrupt; sudden

crown prince

pottery; earthenware; ceramics; (soft-paste) porcelain; china

same trade; same business; same profession

same age; same period

alumni association; graduates' association; alumni meeting; class reunion

becoming dull; slowing down

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

difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

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

to burn; to get fired up

farm; plantation

loss of a (legal) case

delivery

doubling; double

to put on the market; to put out for sale; to put on sale; to begin selling; to market

stand; stall; booth; kiosk; store

white

bowl; pot; basin

invention

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

remnant; fragment; incomplete set; incompleteness

carrying in (esp. heavy objects, artwork, furniture); bringing in; taking in

dilution; watering down

waterway; canal; channel; watercourse; aqueduct

strait; channel

correct answer; right solution; correct interpretation

reproduction

success; boom; being well-attended (of an event); prosperity

iron manufacture

to pile up; to stack

infrared rays; infrared radiation