Vocabulary

displeasure; discomfort; unpleasantness

failure (e.g. of a bill, motion); falling through; rejection; miscarriage

determination; conviction

defect; deficiency; imperfection; inadequacy; lack

incidental; ancillary; accessory; secondary; collateral

edict; ordinance; proclamation

to rise to the surface

father and child; father and son; father and daughter

sealed letter

subtitle; subheading

abdomen; abdominal region; belly

statue of Buddha; image of Buddha; Buddhist statue; Buddhist image

spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion

similar to that of an average year; in line with an average year; normal

reply (e.g. email, fax, letter); answer

storm; windstorm; gale

fire prevention; fire control; fireproofing

Northern Ireland

bookstore; bookshop

strenuous effort; earnestness; seriousness

ministry proper; home office; head office

number (of long, cylindrical things, movies, trains, home runs, etc.)

instinct

(religious) denomination; sect

cessation; (coming to an) end

money collection

to get heavy

(company) director; executive; top management

going into battle; departure for the front

beginning; start; outset; opening

goddess

rank; ranking order; hierarchy

to recite; to chant

novelist; fiction writer

wheat flour

under the floor

public relations; client liaison; client relations

prize; trophy

upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above

upper half of the body; upper body