Vocabulary

job hunting; seeking employment

distress; wretched condition

refueling (a car, plane, etc.)

(transplant) rejection

memorial service for the dead; holding a service

Lord; Sir

strong; potent; competent; domineering; tough

to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose

religious organization; religious organisation

(street) corner; turn (in the road); bend

name of a piece of music; (musical) number

to forbid; to ban; to prohibit

recent past; recent times

modern

painful; difficult; tough; hard

running in; rushing into

Japanese chestnut (Castanea crenata)

monarch; sovereign; ruler; liege (lord)

civilian in military employ

dispute; contention; conflict; controversy

criminal case

formal

condition; situation; prospects

unfathomable; inestimable; immeasurable

measuring; measurement

(TV) comedian

building material

building; construction

(one's) interests

menu; bill of fare

(formal) meeting with a view to marriage; interview with a prospective spouse

being actual (as opposed to hidden or latent); being apparent; being obvious; being tangible; being revealed

(field) marshal; (fleet) admiral; general of the army

originally; essentially; naturally; by nature; really; actually

place of origin; habitat

origin; beginning; genesis

severe; strict; rigid; unsparing; relentless

source (e.g. of a river); headwaters

the Horse (seventh sign of the Chinese zodiac)

backing; support; backer; supporter; patron; sponsor