Vocabulary

matching surface; mating face

auto-hypnosis; self-hypnosis; self-induced hypnotism

self-transcendence

overseas transactions; foreign transactions

deflection (gunnery)

single-theater; independent (cinema); art-house (film)

gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus)

vote-assignment; assigning votes (e.g. to UN member countries)

ministerial council; council of ministers

negotiating posture; attitude to negotiations; negotiating behaviour

Gulf War (1990)

indefinite strike

initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages

Act Regulating the Receipt of Contributions, the Receipt of Deposits, and Interest Rates

money lender; financier

mandate (e.g. to use resources); lease (e.g. to use facilities)

pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

bûche de Noël; Yule log (cake)

till just now

newly listed stocks; new stock offering

taking a junior high-school entrance examination

popular school

expansion of exports; export expansion

export reduction; export contraction

oversupply (of goods, etc.); excessive supply

land owner; leaseholder

ready-mixed concrete; liquid concrete; wet concrete

ready-mixed concrete; liquid concrete; wet concrete

yours sincerely; sincerely yours; yours truly

I wish to state respectfully that ...

respectfully yours

respectfully yours

Dear Sir or Madam

Dear Sir or Madam, in reply to your letter ...

replying; responding

postscript; P.S.; PS

dispensing with the preliminaries ...

quickly

to be bloodthirsty

handkerchief tree (Davidia involucrata); dove tree