Vocabulary

brief personal record; short curriculum vitae; short CV

moving from one battlefield to another; fighting on successive fronts; fighting in various battles

symptomatic therapy; allopathy

tentative title

one's pupil; one's student; one's follower

sense of beauty; aesthetic sense

sewing (by machine)

image of (an ideal) person

suitable age

role; part; job; assignment

Primorskaya Oblast (Russia)

childhood diseases

next or adjoining room

girls' school

conclusion of a contract

increasing the number (of trains, planes, etc.) in operation

leaving (a group, team, etc.)

connection; relation; linkage

successful role

projected to win; sure to be elected; home free

great success; big hit; smash hit; winner

Escherichia coli (E. coli)

Patent Office; Patent Agency

staying the night; lodging (at)

making provision for the elderly; making provision for one's old age

(sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)

constitutional state

Kurile Islands

winner of Japan's three main horse races

durability

mowing; mower

extension ladder; aerial ladder

whole college

going out (before burning completely); dying out

forests and fields

conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat

kudzu (Pueraria montana); Japanese arrowroot

thin rice porridge; watery cooked rice; rice gruel; congee

encouragement; stimulation

theatre-going; theater-going