Vocabulary

friendly chat; relaxed conversation; informal meeting

distinction; differentiation; discrimination

credit; claim

debt; liabilities; obligation to a person or party (usu. legal or contractual)

reopening; resumption; restarting

rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation

reorganization; reorganisation; reshuffle

Supreme Court

least; lowest; minimum

corruption (esp. by a government employee); bribery; graft

pollution; contamination

aid; assistance; help; support; reinforcement

application; subscription; entry (competition, raffle, etc.); enlistment

horizontal (as opposed to vertical)

lower house; lower legislative chamber

alighting (from a train, bus, etc.); getting off; getting out (of a car)

something; some; any

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any; nothing

how many times

value; worth; merit

singer

taxation

process; course; mechanism

intervention

termination (of a contract); cancellation; rescinding; rescission

release; unleashing; liberation; emancipation; setting free

elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding

painting; picture

raising the curtain

foreign affairs

qualitative difference; disparity; gap

confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation

educational institution; school; academy; campus

scholar; academic; scientist

learning; study

(picture) frame; framed picture

lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk

stock; share

shareholder; stockholder

sense; sensation; feeling; intuition