Vocabulary

to be heard; to be audible; to reach one's ears

to cut off and throw away

fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light

exhausting work; hard work; severe duty

element; chemical element

to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with

limited company (company structure for small businesses; abolished in 2006); YK

to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to have a good time

idle; unused; fallow

other crimes; further offenses; further offences

Western style

to melt; to liquefy; to thaw

solvent; solution; flux

business; things to do; engagement; errand; affairs

foster mother; adoptive mother

lightning strike; lightning bolt

indiscriminate shooting; random shooting; firing blindly

worn-out shoes; worn-out socks

mountain (or hill) behind a house, village, etc.

drift ice; ice floe

traveller; traveler; wayfarer; tourist

both extremities

both wings; both flanks

getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow

to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set

parliamentarism; parliamentary government

slight; little; insignificant

local edition

blank ballot; white ballot

supplementary lessons

seal engraving

classical Chinese opera

blood sugar level; blood glucose level

(being) worth seeing; impressive

ascertainment

tradition; legend

skeletal frame; skeleton; build; physique

poverty; need; destitution

by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; at heart

left bank (of a river)