Vocabulary

low altitude; low sky

shrub; shrubbery

proper quantity; suitable amount; proper dose; optimal dose

rut; wheel track; furrow; groove; footsteps; wake

strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch

weather map

castle tower; keep; donjon

dawn; daybreak

dirt floor; room with dirt floor

frozen soil

additional printing; additional print run; reprint

layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world

many years

heat-resisting

fetal movement; movements of the fetus; quickening

day that is lucky the whole day (in the traditional calendar); auspicious day

major cleanup; spring cleaning

continental shelf

hair loss

single track (railway); single line

tempering (metal); annealing; forging

topography; geographical features

People's Republic of China

Republic of China; ROC; Taiwan

interim dividends

morning and evening

morning assembly (at a company, school, etc.); morning gathering

sea breeze; salty wind; briny air

direct connection; direct link

direct appeal; direct petition

analgesic; painkiller; sedative; tranquilizer (tranquiliser); anodyne

recollection; reminiscence

mass for the dead; Buddhist service held on the anniversary of someone's death

passage; path; route; one's way

(common) use (of a language, currency, etc.); current use; circulation; currency; validity (e.g. of a ticket)

low-altitude flying

low speed; slow speed

suspension from school

occupation (i.e. field of regular employment); steady job; regular work

admiral; commodore