Vocabulary

shock wave

improvement (e.g. in skill, ability); advance; progress

exterior; surface; outside

getting on and off (a vehicle); boarding and alighting

normal course (of action); proper course; regular way

belief; faith; adherence; espousal

sleeping bag

regret

deep affection

patience; endurance; perseverance

commerce and industry

omission; leaving out

pity; sympathy; compassion; mercy

love affair; liaison

feeler; tentacle; antenna

bed; berth; crib; cot; bedroom

newcomer; tyro

new theory

sincerity; true heart; devotion

nervous disorder; neurosis

ancient time; age of the gods; mythological age

relation; relative

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