Vocabulary

sergeant

kasaya; monk's stole

coefficient

congratulations and condolences

(police officer's) baton; truncheon; billy club

talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk

repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back

accepting with pleasure

sulfuration; sulphuration

nutrient; nutrition

rumor; rumour; gossip; report

sailor; seaman; mariner

free-range rearing; letting (animals) roam freely; pasturing; grazing

condensation; formation of dew

steel tower

gap; narrow space between things; interstice

overlapping; piling; stacking

moral duty; moral obligations

keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation

on-the-spot investigation or inspection; raid

piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper

specialization; specialisation

continued fall (in market price)

(exaggerated) professing to be; passing oneself off as

collective bargaining

amniotic fluid

aqueous solution

ticket machine; ticket-vending machine

origin; source; beginning; starting point

hidden assets

leftover food; leftovers; food scraps

Sichuan (China); Szechuan; Szechwan

founder; originator; pioneer

market price; current price

enterprising man; businessman; industrialist

rain shower in late autumn (fall) or early winter

selecting from one's own works; one's own selection

lapse; abatement; invalidation; expiration; expiry; becoming void

laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter

company business