Vocabulary

ceremonial first pitch

enemy camp; enemy line

(construction of an) argument

setting on fire; setting afire

hot stone; heated stone

nationalization; nationalisation

dozens; scores of; decades

sender

sickness; disease

field

thinning out; pruning; culling; curtailing; sub-sampling (e.g. video frames, signals)

open door policy

weight of an (unloaded) vehicle; dead load; tare

to forget completely; to leave behind

express messenger; postman; mailman; courier

wheel stop; parking block; parking curb

stroke of the brush; touch

scorched earth

Supreme Court

neighbors; neighbours; neighborhood; neighbourhood

account of a dream

rise; improvement; uptrend

government-run enterprise

psychoanalysis

Industrial Revolution

main temple gate

huge mound; heap; pile

one's style of playing shogi or go

letter of invitation; invitation card

far left (in politics); extreme left; ultraleft; radical left

young person; young people; youth; youngsters

paper-thin (difference); razor-thin; very slight

locality; local area

electron microscope

tragic

taking part on the spur of the moment; participating without registering beforehand; last-minute entrant

preparing one's own lunch; bringing one's own lunch; paying for one's own lunch

company newsletter

social policy

corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things