Vocabulary

ease; relaxation; comfort; unwinding

to loose; to ease; to relax

leniency and severity

kindness; largeheartedness

to dry until stiff

hay; dry grass

drought disaster; drought damage

starvation

drought; dry weather

dried fish (or shellfish, etc.)

board of governors

chief secretary (usu. of a party); secretary-general

main road; main thoroughfare; arterial road

cutting straight down; cleaving (a person) in two

board of directors

main current

affliction

being moved to tears

empathy

expressing emotion; drawing facial expressions

exclamation point; exclamation mark

sensor

(coming through) loud and clear

interjection

to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)

(common) cold

deep emotion; being filled with emotion

usual business practices

idiom; idiomatic phrase

customary; conventional; usual

an exchange transaction

in other words; that is (to say); to put it another way

conversion table

conversion rate

sadly; tragically

coffin; casket

pleasure; fun; enjoyment

welcome party

favour; favor

farewell party