Vocabulary

standard; criterion; norm; model; mark

indication; expression; showing; manifestation; demonstration

surface; face

critic; reviewer; commentator

scandal; impropriety; misconduct

dullness; slump; stagnation; inactivity; depression

injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity

partial; incomplete; imperfect

opaque; obscure; murky; turbid

husband and wife; married couple

woman; lady; adult female

scenery; scene; landscape; view; sight

revival (of an old system, custom, fashion, etc.); restoration; return; comeback

return; reversion; comeback; reinstatement

revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance

clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; costume; suit; outfit

goods; materials; commodities; resources; supplies

separation; partition; detachment; segregation; isolation

split; division; break up

to let (someone) hear; to tell (e.g. a story); to inform (of)

Your Majesty; His Majesty; Her Majesty

(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) specially

change; fluctuation

repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption

preservation of health; hygiene; sanitation

possession; retention; maintenance; holding; keeping

recruitment; invitation; selection; advertisement; taking applications

(way of) life; lifestyle; living; life circumstances; livelihood; day-to-day life

court (of law); courtroom

legal

violence; mayhem

beginning; opening; start; outset

northern part; the north (of a region)

real name

friction

narcotic; drug; dope

curtain

end; tip; top

bases loaded

less than; under; below