Vocabulary

verbal promise; one's word

wide plain

custody; detention; confinement

locker room; changing room; dressing room

manuscript fee; payment for a piece of writing

wake (of a ship or aircraft)

stormy weather

high-functioning; high-performance; sophisticated

high precision

crying loudly; bawling; wailing; lamentation

synthetic fibre; synthetic fiber

state religion; official religion; established religion

seat; bench

antique; curio

favourite horse; favorite horse

rising sun

living in peace; living a quiet life

secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes

malicious; ill-tempered; unkind; mean; nasty

relocation (of facilities, an institution, factory, etc.); moving (to a different site)

introduction (from outside); import; bringing in

flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; brushing aside

(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings

straight line; beeline

printing (text or symbols); typing

hiring from another company; recruitment; scouting; headhunting

attraction (e.g. magnetic, gravitation); affinity; gravitational pull

all you can drink; bottomless cup

right side

influence; power

in the rain

circle; ring

to run along; to run beside; to stick to (a line)

sword fight (in a film, play, etc.); stage combat; fight scene

mountain temple

dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion

afterimage; after image

embroidery

four corners

consonant