Vocabulary

wooden floor; room with a wooden floor

amount of water

(act of) drinking water

short break; breather

battery (of artillery, cameras, etc.); barrage

total hours spent working

camellia-like plant native to China

wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected; irrelevant; off the point

horizontal typesetting

acting as a foster parent; caring for another's child

parents and siblings; one's relatives

witch hunt (persecution of people accused of witchcraft)

Public Security Intelligence Agency

the most trying spot or period; the most difficult period

criticizing someone behind their back; backbiting

a (single) moment; an instant

subsiding of water

to be deeply impressed (by); to be moved (by); to admire greatly

sense organ; sensory organ

one's store of patience

materials

public money

author unknown; anonymous

similar figures (in geometry)

reading (a text) aloud without trying to understand it

everyday articles which have come to be regarded as folk art

remainder; the rest; residue

afterglow

a quarrel; argument

asking price

Tertiary period

frying or baking something thin (e.g. thin omelette)

stockbroker

organized labour (organised, labor); unionized labour

table salt

vast stock of books; bookstore; bookshop

sublease; sublet

unconditional command; must-obey order

disciplinary committee

introduction