Vocabulary

selling area; counter; section; department; sales floor

sales; demand

memories; recollections; reminiscence

shopping; purchased goods

aroma; fragrance; scent; smell

sign; indication; omen; symptom

desert

deadline; closing; cut-off

as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...

kernel; core; nucleus; center; centre

savings

treatment; service; handling; management

price reduction; price cut; reduction in price; markdown

as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough

suffering (from a disaster); being hit (by an earthquake, typhoon, etc.); falling victim (to)

being bombed

vote; ballot

surface

absence

bad; poor; inferior; defective

association; socializing; socialising; fellowship

riches; wealth; fortune

cloth; fabric; material; textile

site; plot; lot; grounds

father and mother; parents

dancing; dance

side effect; adverse reaction

good fortune; happiness; blessing; good luck

composite; combined; complex

partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting

eruption; volcanic eruption

letter; note; mail

literature

civilian

change; alteration

convenient; handy; useful

whaling; whale hunting; whale fishing

prisoner (of war); POW; captive

fundraising; collection of contributions

grave; gravesite; tomb