Vocabulary

table tennis; ping-pong

building lot; residential land

multi-unit apartments; apartment complex

hell realm; Naraka

land mine

starting (construction) work

landing; alighting; touch down

China

front of center field; front of centre field

middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years

copyright

cooking; food preparation

long time; several hours; long spell

long life; longevity

(relative) length

vertex; apex

payment of taxes

showy; loud; flashy; gaudy

arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration

article for sale; goods for sale; offering

to sell

white paper; flyleaf

impressiveness; impact; force; intensity; presence; appeal

excavation; exhumation; digging up; unearthing

firing (esp. a rocket or missile); launching; shooting; discharge; catapult

punishment; penalty

board; plank

pessimism; (taking a) gloomy view; discouragement; despondency; despair; disappointment

critical; judgmental; censorious; negative

fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness

skin; hide; pelt; fur

beginning; start

skin

bag; sack; pouch

breakfast

refrigerator; fridge

to pay

(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; clearing debts

co-op; (consumers') cooperative

productivity