Vocabulary

welfare pension

tone (of voice); manner of talking

liking; taste; fancy; fondness

good (nice) pitching

industrial arts; craft

skillful; adroit; dexterous; masterful; clever; ingenious

area; extent; dimensions; size

restriction; restraint; binding; constraint

school building; schoolhouse

hard-liners; diehards; hawks

logs in bark; rough wood; unseasoned timber; new lumber

line (of text); row; verse

lecture

to rise; to swell; to intensify; to increase; to grow stronger; to get higher

high price

to come together; to merge; to unite; to meet

to match (rhythm, speed, etc.)

battle; fight; fighting; engagement; contest

extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid

national flag

national language

gross national product; GNP

leading a meeting; presiding over a meeting; officiating at a ceremony; chairmanship

quarter (of a year)

thought; consideration; thinking

branch office

cause of death

space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper)

capitalism

breeding; raising; rearing; keeping

thing; matter

example; precedent; case

portrait; likeness

Buddhist temple

to hold (in one's hand); to take; to carry

continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring

self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline

automatic

letter of resignation

writing; authoring