花瓶: flower vase, just a pretty face...
小品: short, simple literary or artistic creation, essay, skit...
铅笔: (lead) pencil...
次数: number of times, frequency, order number (in a series), power (math.), degree of a polynomial (math.)...
素食: vegetables, vegetarian food...
区: area, region, district, small, distinguish...
打牌: to play mahjong or cards...
租: to hire, to rent, to charter, to rent out, to lease out, rent, land tax...
惊醒: to rouse, to be woken by sth, to wake with a start, to sleep lightly...
开花: to bloom, to blossom, to flower, to burst open, to feel happy or elated, new development grows out...
