urban transport; urban transit
increase the number of trains in operation; increase bond issues
to be ruined; to fail; to undergo a break-up; to go bankrupt
survivor's pension or annuity
war advocacy; jingoism; bellicose argument
special election; by-election
keep in mind; take note of; remember
despotic government; autocracy
weeping for joy; crying with happiness
biggest shareholder; largest stockholder
to feel hungry; to get hungry
job (work) training (for the unskilled)
restoration; return to health
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
van (of a movement); vanguard; forefront
unavoidable; inevitable; beyond one's control
annual; yearly; year (e.g. of graduation); nth year (e.g. student); order by year
development project (program, programme, plan)
to get change back; to be more than enough
economic difficulties; financial difficulties; fiscal difficulties
egoism; egotism; selfishness
patriotic concern for the future of one's country
to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
large enterprise; big business; large undertaking
scholarship; scientific attainments