engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
to be completely weakened; to be utterly exhausted; to be worn out; to be completely at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be greatly annoyed (by)
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
to be expensive; to be costly
a lot more; much more; and then some; and plenty more than that
bribe; sweetener; douceur
to sell off; to sell completely
jingling; jangling; clinking; lasciviously; coquettishly
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
beautification; cleaning up; tidiying; glorification; idealization; romanticizing
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
looking good; sounding good; (of) good appearance
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
strict; severe; stringent; rigorous; rigid; firm
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk; to get plastered
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
(death from) starvation; starving to death
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
to judge; to try; to sit in judgement (on); to decide (on)
to have something to do with; to be concerned with; to have a connection with; to become involved in (something negative); to become entangled in; to get mixed up in
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
to become decrepit; to become senile
one (of a pair); incomplete; imperfect; few; little; off-centre
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
to carry out to completion; to carry through; to see (something) through; to complete; to accomplish
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
excursion; outing; picnic
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
unbelievable; incredible; implausible