management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
(a) little; (a) few; slight; only; just; merely
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to begin; to start; to happen (again); to begin (anew); to date (from); to originate (in)
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
construction; constructing; carrying out; work; formation; workmanship
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
moreover; furthermore; nevertheless; and yet
perhaps; likely; probably; I dare say
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
bribe; secret fund; slush fund; money for bribery
any more; any further; any better; any longer
have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than
how long; how much; to what extent
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
depreciation; decline; fall; slump
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
utmost limits; extremity; limit
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
cut; reduction; curtailment
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
acceleration; speeding up
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early