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(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption

2

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

1

had better ...; had better not ...

1

aha!; yes sir

1

horrible; deadly; punishing; murderous

1

schedule

3

feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

1

economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless

9

minimum; at the very least

1

necessities of life (food, clothing and shelter)

1

creation; generation

1

root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence

1

to become better; to improve

4

inside out; upside down; flip side; opposite; contrary

1

tax reduction

5

source of funds; resources; finances

3

to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up

1

tax increase

4

compensation

1

national debt; national securities; government bonds; government securities

3

publication; issue (of journal, newspaper, etc.); issue (of banknotes, bonds, passport, etc.); raising an event (software)

3

to supply (goods, money, etc.); to cover (costs); to pay; to give board; to provide meals

1

tax yields; revenue

2

to increase; to add to; to augment

2

confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)

5

debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money

1

economic strength

2

science and technology; scientific technique

2

competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)

2

better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth

1

failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards

1

assisting; assistance; fostering; aiding

3

manufacturing plant; production facility

1

(one's) pay; wages

1

personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs

1

cost of materials

1

commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise

3

to be profitable; to yield a profit

2

temporarily; short period; once; one morning

1

peacetime; time of peace; ordinary times; normal times

4

production; manufacture

2

tough; strong; stiff; tenacious

2

these

4

to exhaust one's vocabulary (in trying to persuade somebody or explain something, etc.); to run out of words; to be verbose; to cajole; to talk someone's head off

1

to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently

1

to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap

2

(power of) imagination

1

to survive; to continue living; to escape death

1

redundancy

3

there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)

1