decline; degeneration; decay; waning; ebbing
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to be prolonged; to drag on
to shout (in anger); to yell
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
extermination; annihilation
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
question (e.g. on a test); problem; problem (e.g. societal, political); question; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion
organization; organisation; forming
number of persons; personnel
relation; connection; relevance
grasp; catch; understanding
materials; data; document
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
mostly involve; principally involve
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
direct connection; direct link
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
quenching; hardening; tempering
individual; private person; personal; private
to be extremely difficult; to present a major challenge
management; managerial position; administrative post; person in a managerial position
each individual; each person
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
charge; cost; generation; age; era; a representative of; on behalf of
oral instruction; passing information by word-of-mouth; oral tradition
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
defense; defence; protection
formation; molding; making up; repair (e.g. plastic surgery); replacement; -plasty
the number of people; many people; a large number of people; (counted as an) adult
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
hurried construction; hurried production; hasty manufacture; hasty formation
recruitment; invitation; raising (funds, donations, etc.); collection; flotation (of shares, loans, etc.)