administrative organ; administrative body; governmental body
cutting to pieces; tearing to pieces
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
interim government; provisional government; caretaker government
anarchy; state of anarchy
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
just one person; only one
military service; serving in a war; taking part in a campaign
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post); to be delivered
drinking fountain; water fountain; bubbler; (animal) watering hole; water hole
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
being extremely busy; being swamped with work
being very busy; busyness
reckless; daredevil; frantic; foolhardy
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
to turn away (one's eyes, face, etc.); to avert; to displease; to annoy; to miss (the target, ball, etc.)
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
in accordance with; according to
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
grief; sorrow; anguish; lamentation
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
(not) so much; (not) that much
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
to put on (of clothing); (lit.) to put (arms) through sleeves
following (in the footsteps of); catching up with; coming level with
leader of a charge; first to arrive
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
it's been a long time; long time no see
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; thanks to your (his, their, everyone's, etc.) kindness; thanks to your assistance; thanks to your support
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter