to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
retreat; retirement; depression (hole)
standard; set; routine; decided
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
foreign loan; foreign debt; foreign bond
full payment; liquidation
belonging; ascription; attribution; reversion; return; restoration
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to offer; to present; to serve (food and drink); to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an altar)
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; if (at all) possible
maintenance; preservation; improvement
opportunity; chance; time; occasion
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
one by one; one each; one at a time
town; city; municipal; urban
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
for better or worse; luckily or unluckily
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to make an onslaught (on); to close in (on)
adversary; opposition; hostile forces
long ago; a long time ago; already
large enterprise; big business; large undertaking
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
one's dearest wish; Buddha's vow to save humanity
to be satisfied; to find peace of mind; to feel good
recurrence; revival; resuscitation
special; particular; peculiar; unique
to compose; to put together
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
estimate (of costs); budget
ratification; confirmation
prescribed form (of writing); format
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint
being scattered and ultimately lost; dissipation
technical official; technical officer