function; facility; faculty; feature
manual labor; manual labour; manual procedures
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
to wring the neck; to strangle
making use of; application; practical use; operation; handling; steering (esp. a boat)
second; secondary; quadratic (function, equation, etc.); second-order
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to lose face; to disgrace oneself
that's the way it is; such is life
(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain; England
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
foreign capital group; foreign company
international; diplomatic intercourse
far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for
much less; to say nothing of
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
to stop; to cease; to come to an end; to cut off
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to sink deeply into one's mind; to come home to; to go to one's heart; to pierce one's body (e.g. of wind, cold, etc.)
exclusive line (communications); dedicated line
control (of a machine, device, etc.); control (over an opponent, one's emotions, etc.); governing; management
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
to stop (in one's tracks); to come to a stop; to halt; to pause; to stand still
point of compromise; common ground
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself