production output; number of goods manufactured
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
price decline; fall in price
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
government; administration
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
elevation; rise; improvement; advancement; progress
workforce reduction; personnel cut
remainder; remnant; (not) very; (not) much; too much; excessively
fall; decline; lowering; deterioration; degradation
gross national income; GNI
buying power; purchasing power
increase; rise; growth; addition; increment
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
in one's own way or style
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to use as an example; to take as an illustration; to draw a parallel
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
in proportion to; just as much as
political measures; policy
thin-culmed dwarf bamboo (growing in clusters); Japanese transverse bamboo flute (high-pitched; usu. with seven holes); sliver (strand of loose fibers)
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
viewing as ...; seeing as ...; treating as ...; regarding as ...
basics; fundamentals; basis; foundation
to distribute; to hand out
to be rich in; to abound in; to be abundant in; to be rich; to be wealthy
to become poor; to be poor
symptomatic therapy; makeshift solution
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
macroscopic; comprehensive; all-including; broad
optimization; optimisation
inevitable; necessary; certain; inevitability; necessity
end; tip; extremities; terminal