expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
responsibility; duty; obligation
perfect; complete; flawless
accomplishment; execution
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after
absolute monarch; despot; autocrat; tyrant
to strike back at; to bite back; to turn on; to rise against; to oppose; to defy
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
the future; future prospects
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
candidate; contender; prospect; candidacy; candidature; nomination
how many years; how long; what year
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
one's mental make-up (structure)
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly
to come to an end; to close the curtain
retreating figure; appearance from behind
point; gist; essentials; knack; trick; the ropes
discovery; detection; finding
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
beginning; start; outset; at first; at the beginning; initially
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to float in the air; to be unfinished; to be unsettled; to be undecided
every time; whenever; as; whether; in (either case)
other than; excluding; without
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
cost reduction; cost saving
whole company; all the companies
to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order