increase and decrease; fluctuation
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
loss (of weight or volume, e.g. in transit); ullage; outage; decrease (in value); reduction
material; tangible; concrete
repayment; redemption; depreciation; amortization; amortisation
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
aging; wearing out; deterioration
turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
rebuilding; reconstruction; re-erection
prop; stay; support; brace; fulcrum
destruction; collapse; crumbling
collapse; break; cave-in; crash; (market) decline
river management; river improvement; flood control
negligent; neglectful; careless; remiss
I would be most grateful if you could ...; I would humbly ask that you ...; please ...
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
format; procedure; way of proceeding
1,000,000,000,000; one trillion
sometimes; occasionally; now and then; from time to time
burden reduction; alleviation of a burden
unidentifiable; unidentified
especially; particularly; surely; clearly; as if; as though
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to dye; to colour; to color
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
expression; look; countenance; face
recovery; undoing; recall
to hold hands; to join hands; to do together; to go arm in arm; to join forces; to link hands
subtext; implication; connotation; implicit meaning; between the lines