to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself
old person; senior citizen; the aged; the elderly
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
preparation; provision; guarding
and so on; and so forth; et cetera; comment; criticism
dispute; strife; quarrel; dissension; conflict; rivalry
your body; your health; yourself; you
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
clean sweep; purging; doing away with; eradication
group; bunch; crowd; group
to hang over; to cover; to fall upon someone (responsibility, burden, pressure, etc.)
to look forward to something
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
to come out all right; to take care of itself; to be OK
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
to burst open; to open suddenly (of a door); to change completely; to do a 180
majority group (party, faction)
minority group (party); minority
everywhere; all over; throughout
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
offensive (movement); aggression
to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
boning (fish or meat); deboning; watering down (a plan, bill, etc.); dilution; taking the backbone out of; weakening
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
chain-reaction bankruptcy; chain bankruptcy