poverty; destitution; privation; indigence; penury
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced
generation (e.g. power); sending a telegram; telegraphing
to overturn; to capsize; to overthrow (government etc.); to reverse (decision etc.); to disprove (an established theory etc.)
person in charge; senior staff; manager; chief; head
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
because of; owing to; due to
nonsensical; unreasonable; awfully; extremely; disorder; confusion
madness; craziness; insanity
to be prolonged; to drag on
world; society; people; the public
to make a splash; to draw attention
starting afresh; going back to square one; abandoning (e.g. a plan); clearing an abacus
tiger cub; one's treasure; precious savings
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
disclosure; exposure; revelation
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
information security; information protection; data security
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
way to use something; treatment; management (of help)
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
busy; having no (free) time
concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
list; table; schedule; catalogue; catalog
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
number; number plate; license plate
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
senior executive staff; upper management
several times; a few times
symbol; code; sign; notation
illicit manufacturing; illicit distilling; moonshining
blank space (in documents); vacuum; blank; void
one digit; one column; the "ones" column