idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create
firm decision; decisive measure; resolute step; excellent decision
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
to concentrate one's effort (on something)
losses; deficit; amount in the red
year after year; as the years go by; with each passing year
decrease; reduction; decline
returning to profit; turnaround
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
infant; baby; little child
lifeline; safety rope; safety tether
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
being in dire distress; being hard put to it; the four and eight kinds of suffering
human resources; man-power resources
violence; reckless action; (an) outrage
(death from) starvation; starving to death
this for sure; certainly is
bang on the money; spot on; right answer
rational; reasonable; logical
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
comrade in arms; war buddy; fellow soldier
to turn one's head; to look over one's shoulder; to turn around; to think back (on); to reminisce; to look back (on)
erratic; offbeat; wild; extraordinary
ten thousand years; eternity; perennial; perpetual
disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits
(being in) the black; surplus; black letter
ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
to bail out (water); to scoop out
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law
to forestall; to beat to the punch; to anticipate; to play the first move (e.g. in go)
cause of offense; cause of offence; annoyance; spasms; convulsions; cramps
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
risky; dangerous; insecure
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral