tide; tidal current; tendency; drift; trend
public finance; financial affairs; financial situation
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
pulling up; drawing up; raising; increase; repatriation; evacuation
consideration; examination; investigation; study; scrutiny; discussion
to rise; to go up; to enter (esp. from outdoors); to come in; to enter (a school); to advance to the next grade; to get out (of water)
amount of a pension payment; annuity
to lower (a price, tax, standard, etc.); to bring down; to demote; to withdraw (a proposal, request, etc.); to abandon; to withdraw (troops, etc.)
medical expenses; doctor's bill
difficult to ... (physically or emotionally); hard to ...
painful; bitter; tough; difficult; cruel; harsh
counter-proposal; counter-suggestion
to (take out and) show; to demonstrate; to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.); to indicate; to show
pretending to know; claiming to have an answer
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
maintaining the status quo
expansion; extension; enlargement; escape; ESC
livelihood protection; public assistance; welfare
depravity; corruption; degradation
left wing; left wing (of a bird or aircraft); left wing (of an army, building, etc.); left flank; left field; left fielder
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
to leave (a matter, decision, etc. to someone); to entrust (to someone); to leave (to chance, one's imagination, etc.); to let (take its own course); to use (money, strength, spare time, etc.) to the full; to use freely
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
terrible; terrifying; dreadful; astonishing; astounding; staggering
true character; real nature
to reach an extreme; to reach a limit; extremely; to be stuck; to be in a dilemma; to be decided
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy
to enclose (with); to surround (with); to turn (one's head, heel, etc.); to rotate; to think over; to consider
as one pleases; self-indulgently; freely; without restraint; at will
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
horizontal (as opposed to vertical); side-to-side (as opposed to front-to-back); width; side (of a box, etc.); beside; aside
to one's heart's content; to one's complete satisfaction; as much as one likes; heartily; thoroughly; without restraint
to talk (someone) down; to argue down; to silence; to put (someone) in their place; to corner in an argument; to get the better of
to make trouble; to rock the boat; to make waves; to aggravate a situation
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)
present; current; in operation
cost of social security; social welfare spending
rapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation; surge; explosion
pre-war days; before the war
war funds; war expenditures; military spending
expansion; extension; elongation; stretching
resemblance; similarity; likeness; analogy