operation; functioning; running
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
introduction; bringing in; leading in; installation
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
function; facility; faculty; feature
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
residence; abode; dwelling
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
urban areas; the streets; town; city
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
to hold fast; to protect to the end
to barricade oneself in; to hold (a fort, etc.); to shut oneself up; to be besieged; to dig in
to draw (water, etc.); to scoop up; to pump up; to draw on (ideas) (from subordinates, the public, etc.); to take into account; to adopt
(death from) starvation; starving to death
death by suffocation; death by choking
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to run away; to escape safely
to have glazed eyes (when drunk, angry, etc.); to have glassy eyes
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
nonsense; no meaning; meaningless
to fall into (someone's) hands; to fall under someone's control; to become someone's property (e.g. of an object)
to die out; to become extinct
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
zeal; enthusiasm; ardor; ardour
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation