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decrease; reduction; decline

8

tendency; trend; inclination

2

business conditions; the market; good (economic) times; prosperity; liveliness; energy

2

declining birth rates; decrease in the number of children

1

one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life

1

to be a background factor; to be an underlying reason

1

exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)

6

sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical

3

emergency; extraordinary; unusual

4

fighting bravely; strenuous efforts

1

minimum; at the very least

2

Internet

1

still; even now

2

to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)

5

pull; patronage; tug; discount

1

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

3

the whole country

2

it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

1

pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed

1

why; how

6

deficit operation; operating at a loss; being in the red

1

chief; main; principal; important

1

main cause; primary factor

2

income and expenditure

1

apparent; obvious; very clear

1

income; receipts; revenue

1

expenditure; disbursement; expenses

1

disposition to operate in the red; tendency to have chronic deficits

2

moving into the black; becoming profitable

1

several years; a few years

2

perfect; complete

11

(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)

1

mother's body (esp. when pregnant or after giving birth); parent body; parent organization; base

2

public-service corporation; charitable corporation; juridical (legal) person working for the public good

2

relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect

5

director; trustee

1

director; executive; officer; official; person in charge

3

register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster

1

counter for people

10

double; twice (as much); twofold

1

three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold

1

to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only

2

example; an instance

2

to compare

1

expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs

1

extreme; extremity

1

administration; governance; the authorities; authority

1

education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education

4

retiring high-ranking government officials taking a lucrative job in a private or semi-private corporation; command (from superior to inferior, government to private sector, etc.); order; descent from heaven

1

normalcy; normality; normal

1