drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
to suffer; to groan; to be worried
difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty
how much; how many; however (much); no matter how; what matters is ...; it all comes down to ...
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
as if (something untrue were actually true); like hell (e.g. "like hell I will")
source (of a river); fountainhead; source; origin; root
demolition; taking down; dissolution (of an organization, company, etc.); breaking up; dissection (of a body); dismemberment
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
manure; night soil; dung; fertiliser; fertilizer
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
to prosper; to flourish; to thrive
starting; inauguration; launch; founding; establishment; start-up
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
sagacity; wisdom; intelligence
enactment; establishment; creation
bhava (becoming, existence)
slightly; lightly; thinly; faintly; dimly
(passenger) fare; freight rates; shipping expenses
change in the law; legal reform
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
irrational; illogical; unreasonable; absurd; inconsistent
having to be; must be; should be; ought to be
form; shape; figure; morph
specialization; specialisation; differentiation
retrenchment; curtailment
vicious circle; vicious cycle
motorization; motorisation
diffusion; spread; popularization; promulgation; familiarization
to go out of use; to become obsolete; to die out; to decline (e.g. of morals); to be lost; to go into decline (of a town, business, etc.)
doctor; PhD; exposition; fair; exhibition
rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power