himself; yourself; herself
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
to sell off; to sell completely
to solicit; to demand; to extort
two times; twice; two degrees
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
people; men and women; each person; everybody
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to go too far; to go to excess; to carry too far
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
national defence; national defense
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
thickheaded; obstinate; inflexible; stubborn
forward; officious; impertinent; intrusive
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
target group; target persons
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints
site (usu. website); sight; payable on sight
one's own strength; one's own efforts; self-salvation
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again