| 1 | Most people thought Chinese cartoons had come to the end. | |
| 2 | I'm feeling really depressed about my work. I think I'm at the end of my rope. | |
| 3 | Mr Green has been out of work for several months and is on his uppers. | |
| 4 | The reality is that China has run out of politically feasible means to bring down its reserves. | |
| 5 | Eventually the group had no choice but to take its surviving cadres out of the country. |