1 to count backwards (from 10 down to 0)

2 to count down

3 from the bottom (lines on a page)

4 from the back (rows of seats)

1 majority

2 most

1 (great) majority

1 to direct

2 director (film etc)

1 to lead to

2 to create

3 to cause

4 to bring about

1 one scare after another (idiom)

2 in a constant state of tension

1 lit. their number cannot be counted (idiom); fig. countless

2 innumerable

1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.

1 to take advantage of the new situation (idiom)

2 to make the best of new opportunities

1 lit. as if enumerating one's family valuables (idiom)

2 fig. to be very familiar with a matter