dot-com; Internet business; .com
to be cheap; to be inexpensive
earnings forecast (outlook, projection)
see you later; goodbye; sincerely
incorporation; conversion to a corporation; privatization (of a previously public body)
melt-in-the-mouth feeling
expanding into a chain (e.g. store, hotel); development of chain stores
way; method; means; resource; course
poultry farm; chicken farm
to burst (open); to break; to split
sliced vegetables pickled in soy sauce
blue sky; skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit
number of votes obtained (polled)
film studies; cinema studies
internal strife; infighting; internal conflict
upward adjustment; upward revision
cotton candy; fairy floss; candy floss
carat; unit of weight for jewels and pearls, 200mg; karat (measure of purity of gold); carat
internal disunity; internal division; internal rift
exposed skin between top of knee-high socks and hemline of skirt
frontier (esp. the American frontier); frontier (of a field); forefront (of science, technology)
Excellent (grade); A; superiority; excellence; gentle; graceful
oh well, fine; fine, I guess; alright, I suppose; OK, then
euphoric; happy; buoyant; bouncy
if times were better; if one had been born at an earlier, more opportune time; if times had not changed; if I had my due
to take advantage of an opportunity