sudden fall; sharp fall; sudden drop; sharp drop
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applying (e.g. a technology); adoption
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
at a young age; while still young
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
tenth day of the month; ten days
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
graduation ceremony; commencement
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
programme; program; plans; arrangements
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
presence of other people; (in) public; (in) front of others
as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still
front-facing; forward-looking; positive; constructive
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers
unasked for; unnecessary; uninvolved
conference room; council room
another company; other company
to gain on; to put pressure on; to close in on
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
weekly publication; weekly magazine
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession
foreign capital group; foreign company
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
instant messaging (messenger, message); IM; input method; IM
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
stock; share; stump; (clump of) roots; plant with attached roots or stem; strain (of bacteria, etc.); stock company