diversion; appropriation (e.g. of funds); misappropriation; re-use (e.g. old computer parts); recycling
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
development; exploitation
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
advanced materials; new high-tech materials
to join together; to combine; to join up
charging (electrically); electrification
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
sale; offering for sale; release (for sale); launch (product)
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
serious damage; injury or loss; heavy blow
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
article for sale; goods for sale; offering; specialty; selling point
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
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
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
study; research; investigation
being postponed; being shelved; being put on hold; putting in storage; thing put in storage
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
proximity; nearness; soon; nearby
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
concealment; suppression; hiding
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
same trade; same business; same profession
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
temporary staff recruitment agency; employment agency
assignment (of a person to somewhere); attachment (of a person to another unit, organization, etc.)
general affairs department (bureau); executive section