economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
difficulty of finding employment (due to a job shortage)
to gasp; to pant; to breathe hard; to suffer; to struggle
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
structure; construction; makeup; framework; organization; pattern
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to catch the eye; to attract attention
hogging; having all to oneself; monopolising; monopolizing
critic; reviewer; commentator
support; backing; aid; assistance
corporate body; corporation; (legal) person; (juridical) person
supervision; superintendence; chairmanship; chairman
citizen; citizenry; city inhabitant; townspeople; bourgeoisie; middle class
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
downsizing by laying off part-time and temp. workers
to ask the opinion of (a superior)
in the end; at the end of the day
large company; large enterprise; large corporation
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
tacit; unspoken; implicit
employment (long term); hire
in terms of; from the point of view of
recruiting; job offer; job vacancy
previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
moving tale; impressive tale
really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way
convenient; handy; useful
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
illegal; illicit; unlawful
stability; steadiness; equilibrium
flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
individual; private person; personal; private