financial circles; the financial community
city bank; metropolitan bank
institute for general research; multidiscipline laboratory
career enhancement; improving one's career prospects
looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job
"professional name" used by hostesses and geisha
financial products; financial instruments
pomade stick; stick pomade
major loss; crushing defeat; big discount
civilized society; civilised society
to defy conventional wisdom
money-making; earning money
success or failure; result
taking care of something by oneself; self-management
retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
health management; health maintenance; health care
stiff neck; stiff shoulders
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
influenced by; in response to; in the wake of; triggered by; following
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
to be profitable; to yield a profit
school of one's (first, second) choice
field in which one acts unchallenged; unrivaled sphere of activity (unrivalled); one's monopoly