tie-up negotiations; tie-up talks
Unfair Competition Prevention Act
provisional disposition; temporary injunction
legal office; law office; legal department
workforce reduction; personnel cut
retrenchment; curtailment; economy
prohibition; ban; suspension
manufacture and sales; vertical integration
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
manufacturing; craftsmanship; making things by hand
experimental stage; experimental phase
advanced materials; new high-tech materials
negligent; careless; slipshod; slovenly; reckless; irresponsible
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to carry out to completion; to carry through; to see (something) through; to complete; to accomplish
steep mountain; craggy mountain
to pinch and crush; to pinch out
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
statement; account (of something); declaration; allegation
without sparing time for sleep
to draw closed the curtain (of a theatre, etc.); (fig.) to come to an end
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
question and answer session
deliberate hindrance; obstruction
to the very end; to the bitter end; to the last; to the hilt; thoroughly
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
resignation; leaving office; leaving work (e.g. at the end of the day)
negotiations; bargaining; talks; making demands