profit on currency exchange
blowout (oil well, gas field, etc.)
foolhardiness; daredevil courage
reorganization; reorganisation; structural reform
clearing of accounts; evening-up of accounts; liquidation
telex; teletypewriter exchange
accumulation; retention; collection; sequestration (as in carbon dioxide sequestration); storage (usually a liquid, e.g. rainwater, or behind a dam.)
kiln-equipped pottery workshop
vigorous for one's age; active despite one's years; hale and hearty; full of beans
prospecting; trial digging
day-by-day renewal; rapid progress
bidding price; price tendered
independent; unaffiliated; self-funding
(your) consideration; attention; trouble; high dividends; high rate of return
like an old man; like an old woman
oil crisis (esp. 1973 OPEC oil crisis); oil shock
to throw down the drain; to waste
carrying out a coffin; funeral procession
emergency measures; urgent countermeasures
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
internment; detainment; detention
company fortunes; future of a company
to dig through; to drill into; to excavate
country; countryside; country; country and western; country; nation
failure; abortive (attempt, action)
the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)
bulletin (issued by a society); report; newsletter
arrestee; person arrested
(arch.) red-banded sand wasp (Ammophila sabulosa); deer
foreign capital (e.g. in a company); foreign investment
to carry out to completion; to carry through; to see (something) through; to complete; to accomplish