manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; device for making things; person who creates things
business; trade; operations; sales
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
from long ago; from old times; from time immemorial
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
board of directors; board of trustees
presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in
Lydia (Iron Age kingdom of Asia Minor)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
nearby mountain; mountain near a human settlement
to be itching to put one's skills to use
current year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
reorganization plan; reorganisation plan; restructuring plan
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
internationalization; internationalisation; i18n (in IT)
business world; business circles; (the) industry
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
motion (i.e. proposal to a committee, etc.)
resolution; decision; vote
objection; dissent; protest
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
return; relapse; recurrence
great teacher; great master; great author; great doctor
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
(please) try to; (please) look; seeing; looking