academic background; academic credentials; academic record
(marriage) engagement; secret treaty; tacit understanding; private contract
electronics; electronic engineering
materials science and engineering
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to pick up; to adopt (a proposal); to take up (a topic); to take issue with; to make a problem of; to report (news); to cover
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
to straighten up one's back (e.g. stand up straight, sit up straight); to hold one's head high
movement (of the body); action; bearing; carriage; operation (of a machine, software, etc.); running
smell; scent; aura; whiff; faint, mist-like pattern along the temper line of a Japanese sword
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
pointed end; tip; point; forefront; vanguard; spearhead
neighborhood; neighbourhood; vicinity; environs; surrounding area; district
operation (of a machine); running; driving (a vehicle); use (of capital, funds, etc.); management
car; vehicle; van; (train) car; carriage
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
to be erected; to be built
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
freighter (vessel); cargo ship
coming alongside a pier, quay, etc.; reaching land (of a boat)
quay; wharf; jetty; wall-like shoreline; cliff wall
choosing a site (e.g. for industry); deciding on a location; standpoint; position
school building; schoolhouse
factory; plant; mill; workshop
control; management (e.g. of a business)
when; at what time; how soon; normal times; ordinary days
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
technical; specialist; professional; exclusive
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast