(starting) from nothing; from scratch
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
sales; selling; marketing
to gain fame; to make one's name
two (long cylindrical things)
central pillar (of a building); mainstay (e.g. of an economy); backbone (e.g. of a family); provider
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to surpass; to outstrip; to excel
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
clever; smart; sharp (ear, etc.); sensitive; discerning
to appear on the market; to be in season (e.g. fruit); to circulate widely; to make the rounds; to go around
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
100,000; hundred thousand
artificial intelligence; AI
group; party; team; organization; organisation; association
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
(corporate) restructuring; downsizing; laying off people
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
mistake; error; accident; mishap; improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman); indiscretion
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to rewind; to rally; to recover; to come back
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to break the silence; to break one's silence
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
remaining silent; keeping secret
to level (earth); to cut through (a mountain); to split (the opposition); to break (strike)