failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
Intel (chip manufacturer); interline leads
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
to start work (on); to undertake; to start committing a crime; embarkation; launch
research establishment; research institute; laboratory
later; afterwards; future; after one's death; (arch.) descendant
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
almost; roughly; approximately
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
male carer (at a nursery school, children's home, etc.); childcare worker
to press forward; to forge ahead; to push on
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to differ depending on ...
to mind; to care about; to be an issue; to matter; to keep company; to care for; to interfere with
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
extent; scope; sphere; range; span
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
far away; far off; far; long ago; long before
to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
to be in sight (e.g. a resolution); to have a clear idea; to have bright prospects
company president; manager; director
to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
deposit and withdraw; taking in and out
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)