battery; battery (pitcher and catcher)
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
diversion (e.g. of funds); appropriation; misappropriation; making use of (for another purpose); reuse; repurpose
to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till
development; cultivation; application; exploitation (of resources)
success; achievement; succeeding (in life); (worldly) success; prosperity
up to now; so far; traditional; conventional; usual
advanced materials; new high-tech materials
to put together; to combine; to join together; to match against (e.g. in a sport)
charging (electrically); recharging one's batteries (e.g. by taking a nap); replenishing (one's energy)
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
ground-breaking; revolutionary; unprecedented; epoch-making
sale; offering for sale; putting on sale; putting on the market; release (for sale)
on the net; on the Internet; on the web
opening (a new store, golf course, runway, etc.); open; frank; open (car, collar, tournament, etc.)
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
heavy blow; major blow; severe blow; serious damage
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
article for sale; goods for sale; main attraction; specialty; For Sale
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
(several) tens; dozens; scores (of)
throwing in; inserting; investment; commitment (of funds, personnel, etc.); launching (a product into the market); introduction
research; study; investigation
being shelved (of a movie, project, etc.); being postponed; being put on hold; putting in storage
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
management; administration; operation; running (a business); conducting
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
outflow; effluence; efflux; outflow (of people, capital, etc.); drain (of gold, talent, etc. from a country); leak (e.g. of personal information)
concealment; hiding; covering up; suppression
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory