spinning mill; filature; thread-manufacturing plant; silk mill
patent; special permission; licence (license); proprietary
practical model; utility model; new design for practical use
official proclamation; announcement; promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
patent; one's specialty (party piece, etc.)
regulations; rules; (local) regulation; ordinance; bylaw
industrial fair or exposition
to facilitate; to make easy; to simplify
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
shop; small store; business; firm
small; narrow; single-breadth cloth (approx. 36 cm wide)
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
unlimited company; unlimited partnership
company director; board member
prosperous conditions; healthy economy
worldwide financial crisis; global depression
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
rationalization; rationalisation; rationalize; rationalise
plant (i.e. equipment, machinery, etc.); plant; vegetation
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
running away from home; elopement; (arch.) outing; (arch.) going out; (arch.) becoming a Buddhist monk; (arch.) entering the priesthood
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with