to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
privately run store; one-man business; mom-and-pop store
massive failure; debacle; fiasco
comeback; recovery; restoration; rally; reflexive (in grammar)
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
prices of commodities; prices (in general); cost-of-living
unemployment; losing one's job; becoming unemployed
cannot help (feeling); cannot hold back (tears, laughter, etc.)
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
personnel expenses; labor cost; labour cost; indirect labour costs; indirect labor costs
global scale; worldwide scale
remarks; comments; way of talking; speaking style; excuse; topic (of conversation)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
structural reform; restructuring
behavior; behaviour; conduct; entertainment; treat; feast
depression; recession; slump
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
production output; number of goods manufactured
price decline; fall in price
independence; autonomy; self-reliance
earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
workforce reduction; personnel cut
gross national income; GNI
buying power; purchasing power
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to bite at; to snap at; to nibble; to get one's teeth into (metaphorically); to get to grips with; to really get into
to use as an example; to take as an illustration; to draw a parallel
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)