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Causing a bottleneck

Creating an obstacle or delay in progress or production

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The bottom line

net income or loss

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Get on board

agree or accept sth.

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Across the board

everywhere, applying to everybody

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Call it a day

finish for today

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Cut our losses

stop doing sth that is already failing in order to reduce the amount of time or money that is being wasted on

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Cut corners

save money or effort by finding easier or cheaper ways to do sth

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Take somebody on board

employ someone

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A can of worms

a source of many unpredictable and complicated problems

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Close a deal

complete a negotiation

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Breath down someone’s neck

watch someone's actions very closely

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keep a cool head

stay calm

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look forward to

eagerly wait for

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cut down

reduce

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sum up

summarising

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put forward

suggest

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lay off

dismiss

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get on to

make contact with

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get out

leave, escape

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get down to

begin to do sth

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come up with

think of or produce

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pull out of

withdraw from

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knock off

leave work to go home

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stand out

be noticeable

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slack off

work less hard than usual

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go under

go bankrupt

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a cryptocurrency

a digital form of money produced by a public company

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money laundering

moving and transferring illegal money to make it seem legal

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a seizure

taking something using legal authority

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conceal

to keep something secret

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high-profile

attracting a lot of attention in the media

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a ledger

a record of money received and paid

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reconstruct

to build or create sth again

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a crackdown

a situation where there is more effort to punish people for a specific crime

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major contributor

a big part of the value of sth

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associated with

connected to

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carry out sth.

to conduct

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the first stage of a process

starting point

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masked by

hidden

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emergence

appearance or arrival of sth

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implications

results of an action

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fall through

fail

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break the ice

make someone you have not met before feel more relaxed

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get away with

escape blame or punishment

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