(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
honor; honour; credit; prestige
condition; term; requirement; qualification; prerequisite
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
orders; instructions; directive; command
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
moving about; stirring about
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
unlimited; unrestricted; limitless
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
classified information; top secret
superiority complex; sense of superiority
knock on wood; touch wood; heaven forbid; God help me; absit omen!
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
ingredient; component; composition
judgement; judgment; appraisal (e.g. of an antique); evaluation; forensics; (criminal) identification
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
to have an eye on; to zero in on
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
(study of) pharmacy; pharmaceutics
sincerely; earnestly; repeatedly; over and over; again and again
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
older brother; elder brother; brother (as older-brother figure in friendly and or work relationship); young man; buddy
hiding one's embarrassment
someone (unspecified, but someone in particular); a certain person
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
to get worked up; to be eager (enthusiastic); to rouse oneself
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person