laundering (e.g. of money)
sending; forwarding; shipping
client list; customer list
honeymoon; being in an intimate relationship; honeymoon (period)
brink of death; time to give up; knowing when to give up
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
research and development; R&D
prototype model; experimental machine
payment (taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to take away; to carry away
stairs; stairway; staircase
demonstrative of one's worth; worthy of one's reputation; living up to one's name; bolstering one's reputation; enhancing one's prestige; winning one honour
to take over; to capture; to seize; to hijack (vehicle, account, etc.)
common front; united front
mask; disguise; guise; mask
superman; superwoman; Ubermensch (e.g. Nietzsche's ideal man of the future); overman
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
to be jinxed; to suffer a stroke of bad luck; to suffer a setback; to have a damper put on one; to have cold water thrown on one
bottom-up approach to management; on-the-spot decision-making; hands-on approach (policy, etc.)
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
luxury grocery item (e.g. alcohol, coffee, tea, tobacco); indulgence; something consumed for taste or stimulant effect rather than nourishment
insurrection; rebellion; revolt; riot; uprising
to take hold of; to possess; to haunt
status elevation; upgrading; promotion
welcome drink (e.g. free drink served to hotel guests upon arrival)
servant; manservant; menial