company president; manager; director
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
top-heavy; big-headed; overly-theoretical
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
one more time; once more; once again
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
not a chance; not likely; oh no; yuck; fault; defect
middle of the night; dead of night
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
hideout (e.g. of fugitive from justice); hiding place
bedroom; bedchamber; (arch.) roost; (arch.) nest
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to help out of (trouble); to extricate
superintendent; director; curator; chief librarian
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
science; learning; scholarship; arts and sciences; academic pursuits
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
(temporary) closure of school
to be postponed; to be deferred; to be delayed
professor; teaching; instruction
please; I beg you; for mercy's sake
to be remembered; to go down in history
requisition; commandeering; conscription
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to be matched against (in a sports contest)
every region of the country; all corners of the country; nationwide
watering hole; watering place
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
good feeling; feeling good
fish-based cooking; fish dish
one difficulty; one danger
pilgrimage; walking tour; travelling (on foot)
big catch (of fish); big haul