section manager; section chief
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
attempt; trial; experiment; endeavour (endeavor); effort; venture
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
hitting the maximum value of a numeric counter
recent state; present state; present condition; current status; current circumstances
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
deployment; disposition; posting; stationing
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
being concentrated on one thing; devoting oneself completely to something
to train; to discipline; to teach manners
scrubbing and washing; kitchen work
renewal; update; innovation; improvement
spotlight; public eye; public's attention; goldfish bowl
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
eccentricity; eccentric behaviour
distrust; unjust suspicion
relation; relative; kind; cordial
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
to have a lot on one's shoulders; to bear a lot of responsibility
enforcement; implementation; putting into practice; carrying out; operation; working (e.g. working parameters)
political measures; policy
a drop in the bucket; a drop in the ocean; (lit.) (pouring) water on a hot stone
beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...
at all costs; whatever the price; would give anything
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
hard to get; hard to come by
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
bargaining ability; bargaining power; ability to negotiate
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
opinion; point of view; visual point
to run swiftly; to dash; to rush; to race
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
ingenious idea; excellent plan; bright idea
to coagulate; to curdle; to be fanatical; to be obsessed with; to stiffen; to become stiff
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh