State of play

1.

2.

to hit the ceiling
Competition winners hit the Ceiling at Royal Ascot
Brad Waters
21/06/2012

3.

tearing down
Kelly and his gang came tearing down the street

4.

to learn the ropes
You know, they make you ride the bike for the
first six months, learn the ropes.

5. condolence

Well, I'd like to send my condolences to her
family.

6. political leverage

He needs all the political leverage he can get as
he begins looking into the Defense Department‘s
outsourcing practices.

7. private contractor

Welcome to our hearings with private security contractor
PointCorp, part of the inquiry into the Defense Department's
privatization and outsourcing practices.

8. To brace oneself

You ought to brace yourself for that.

9. To turn a profit

Our new owners have this odd idea that we ought to be
turning a profit.

10. To winkle out

And, yes,I did send her down there
to winkle something out of you.

11. To churn out

She's hungry, she's cheap,
and she churns out copy every hour.

12. To sneak up on

This whole thing with Sonia, what happened,
it just snuck up on me.

13. attack dog

The first thing the attack dogs will pick up on,you know.

14. off-the-record

He's gonna show you an off-the-record preview
of the security camera tapes from the Metro station.

15. bombshell

Capitol Hill may be rocked with another bombshell.

16. быть несносным, невыносимым человеком

17. Какое чувство вы испытываете?

18. пока всё хорошо

19. Большой, разрушительный пожар

20. голосование поднятием руки; открытое голосование

21. бесцеремонно обращаться (с кем-л. или чем-л.)

22. то же самое

23. почтовый индекс

24. подрядчик, контрактор, поставщик, снабженец

25. наемник

26. помочь разобраться, избавить (от трудностей)

27. механизм, устройство, инструмент, прибор

28. благовидный, внешне честный или правдоподобный

29. выдаваться, выпячиваться, раздуваться; ударить, побить

30. помеха, преграда, препятствие