consecutive	happening one after another
formidable	extremely challenging
to start the ball rolling	to begin
reigning	the most recent
to play one's hearts out	to try really hard
to run into	to encounter
to put for	to give arguments in favour of sth
to come back	to regain the previous position
to put in	to spend a period of time working hard
at the drop of a hat	without delay or hesitation
to take industrial action	not to work properly, normally
a magistrate	a judge in law courts dealing with minor crimes
a barrister	a lawyer who has a right to appear in the higher courts of law
a solicitor	a lawyer who prepares documents in the lower courts
wrangle	a noisy argument
to twiddle one's thumbs	to waste time by doing nothing
floored	defeated, astounded greatly
on a war/scientific footing	established in a particular way
to shuffle	to walk without lifting foot above ground
a storm in a teacup	sth that looks serious but turns out to be negligible
a drop in the ocean	a small part of sth
to bite off more than one could chew	to try to do more than is able to do
to make a mountain out of a molehill	when sb exaggerates without any reason
a knoll	a small slope
to outstay one's welcome	to stay longer than is acceptable
for hire	able to be rented
to settle up	to pay what is owed
to settle for	to accept sth that is not fully satisfactory
to see off	to go to ex. the airport and say sb goodbye
to see through	to realise sb's true intentions
severance pay	money given to the fired employee
to remunerate	to pay sb for service
a typing pool	a place where ordinary workers work
warehouse	a building where goods are stored
to delegate	to ask people to do some work
a notice	information that you're about to quit
a commission	money depending on how many you've sold
auxiliary	additional, giving help or support