sine qua non :

olmazsa olmaz

"It's sine qua non for Hasim and me to drop by ‘cream&dream’ everytime we go
to İstiklal"

high five,(esp AmE,slang) :

the action of hitting someone's open hand with your own above your heads to show that you are pleased about something.

"Contestant Hailey Unger high-fives with fellow contestant Dong from Canada after correctly spelling a word during the quarter-finals of the 2007 Scripps National Spelling Bee on May 30"

isthmus : berzah, kıstak.

agony :
uncountable and countable

1. very severe pain.

"the agony of arthritis"

in agony
"I was in agony."
"He groaned in agony."

2. a very sad, difficult, or unpleasant experience.

"It was agony not knowing if she would live."

the likes of somebody/something :
spoken

=used to talk about people of a particular type.

“Tougher airport security restrictions could undermine the economics of airlines, airports, and of luxury goods manufacturers, the likes of Gucci and Prada, who make healthy profits from airport sales.”

quorum :
(singular)

a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business , yetersayı

“We need a quorum of 7.”

resounding :
(election results) (seçim)

çok büyük, ses getiren

a two/three/four etc horse race :

a competition or an election that only two/three etc. competitors can win.
2/3/4 başlı yarış/rekabet/mücadele

line-up : (seçim) kadro

turnout :

(seçim) katılım (oranı)

lieutenant :

somebody who holds a position in the absence of his or her superior
(lieu + tenant : the lieu meaning "place" as in a position + tenant meaning "holding" as in "holding a position")

red tape :

bureaucratic routine.

(kırtasiyecilik, bürokrasi - işlerin yavaşlaması manasında)

stopgap :

something or someone that fills a need for a time, until a better one can be got.

"They have lent us an old tv as a stopgap until our new one is delivered."

"a stopgap secretary"

enmity :

intense dislike

"if we would have peace as individuals, we must supplant (=yerini değiştirmek) enmity with forbearance (=affetme, sabır gösterme, kendini tutma), which means to refrain or abstain (=sakınmak) from finding fault or from condemning others"

antagonism :

noun (Count./uncount.) (to, towards)

(an example of) active opposition or hatred, esp. between people or groups (muhalefet)

"With more than $1 billion a day to spend, the Pentagon's budget dwarfs those of any of America's allies or antagonists."

"Their obvious antagonism towards this proposal."

nuts and bolts :

(with "the" (Plural))

the simple facts or skills of a subject or job.

"to learn the nuts and bolts of cooking."

sucker for :

(informal)

1. a person who is easily deceived or tricked.

"You are a sucker to believe his stories!"

2. someone who likes the stated thing so much that they cannot refuse it.

"I'm a sucker for ice cream."

"He is a sucker for beautiful women. (=is so attracted by them that they can easily take advantage of his fondness)

vanguard :

1. (the+S) the leading position at the front of an army or group of ships moving into battle.

2. (C+sing./pl. v) The soldiers who take up this position.

"The vanguard is/are under attack."

3. (the+S) the leading or most advanced position in any course of development.

"In the 19th century Britain was in the vanguard of industrial progress."

in/at the vanguard (of something)

in the most advanced position of development.

“The shop has always been in the vanguard of London fashion trends.”

“The prototype was in the vanguard of technical development.”

grudge :

a feeling of dislike for someone because you cannot forget that they harmed you in the past

"Is there anyone who might have had a grudge against her?"
"Mr Gillis was not normally a man to bear grudges ."
"I'm not harbouring some secret grudge against you."
"It could be the work of someone with a grudge against the company."
"You let nasty little personal grudges creep in."

mutiny :

(n) Open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)

"He led a mutiny against the captain."
 
(v) To engage in mutiny.

"The soldiers had mutinied over the non-payment of wages."