to start behaving more responsibly.
начать вести себя более ответственно. (nachat' vesti sebya bolee otvetstvenno.)
"You need to clean up your act if you want that promotion."
"Тебе нужно clean up your act, если ты хочешь получить повышение." (Tebe nuzhno clean up your act, esli ty khochesh' poluchit' povyshenie.)
working in a laboratory environment on experiments or resear...
to capture and punish someone for a crime
To be very full or crowded.
to speak or act without thinking carefully
To hear gossip or unofficial news.
to profit from a situation, often quickly