completely under someone's control
полностью под контролем кого-то (polnost'yu pod kontrol'em kogo-to)
"He's under his boss's thumb and can't make his own decisions."
"Он под контролем своего начальника и не может принимать собственные решения." (On **pod kontrol'em svoego nachal'nika** i ne mozhet prinimat' sobstvennye resheniya.)
information spread by people talking to each other
to punish someone personally instead of letting the authorit...
someone who learns things fast
to undergo a significant change or improvement
a particular way of thinking or set of ideas
to happen as expected