What are you up to ? = what are you doing? 

I am not up to much 

He is up to no good

Just "to clear things up" - to explain, clarify 

ii) Today's headlines - BBC

To go bust

To force 

A blunder 

Clueless

To be on the brink of 

“How are we doing timewise?”

“New York is difficult timewise”

this is mine

this is my friend

This is a friend of mine 

mortgage

lending / to lend

mortgage lending 

mortgage lenders = banks

to withdraw

to slam - slammed

a cosmic collision

if the Earth can be protected

a pitch

To layout his pitch to become PM

to layout - to present

has deliberately slammed

after slumping to “an all time low” against the dollar

“an all time low / high”

The GBP is at “an all time low” against the USD.

to slump - to decrease a lot

an economic slump

To climb to - to go up 

sterling had climbed to 1.08USD

to claw back - has clawed back = to recover

the pound has begun to claw back some of it losses 

The main union representing farmers says ministers must act to prevent a food supply crisis in the UK 

The world’s third largest democracy Indonesia has outlawed sex before marriage,

And Kirsty Alley who delighted millions in the hit 1980s sitcom Cheers has died. 

to react with dismay 
a dispute
to play fast and loose 
a walkout 
to table (an issue) 
to our dismay / delight / surprise 
to outlaw / an outlaw