VV's peaks and troughs

Glossary of difficult words

VV's peaks and troughs - a triple word play: "peak" is the pointed top of a mountain and also sounds the same as "Peake"; "peaks and troughs" is an expression meaning the high points and low points of an activity; a "trough" is long, narrow container for animals to eat or drink from but is also used in the political sense to refer to a source of income;

to fathom - to understand, comprehend;

to waltz into something - to acquire something, such as a position, casually and without great effort;

to have designs on something - to aim to obtain something desired, typically in a secret and dishonest way.