A significant commercial and critical success, the film earned Streep another Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, also winning Best Picture. Critic Stanley Kaufmann wrote, Meryl Streep is back in top form. This means her performance in Out of Africa is at the highest level of acting in film today.
contract negotiation. Act of two or more parties discussing points of a potential partnership arrangement. The goal is for an agreement to be made that is beneficial to all involved parties. Discussions may go back and forth between parties until all points have been agreed upon.
seal the deal. You throw in that and it will seal the deal. seal the deal. To come to an agreement or reach the point where an agreement is almost certain, often used in reference to sexual relations: The company sealed the deal with the content provider.