crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
tying up; restraint; restriction; arrest
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
hanging in midair; suspended in midair; midair stunt; aerial stunt
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
to move along; to go alongside; to walk along; to follow; to run down (one's cheek, leg, etc.); to trickle down
since one was born; in one's (entire) life; in all one's life
vulgar; coarse; crude; boorish; ill-mannered; mean
robber; mugger; robbery; burglary
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
to beg; to ask; to request; to pray; to wish
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
to tickle; to tickle (one's curiosity, vanity, etc.); to arouse; to make (someone) laugh; to amuse
hour of death; one's last moments; end of one's life
by sheer strength; by brute force
inferior position; inferior situation; disadvantage; subordination
what sort of; what kind of; what way
difficult problem; challenge
spell; charm; incantation; magic words
to exchange; to interchange
promise; vow; engagement; convention; rule; resolution
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to do; to commit; to carry out; to bring about
to become aroused (of emotions, nerves, etc.); to become excited; to become stirred up; to be proud; to be haughty; to be pompous
tending to find things bothersome; person who tends to find things bothersome
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
through (e.g. an intermediary, a medium); via; over (e.g. a network); across; by way of; by means of
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
forgetting; lapse of memory
doubling; marked increase; multiplying; redoubling
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
to work hard; to toil; to moil; to keep one's nose to the grindstone; to slug away
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
besides; moreover; furthermore; further; in addition (to that)
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar
defeat; loss; reverse; setback