sales pitch; sales lure; catchphrase
to turn up (hem, sleeves, etc.); to fold back (e.g. page); to turn back; to double back; to loopback (a signal, message, etc.)
resolute; firm; dauntless; undaunted
to scramble for; to struggle for; to contend for; to fight for
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
lovely; dear; beloved; pitiable; pathetic; piteous
to meet fortuitously (e.g. running into an old friend); to meet by chance; to happen across
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
smooth words make smooth ways; it's not what you say, it's how you say it
to follow suit; to imitate or follow someone blindly; to ride on someone's back; to ride someone's coattails; to take advantage (e.g. of another's popularity)
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
on the wane (e.g. popularity of something); decline of one's fortunes
god of death; death deity; Death
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
matter to be checked or investigated
in case of; at that time; at this time
unidentified flying object; UFO
perverseness; perversity; perverse person; difficult person; contrary person
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
to make someone eat; to deal (a blow); to play (a trick)
god of pestilence; god who spreads infectious diseases; jinx; hoodoo; pest
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
strange; rare; novel; curious
living thing; living creature; animal; life
decider; person who decides; deciding factor; clincher; trump card
cooking, esp. frying or stir-frying; heating; tempering; -ware
adviser; advisor; counsellor; counselor
openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face
price; cost; charge; consideration (in a contract)
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
foundation stone; cornerstone
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage