great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
predicament; one's ground; one's position
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
how; in what way; I wonder
underhand grip; backhand grip (e.g. in tennis); unexpected twist; turning the tables (on an opponent)
hereabouts; around there; that area
slave traffic; slave dealer
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
simmer; bubble out; flow out
hatred; abhorrence; loathing; detestation
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to marry off; to espouse to
to have one's hair stand on end
obscene; indecent; lewd; bawdy; loose; improper
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
pretty; charming; lovely; adorable
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
to be overawed; to be overpowered; to lose the mental battle
to hold fast; to protect to the end
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
foothold; footing; toehold; stepping stone
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to pull into; to draw in; to bring in; to win over
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
close; intimate; on good terms
support; backing; patronage
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
to outwit; to outsmart; to counterplot; to pierce something all the way through
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly