turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack (move)
very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle
to torment; to harass; to tease; to extort; to shake down; to demand money
to mark the end; to spell the end
to tangle; to get tangled; to have poor control over (one's tongue, feet, etc.); to trip over; to become complicated; to become difficult
spiderweb; spider web; spider's web; cobweb
to tie (to); to fasten; to attach; to connect (one thing with another); to link; to bring together
artifice; wiles; trickery; art of a courtesan (esp. for seducing or deceiving customers); coquetry
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
guy; fellow; chap; bastard; asshole; arsehole
cluster of trees; grove; thicket
preservation; retainment; keeping
cruel; brutal; savage; barbarous
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely
to be turned up; to be lifted up (e.g. by the wind)
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
small quarrel; dispute; run-in; issue; trouble
clear as day; plain as day; patently obvious; (lit.) clearer than watching a fire
positive (e.g. thinking); positive; positive (pole); anode
sanity; consciousness; soberness
whim; caprice; vagary; eccentricity
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
reputation; respectability
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
to hold a grudge; to hold something against someone
hundredfold; hundred times as much; much more (than previously)
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
(on the) right track; (on the) right lines
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
common front; united front
programme; program; plans; arrangements
hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
to speak one's mind; to be frank; to tell the truth
position in a game; state of the game; situation; stage; phase
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to
to assemble; to put together; to set up; to form (words, sentences, etc.)
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage