counterclockwise rotation; anti-clockwise rotation; CCW
it is not (like that) either
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
useless; no good; hopeless
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
guess; speculation; supposition
to send (someone) back; to send (someone) home
to not take seriously; to take lightly
isolation; being alone; being friendless
to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back at; to retort
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
coincident with; while; simultaneously
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
choking; suffocating; stifling; oppressive; heavy
fantasy; illusion; vision; dream
dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; end; end of the road; end point
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
to scatter away; to vanish
paradise; heaven; Kingdom of Heaven
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
breakthrough (research, etc.); breach; opening
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
both; both sides; both parties
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)
surely; clearly; without a doubt; in all probability; no matter how one slices it; no matter how one looks at it
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
gambling; gaming; speculation; undertaking a risky venture; (arch.) professional gambler; (arch.) gamester
luxury; extravagance; to live in luxury; to indulge oneself; lavish (use of something); abundant
the most one can do; the best one can do; the best one can expect
right to choose; a say; option
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)