pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
using every trick (in the book)
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
story; tale; narrative; account; fable; legend
reeking of blood; stinking of blood; bloody (battle, crime, etc.)
sound argument; fair argument; just reasoning
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
resignation; acceptance; consolation
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
to work on (someone); to appeal to; to make approaches to; to begin to work
to make sacrifices for; to pay dearly for
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
to resolve; to make up one's mind; to decide
to hold on to something (secret, lead in a race, etc.)
discussion; discourse; lecture; sermon
abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field
lack of self-reliance; depending on others
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
flat board; slab; slat; monotonous; dull; flat
clip-clop; clippety-clop; clamshell cellphone; flip cellphone
Pan (Greek god); bang; boom; crack
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)
incompetence; laziness; worthlessness; good-for-nothing; loser; weakling
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)