payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
handling things like an adult; behaving like a mature grown-up
to be flabbergasted; to be dumbfounded
bound hand and foot; hedged in (e.g. by restrictions); immobile
change of attitude (stance, position); lightness of foot; ability to dodge out of the way of an attack
to snatch; to grab; to steal; to charge (an exorbitant price) for
troublesome; pain in the butt
to have a reason; to have an excuse
hitting the ball back to the pitcher; comebacker
thrown kiss; blown kiss; air kiss
gunshot; bullet; lost messenger; truant messenger; bull's-eye (candy)
chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
cotton plant (Gossypium spp.); batting; wadding; padding
anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means
defeat; lost battle; losing a war
sharp sighted; easily awakened
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
miniaturization; miniaturisation; downsizing
fit for use; available; operational; practicable; usable
unity; coherence; consistency; settlement; conclusion; completion
every last one; one and all; from A to Z; as soon as; right after; no sooner (than)
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
revealing (information, a secret, etc.); disclosure; telling; letting out
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
(eating) heartily; energetically; vigorously; bulging (muscles); welling up (of strength, courage, etc.)
jello (gelatin-based dessert); jelly; gel; jelly
pacing (e.g. in athletics, etc.); pacing oneself
to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown)
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
precious; valuable; priceless; noble; exalted; sacred
have to do; must; should; ought to