to fight to the bitter end
pitiful; heartbreaking; heartrending; touching; tragic; sad
genius; prodigy; natural gift
option; selecting an option; optional extra; individual item; separate item; option
(practical) application; putting to practical use; applied
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
time; thyme; time out (e.g. in sport)
shortening; contraction; reduction; curtailment; abbreviation
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
tedious; lengthy; overlong; long-winded
this (very thing); this precisely
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
by-product; spin-off; outgrowth; side effect
stinging; smarting; on edge; nervous; ripping; peeling
going ahead; going first; preceding; coming before; scoring first; getting off to a lead
matter of time; question of time
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
taking something out; carrying out; providing money oneself; paying with one's own money; corbel; strengthening under a seam (clothing)
to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
depending on the ...; to depend on the ...
(criminal) punishment; penalty; sentence
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
worst; worst-case (scenario)
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
disparaging words; derogatory term; insult; epithet
submitting to (a demand, one's fate, etc.); putting up with; resigning oneself to; accepting (without complaint)
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
conversion; shift; about-face; switch
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice