highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)
nine times; twisting around many times
two out; two down (and one to go)
way; method; means; resource; course
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
dramatic turn-around; major reversal; great comeback; game changer
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
companions; friends; comrades; mates; partners
later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
to continue to hold; to hold on to (for a long period); to maintain; to keep
often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently
very much; very many; more and more
the best one can do; one's best effort; with all one's might; to the best of one's ability
to fight to the bitter end
so what?; what of it?; and?; why do you ask?
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
addition; supplement; appending; appendix
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
such; this sort of; like this
changing clothes; change of clothes
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
matter for great congratulation
grudge; complaint; reproach
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
opposite; opposition; versus; vs.; to (e.g. "winning a game five to three"); equal footing
around the world; throughout the world
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death