to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
pressure; encouragement; urging; promoting
prediction; prophecy; prognostication
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
to stake; to risk; to bet; to wager
temporary truce; ceasefire
cease-fire; truce; armistice
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
et cetera; etc.; and the like; the likes of; something like
to face on; to look out on to
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
small child; pipsqueak; short person; midget; small animal; runt
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
instead; but (on the other hand)
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
honour; honor; glory; privilege
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
good; advantage; sake; purpose; consequence; result
proposal; proposition; suggestion
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
so-so; passable; now, now; my, my
to stamp one's feet (in frustration, impatience, etc.)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to go too far; to go to excess
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to recollect; to remember; to reminisce; to imagine; to guess; to infer
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
indicate reason; infers some protest