-Her character will be fixed, and she will, at sixteen, be the most determined flirt that ever made herself or her family ridiculous; a flirt, too, in the worst and meanest degree of flirtation; the last turn of the screw. (Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice (adapted)/ see above/ doctored with a touch of ‘risqué/ Bill and coo= behave or talk in a loving and sentimental way {Oxford Dictionary}/ flirting)
-Where most live efforts seem almost embarrassing in their posturings and excesses, and even The Who Live at Leeds held tinges of the Art Statement, Ya-Ya’s at its best just rocks and socks you right out of your chair.” {Glorious noise} {Lester Bangs on the Rolling Stones} (to have an overwhelming effect on {Dictionary.com}/Blow your mind/…show more content… (forming an exciting climax {Oxford Dictionary} /coming to a climax/ something which forms a climax / a major turning point/ reaching a decisive moment/a point of greatest tension peak/ highpoint/ pinnacle/ culmination/ height/ highlight/ apex/ acme/ summit/ apogee/ best moment/ top/ decisive/ greatest/ major/ Make a clean sweep= win all of a group of related sporting contests /remove all unwanted people or things/ ready to start afresh or on a clean slate {Oxford Dictionary})
~ There’s another spectacular sequence in which a fantastic house is reduced to rubble and the film’s climactic battle in a dockyard is immense {Barry Ronge, Movie Review}
~ We all know that Iron Man cannot be destroyed, but he does come very close to it in the film’s massive final battle. (Climactic)
-I’ll stop for a minute once I’ve reached the summit of the bridge. (The highest point or part; the top/ the highest level or degree that can be attained/ the highest level, as of government officials/a conference or meeting of high-level leaders, usually called to shape a program of action/ peak/ top/ meeting/ pinnacle/ apex/ highpoint/ height/ acme/ zenith/ brow/ hilltop/ crest/ crown/ tip conference/ meeting/ talks/ high-level meeting)
~ The completion of this book has been the summit of my ambition. ~ A matter of this nature requires a meeting at the summit. ~ There’ll be a summit meeting of government officials at these offices…show more content… (Be the most remarkable/ is the pits/the mother of…)
-The sheriff’s department acted with unprecedented boldness. {ID.} (without previous instance; never before known or experienced; unexampled or unparalleled {Dictionary.com unparalleled/ extraordinary/ record/ first-time/ unique/ exceptional/ unmatched/ which has not occurred within the memory of {Roget’s}
-In choosing a husband, make sure you don’t scrape the bottom of the barrel. (be reduced to using things or people of the poorest quality because there is nothing else available/ stoop down/ choose the worst/ take whatever is left after the best has been taken)
-When he went up to accept his accolade-that was his finest hour (defining moment /best/ supreme moment of his life/ crowning glory/ ultimate victory/ shining hour/ aggrandisement/ his big goal)
~ That was all we needed- it was a home run. (A complete or unqualified success)
-When we did it last night, did the earth move for you? (Did you have an orgasm, or experience the ecstasy? Did you experience the ultimate in ecstasy? The ultimate in