1highly unlikely
it’ll be a cold day in July before …
2no matter what
come hell or high water
3to receive the less favorable part of a deal
get the short end of the stick
4get or do what one wants in spite of opposition
get one's own way
5be finally vindicated, thus confounding earlier scepticism
have the last laugh
6 be likely to steal
have sticky fingers
9attractive
easy on the eye
11неудобный, громоздкий
unwieldy
12заметный, ощутимый
tangible
13в сочетании с
in conjunction with
14approximately
in the region of
15being at the very edge or just about to experience something
on the brink of
16for the reason that
on the grounds that
17to the degree or limit of something
to the extent of
18except for
with the exception of