• to bring home the bacon, to make a go, to make a hit
• to bear away the bell, to ring the bell
• to take scalps, to vanquish
• to bring down the house
• reap as we sow, we reap as we sow
• contrary, crabby, headstrong, recalcitrant, stubborn, wayward, wilful, willful
• benevolence, benignity, friendliness, goodwill
• power of will, will-power, willpower
• to rattle, to yack, to yack on, to yak, to yak on