achilles in English

noun
1
a hero of the Trojan War, son of Peleus and Thetis. During his infancy his mother plunged him in the Styx, thus making his body invulnerable except for the heel by which she held him. During the Trojan War, Achilles killed Hector but was later wounded in the heel by an arrow shot by Paris and died.

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1. Achilles.

2. Achilles!

3. Achilles?

4. Follow Achilles!

5. Achilles simply lacks restraint.

6. You're his Achilles heel.

7. You're my Achilles heel.

8. The Achilles' heel of productivity.

9. Everyone has their Achilles heel.

10. Achilles tendon bone spur is at the back of the heel were the Achilles tendon inserts

11. Everybody's got an Achilles heel.

12. Innovation is "Europe's Achilles' heel"

13. It has its Achilles heel.

14. It was her Achilles' heel.

15. Achilles Tires Mavis Discount Tire offers a wide selection of Achilles tires, both cars and trucks

16. Every Achilles boat is made with our own proven four-layered fabric reinforced with Achilles CSM fabric

17. Well, dogs are her Achilles heel.

18. The brand has an Achilles' heel.

19. Achilles killed both of these, but Paris then managed to kill Achilles with an arrow in the heel.

20. Achilles is a free fighting game

21. What then of Achilles or Heracles?

22. Do you understand your Achilles’ heel?

23. Nish'ta does have an Achilles heel.

24. "This is the NSA's Achilles heel.

25. WELL, EVERY ACHILLES HAS HIS HEEL.

26. It consisted of stretching the Achilles tendon.

27. You know what your Achilles heel is?

28. The team's offense is their Achilles' heel.

29. The warrior Achilles is one of the great heroes of Greek mythology. According to legend, Achilles was extraordinarily strong, courageous …

30. Exekias: amphora with Ajax and Achilles Amphora with Ajax and Achilles playing a board game, painted by Exekias, c

31. Achilles was fated to die after Hector.

32. Unlike Achilles tendonitis, which describes an acutely inflamed tendon, Achilles tendonosis describes a chronic, degenerating tendon that results from untreated tendonitis

33. Achilles Heel Pain Running Modifications: If your plantar fascia, Achilles tendon and hamstrings are tight, this needs to be corrected

34. Then what of Achilles at Troy, master?

35. But managerial capitalism, too, has its Achilles heel.

36. This is the heel of old Achilles himself.

37. Bearing in mind the supposedly invincible Achilles, is it possible that we too may have a weak spot, a spiritual Achilles’ heel?

38. The secret lies in its long Achilles tendons.

39. You said his family was his Achilles heel.

40. I think Frank's vanity is his Achilles' heel.

41. Measuring the microclimate was the expedition's achilles' heel.

42. But this wonderful system has an Achilles’ heel.

43. Whilst playing badminton, I ruptured my Achilles tendon.

44. The desire for publicity became her Achilles' heel.

45. If a child’s Clubfoot is resistant to treatment because the Achilles tendon doesn’t stretch and grow as much as doctors expected after a percutaneous Achilles tenotomy was performed, doctors may recommend a procedure called Achilles tendon lengthening

46. The financing of terrorism is its Achilles heel

47. Common causes of Ankle pain include: Achilles tendinitis

48. Your private battle with Achilles is destroying us.

49. L'm sure you remember Achilles from Tales of Troy.

50. Horton's Achilles heel was that he could not delegate.