1 to pinch (with one's fingers)

2 to knead

3 to make up

1 awkward

2 difficult

3 uncomfortable

4 not agreeing

5 at loggerheads

6 gauche

1 a sprain

2 a crick

3 to sprain

1 to twist

2 to warp

3 to distort

1 to reverse

2 to turn around (an undesirable situation)

3 (mechanics) torsion

1 misshapen

2 crooked

3 uneven (idiom)

1 lit. if you have to use force to break a melon off the vine, it won't taste sweet (because it's only when the melon is ripe that it can be removed with just a slight twist) (idiom)

2 fig. if sth is not meant to be, it's no use trying to force it to happen

1 fabrication relying on nothing (idiom); frame-up

1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)

2 fig. to change the course of events

3 to turn things around

1 to break out into a cold sweat (idiom)