account

a blow-by-blow account: seeblow-by-blow.

give a good (or bad) account of yourself make a favourable (or unfavourable) impression through your performance or actions.

on no account under no circumstances.

settle (or square) accounts with someone

1 pay money owed to someone.

2 have revenge on someone.

take something into account (or take account of something) consider something along with other factors before reaching a decision.

there's no accounting for tastes it's impossible to explain why different people like different things, especially those things which the speaker considers unappealing. proverb

☞ Since the late 18th century, this has been the usual English form of the Latin expression de gustibus non est disputandum 'there is no disputing about tastes'.

turn to (good) account turn (something) to your advantage.