All-nighters / traction session / legions / levels - Synonyms needed

hey, I need to find synonyms for the following idioms and words. I know their meaning but I need some other words which can be used as substitutes.

An all-nighter- ?
A traction session- ?
To be legions-?
To pull the levers-?

and if u need some context, these words are taken from the following sentences:

While recuperating in the hospital and later during grueling traction sessions, she eased her pain by turning her mind to a dream she'd long harbored: buying an airplane and flying it to Europe.

. They worked around the clock for weeks, pulling multiple all-nighters to get the job done.

LOOKING AHEAD to her new role at the CIA, Haines's supporters-and there are legions-say not to underestimate her.

And she had begun to notice that the activists who knew best how to pull the levers of reform were lawyers. So she gave up the bookstore and applied to law school.

Why didn't you post it in the General Language section?

I did

I moved your thread to the General Language category. Please make sure you check the category before posting


okey.. and you make sure you are polite to people...............

and please do not delete any more of my posts... there was nothing wrong in them as far as i remember.

As far as I am aware no-one has deleted any of your posts on this thread, and I don't consider I was being impolite in my advice concerning the posting guidelines.

Some people are very sensitive.