to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
to give someone space; to give someone breathing room; to cut someone some slack; to provide leeway; to provide an opportunity
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
power; might; authority; influence
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
judgement; judgment; decision; adjudication; award; verdict
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to shrink; to contract; to diminish (in size)
perception; sensation; awareness
to begin shooting; to shoot out
members; member; constituent
bringing certain death; deadly; knockout (blow)
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
overlooking; turning a blind eye
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
first appearance (of the season)
coming out; going out; attending (work); appearing (on stage); start; beginning; origins
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
blow; shock; strike; batting
splendor; splendour; gorgeousness; showiness; gaudiness; extravagance
to break; to tear; to pierce; to split; to burst
metallic sound; metallic clank