with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
hard worker; hardworking person
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
deep; profound; dense; thick; close (relationship); intense; strong
to wrinkle; to crinkle; to shrivel
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
to feel relieved of one's burden; to have a weight removed from one's mind
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
calmness; composure; coolness; serenity; presence of mind
if one is unlucky; if one is careless; if things don't go well
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
to rank next to; to come after
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
(in) her way; peculiar to her
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
from now on; in the future; hereafter; ahead of us; down the road
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
very caring; kind; helpful; service-minded
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse