How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
(one's) gaze; line of sight; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (to obscure their identity); eye censor bar
to be choppy (of waves); to be rough; to wave (e.g. in the wind); to beat fast (of a heart); to be in turmoil; to be in discord
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to stare at each other; to lock eyes (with)
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
(lit.) blood flows; to have the blood of ... running in one's veins (artist, warrior, etc.); to be born with particular skills, characteristics, etc.; to have something "in one's blood"
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
willpower; guts; determination; character; nature; disposition
just one person; only one
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
top and bottom; high and low; going up and down; rising and falling; going and coming back; upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
to grimace; to make a wry face; to contort one's face
progress; advance; improvement; development
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to lose one's cool; to blow one's top; to flip one's lid; to get angry
assistance; backing; reinforcements
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to maintain one's honor as a man; to save face (as a man); to have one's honor upheld
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
to gain time; to play for time; to buy time
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
big welcome; welcoming greatly; being very welcome
observation; survey; watching
gap; opening; break; interval; unguarded moment; carelessness
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
should do; ought to do; must do
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
to swell up; to bulge; to swell (of a budget, population, etc.); to increase significantly; to balloon
mass; quality and quantity
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved