How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
battle of wits; contest of wits
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
brow; glabella; middle forehead; area between the eyebrows
by today; before the day is over
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
complete victory; winning a tournament with no losses
to arrange beforehand; to make a sign to each other; to conspire
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
rest; break; recess; intermission
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
to have luck on one's side; to get lucky; to have one's eyes bulge out of one's head (with surprise)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
education; training; discipline
delay; lag; postponement; falling behind
two times; twice; two degrees
one's manner (attitude) when losing; one's way of losing
appreciation (of art, music, poetry, etc.)
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
to taste; to eat; to drink; to speak (of); to refer (to); to say
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
compensation; equivalent value; consideration
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
good; OK; all right; fine; very well; will do
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range
on the occasion of; at the time of
human-wave tactics; throwing people at a problem
barrier; checkpoint; gateway; hurdle; obstacle; trial
many; much; plenty; hardly
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
universal; omnipresent; ubiquitous
firm; strong; solid; stable
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
what the hell; oh, great!; son of a gun; holy mackerel; oh no!; holy cow!