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• have guts

• have the nerve to do sg

• to pull, to take effect, to tell, told

• to keep one's wits about one

• to be on the air

• to be crummy, to feel crummy

• have a good head on one's shoulders, his head is screwed on the right way

• to be in check

• to be in neutral

• have the wind up, to get the wind up

• to taste sweet

• he's all right

• it's rather cold, the weather is on the cold side

• to be obsessed with an idea

• to be a good penman

• I have my own peculiar reasons

• to be in good shape, to be in good trim, to be in training

• have a thick skull

• to be frightened, to feel frightened

• to get beyond one's depth, to get out of one's depth, to go beyond one's depth, to go out of one's depth

• have a hard time of it