Take a stand

занять жёсткую позицию
And this haunted young lady summoned up the courage to take the stand, tell what she saw that horrible night, and then allow herself to be cross-examined by the man who killed her brother and girlfriends.

stand one's ground

сохранять своё мнение
Stand your ground. Don't let people roll over you.

speak one's mind

высказать своё мнение
She is street-educated and doesn't need encouraging to speak her mind.

Side against

принять противоположную сторону
You're gonna side with the guy, you're gonna side against me? You gonna talk against me, Fran?

Up against

противостоять
Never give up no matter who you may be up against!

Take into account

принимать во внимание
Now if we take into account the continual rotation of the Earth since then, as well as the gradual celestial shift that's happened and been recorded over... well, over the course of that mountain of books over there... we now know our new location.

to one's face

в лицо (сказать открыто)
Why don't you ask me to my face, bitch?

Point of view

точка зрения
So what I have told you was true... from a certain point of view.

Take a side

принять сторону
Henry, just once could you take my side?

eat one's words

взять слова обратно
That's my speech! I didn't know I was going to eat my words.

say one's say

высказать мнение
I said my say, and that's all I'll say.

Pro and con

за и против
There are at least three possibilities, with each having pro and con arguments

Выражения, связанные с успехом или неудачей

Things happen

Всякое бывает

Shit happens

Всякое дерьмо бывает…

It could have been worse

Могло быть и хуже

Next time lucky

В следующий раз повезёт

What a pity!

Как жаль!

I shall never get over it

Я не переживу этого

It was a success

Результат был успешный

It was a failure

Это был провал

It didn't work out

Ничего не вышло

It serves you right

Так тебе и надо

Good job!

Молодец, хорошо сделано!

That's the way to do it

Вот так это делается

That'll do

Пойдёт

It's not up to the mark

Это не на должном уровне

It leaves much to be desired

Оставляет желать лучшего

What's done is done

ничего уже не поделаешь

It was quite a job

пришлось поработать

It was a great fun

Было весело

It was no fun

Ничего смешного

It's no good

Ничего хорошего

Be that as it may

Будь что будет

Sink or swim

Была не была

It is in the bag

Дело в шляпе

Narrow escape

случайное избежание близкой опасности или проблем
Mrs. Peel had a narrow escape.