fall on

[fall out] {v.} 1. To happen. * /As it fell out, the Harpers were able to sell their old car./ Compare: [TURN OUT] (6). 2. To quarrel; fight; fuss; disagree. […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fall to

[fall to] {v.} 1. To begin to work. * /The boys fell to and quickly cut the grass./ Syn.: [TURN TO]. 2. To begin to fight. * /They took out […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fall back on

[fall back on] or [fall back upon] {v. phr.} 1. To retreat to. * /The enemy made a strong attack, and the soldiers fell back on the fort./ 2. To […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

fall in with

[fall in with] {v.}, {informal} 1. To meet by accident. * /Mary fell in with some of her friends downtown./ 2. To agree to help with; support. * /I fell […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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в поте лица (своего)

в поте лица {adv. phr.} [v `pot'e l'i`tca (svoye`go)] {literary} by the sweat of one's face. - Through a hard work. […]

Joseph Roux, Meditations of a Parish Priest, 1886

God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

break in

[break in] {v.} (stress on "in") 1a. To break from outside. * /The firemen broke in the door of the burning house./ 1b. To […]

spine-tingling

[spine-tingling] {adj.} Very exciting; thrilling. * /Our ride up the mountain in a chair lift was spine-tingling./ * /The […]