The man is beat across the face. He has bruises, scratches.

He came in with such force.

[Neville, a burly man with a silky voice, is best known for the ballads] Tell It Like It Is ... Don't Know Much.

It seems to me that the damage that occurred (was caused) by inaction and the action of a man.

He was the most smooth-talking man I've ever met in my life.

The most important thing in a relationship between a man and a woman is that one of them must be good at taking orders