Partial answer
BOLD MOVE = "courageous action"
FALL DOWN = "trip"
FRENCH KISS = "swap spit" = "bisou" ("bisou" is the French word for "kiss")
MINTING (M IN T IN G) = "making cents?" ('?' indicates definition by example)
CORRUPTED (C OR R (UP TED)) = "spoilt"
EISENSTEIN (sounds like "'i's in stein") = "Russian director" (the Cyrillic is a transcription of "director")