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| keep on the alert; harass; trouble (о боли и т.п.); bother (spy); nag (And then I remember why it's been nagging at me. – И вот я вспомнил, почему это так не даёт мне покоя. Min$draV); keep on the hop (кому-либо); on the hop (кому-либо); gnaw at (Albonda); not give much peace (in the progressive: Look who was hiding in my backyard yesterday – a Barred Owl! It was trying to hide in the oak tree. The crows weren't giving it much peace. -- Вороны не давали ей покоя / не оставляли её в покое. ART Vancouver); niggle (A thought niggled at him – Одна мысль не давала ему покоя honeysickle); bug (VLZ_58); bait | |||
| tie in knots; tie up in knots; be all over | |||
| give fits (The generator. It's been giving her fits Taras) | |||
| keep coming back (Abysslooker); work overtime (о совести Anglophile); haunt (о мыслях и т.п. || example provided by ART Vancouver: The memory of his past failures haunted him. • A mystery that haunted a Long Island man for decades has been solved thanks to a psychic who helped him locate the remains of his missing father buried in the basement of his own home. Mike Carroll was a mere eight months old when his dad vanished under strange circumstances back in 1961.); haunt one's mind (That name haunted my mind, I knew that I had heard it somewhere. • "I am an omnivorous reader with a strangely retentive memory for trifles. That phrase 'the Lion's Mane' haunted my mind." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) – не давала мне покоя ART Vancouver) | |||
| nag at (Suddenly, something that was nagging at Harry came tumbling out of his mouth. (J. K. Rowling) Sweeterbit) | |||
| breathe down neck (VLZ_58) | |||
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| bug (что или кто-либо Баян) | |||
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| give no peace; keep on the run; not let someone rest; keep on the trot | |||
| be on someone's back (To be constantly nagging one about something: Ugh, my mom is on my back all the time about my grades, but I just have no interest in the classes I'm taking this semester. КГА) | |||
| keep someone on the run | |||
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| something makes one restless (lulic) | |||
| не даёт покоя: 58 phrases in 6 subjects |
| Chess | 1 |
| General | 24 |
| Idiomatic | 1 |
| Makarov | 15 |
| Mass media | 4 |
| Proverb | 13 |