| 17.04.2023 |
16:28:56 |
gen. |
Whatever possessed you to do sth? |
что на тебя нашло (Whatever possessed you to suddenly give up your job like that?) |
| 17.04.2023 |
16:15:36 |
gen. |
you'll have a job doing sth |
тебе придётся постараться (You'll have a job finding their house. It's in the middle of nowhere) |
| 17.04.2023 |
16:07:48 |
gen. |
but I'll say it for sth/sb |
но справедливости ради (This was the gloomiest restaurant I have ever been to, but I'll say it for it, it was remarkably cheap) |
| 17.04.2023 |
16:07:48 |
gen. |
but I'll say it for sth/sb |
но с другой стороны (This was the gloomiest restaurant I have ever been to, but I'll say it for it, it was remarkably cheap) |
| 1.04.2023 |
13:28:55 |
gen. |
put somebody up to something |
надоумить кого-л. на что-л. (encourage someone to do something stupid and wrong) |
| 1.04.2023 |
13:28:55 |
gen. |
put somebody up to something |
подбить кого-л. на что-л. (encourage someone to do something stupid and wrong) |
| 29.03.2023 |
15:42:18 |
inf. |
chat-up line |
подкат (Informal: He was trying some old chat-up lines) |
| 11.05.2022 |
18:27:26 |
idiom. |
it's six of one and half a dozen of the other |
оба хороши (of two people or groups equally responsible for a bad situation: Do you think Anne or Brian is to blame for their break-up? It's six of one and half a dozen of the other) |
| 11.05.2022 |
18:23:20 |
idiom. |
it's neither here nor there |
нет особой разницы (It's neither here nor there which hotel you decide to stay in – they are both excellent) |
| 6.04.2022 |
15:21:07 |
busin. |
turn in a profit |
приносить прибыль (This month our company should turn in a profit for the first time) |
| 30.03.2022 |
16:09:36 |
idiom. |
bored stupid |
помирать от скуки (We were all bored stupid by the poetry reading – Мы все помирали от скуки из-за чтения поэзии/Поэзия нагнала на всех нас зелёную тоску) |
| 26.03.2022 |
20:29:25 |
gen. |
carry electricity |
быть частью электросети (things like an electric plug/socket/switch carry electricity) |
| 24.03.2022 |
19:54:22 |
fig.of.sp. |
touch a raw and painful nerve |
задеть за живое |
| 24.03.2022 |
19:18:54 |
fig.of.sp. |
touch a raw and painful nerve |
наступить на больную мозоль |
| 24.03.2022 |
18:09:31 |
gen. |
nowhere near as as |
далеко не так, как |
| 24.03.2022 |
18:03:46 |
gen. |
is not nearly as as |
быть далеко не настолько, как |
| 24.03.2022 |
17:04:11 |
idiom. |
pale in comparison to |
меркнуть по сравнению с (Our problems pale in comparison to theirs) |
| 24.03.2022 |
16:51:57 |
idiom. |
on a different wavelength |
быть на другой волне (My parents and I are on a different wavelength when it comes to taste in music) |
| 24.03.2022 |
16:51:57 |
idiom. |
on a different wavelength |
расходиться во взглядах (My parents and I are on a different wavelength when it comes to taste in music) |
| 24.03.2022 |
16:51:57 |
idiom. |
on a different wavelength |
расходиться во вкусах (My parents and I are on a different wavelength when it comes to taste in music) |
| 24.03.2022 |
16:39:42 |
gen. |
is not so much as |
не столько, сколько |
| 24.03.2022 |
16:24:44 |
idiom. |
in a league of one's own |
не иметь равных в своей категории |
| 24.03.2022 |
16:24:44 |
idiom. |
in a league of one's own |
быть лучшим среди равных |
| 24.03.2022 |
15:12:13 |
gen. |
not a patch on |
не чета чем-либо (I like Krispy burgers, but they are not a patch on Krusty burgers) |
| 24.03.2022 |
15:12:13 |
gen. |
not a patch on |
ничто в сравнении с чем-либо (I like Krispy burgers, but they are not a patch on Krusty burgers) |
| 24.03.2022 |
15:12:13 |
gen. |
not a patch on |
в подметки не годится (I like Krispy burgers, but they are not a patch on Krusty burgers) |
| 22.03.2022 |
16:20:50 |
gen. |
the fog comes down |
туман опускается |
| 10.03.2022 |
15:09:52 |
idiom. |
dig oneself into a hole |
выкопать себе яму (a situation when one causes a problem that one will find difficult to escape from: I've dug myself into a hole) |
| 10.03.2022 |
15:03:11 |
idiom. |
put one's foot in it |
ляпнуть не подумав (to say something tactless and embarrassing) |
| 8.03.2022 |
15:39:30 |
gen. |
be a victim of their own success |
быть заложником собственного успеха |
| 8.03.2022 |
14:29:53 |
gen. |
hear on the grapevine |
сорока на хвосте принесла |
| 8.03.2022 |
14:16:53 |
gen. |
put it down to experience |
на ошибках учатся |
| 9.01.2022 |
15:04:59 |
gen. |
anodyne |
ничем не примечательный |
| 9.01.2022 |
15:04:59 |
gen. |
anodyne |
самый обычный |
| 9.01.2022 |
15:04:59 |
gen. |
anodyne |
проходной |
| 9.01.2022 |
12:46:39 |
gen. |
multifariousness |
разнообразие |
| 9.01.2022 |
12:46:39 |
gen. |
multifariousness |
многообразие |
| 9.01.2022 |
8:59:01 |
inf. |
crotchety |
не в духах |
| 9.01.2022 |
8:53:52 |
gen. |
irate listener |
разгневанный радиослушатель |
| 9.01.2022 |
8:52:37 |
gen. |
irate letter |
гневное письмо |
| 9.01.2022 |
8:42:59 |
gen. |
it would be galling to |
будет обидно (It would be galling to lose your job because of a dispute with a customer.) |
| 9.01.2022 |
8:37:28 |
gen. |
the most galling thing about sth is that |
и что самое обидное ... (The most galling thing about his winning all that money is that he was already a millionaire!) |
| 9.01.2022 |
7:30:21 |
idiom. |
worm one's way out of sth |
отлынивать (He wormed his way out of the work again!) |
| 9.01.2022 |
7:30:21 |
idiom. |
worm one's way out of sth |
сачковать (He wormed his way out of the work again!) |
| 9.01.2022 |
7:30:21 |
idiom. |
worm one's way out of sth |
увиливать (He wormed his way out of the work again!) |
| 9.01.2022 |
7:30:21 |
idiom. |
worm one's way out of sth |
отвертеться от (He wormed his way out of the work again!) |
| 9.01.2022 |
6:34:33 |
idiom. |
blow one's top |
выйти из себя (When she told him, he blew his top and began shouting.) |
| 9.01.2022 |
6:29:05 |
gen. |
blazing row |
ожесточённый спор |
| 8.01.2022 |
14:47:57 |
idiom. |
suffer from sour grapes |
завидовать (Pat is also suffering from sour grapes because I got the role in the school play that she wanted.) |
| 8.01.2022 |
14:02:33 |
gen. |
be walking on air |
не чувствовать под собой ног от счастья (I've been walking on air ever since Chris and I started going out together) |
| 8.01.2022 |
14:02:33 |
gen. |
be walking on air |
не чувствовать под собой земли от счастья (I've been walking on air ever since Chris and I started going out together) |
| 8.01.2022 |
14:02:33 |
gen. |
be walking on air |
быть очень счастливым (I've been walking on air ever since Chris and I started going out together) |
| 21.11.2021 |
20:09:18 |
gen. |
the debt amounted to 540 million at about the last count |
по последним подсчётам, долг составлял около 540 миллионов |
| 21.11.2021 |
18:16:01 |
gen. |
flagging enthusiasm |
сходящий на нет энтузиазм |
| 24.08.2021 |
15:11:38 |
gen. |
that'll have to do |
пойдёт! |
| 24.08.2021 |
15:11:38 |
gen. |
that'll have to do |
так сойдёт |
| 21.10.2020 |
18:17:48 |
gen. |
garner a great deal of publicity |
получать широкое освещение в СМИ |
| 21.10.2020 |
18:08:21 |
gen. |
transgress social and legal rules |
нарушить общественные и правовые нормы |
| 21.10.2020 |
18:01:20 |
gen. |
social friction |
общественные разногласия |
| 10.09.2020 |
11:45:05 |
gen. |
flatly contradict |
в корне противоречить |
| 10.09.2020 |
11:12:56 |
gen. |
go on an economy drive |
затянуть пояса |
| 10.09.2020 |
11:12:19 |
gen. |
a lick of paint |
слой свежей краски (to give something a lick of paint – чуть-чуть подкрасить) |
| 17.08.2020 |
20:26:26 |
gen. |
sift through public records |
прочёсывать архивные документы |
| 17.08.2020 |
19:59:35 |
gen. |
crushingly expensive |
неподъёмно дорого (The cost of living in London is crushingly expensive) |
| 17.08.2020 |
19:50:18 |
gen. |
he narrowly escaped prison |
он едва не угодил в тюрьму |
