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21 a pop
adv AmE slI love records but not fifteen dollars a pop — Я люблю пластинки, но не пятнадцать же баксов за одну
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22 the Holy Grail
"святой Грааль", заветная цель [этим. миф. ст.-фр. le Saint-Graal]But when Erik smiled, Fox saw again the same skinny kid who had first come in here fifteen years before, wondering if the Holy Grail of an assistantship was to be finally in his possession. (M. Wilson, ‘Live with Lightning’, book III, ch. I) — Но как только Эрик улыбнулся, Фокс тотчас же увидел перед собой того худощавого юношу, который впервые пришел к нему пятнадцать лет назад, еще не веря, что святой Грааль, то есть место аспиранта, наконец дается ему в руки.
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23 the long arm of coincidence
≈ удивительное совпадение; редкий случайThere certainly seems to be the long arm of coincidence entering into the picture. But as so frequently happens in such cases, when you know the facts, the situation ceases to appear even unusual. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The D. A. Takes a Chance’, ch. XV) — По всей видимости, в дело вмешался всемогущий случай. Но как это часто бывает, тем, кто был осведомлен о фактах, положение совсем не казалось странным.
The long arm of coincidence is playing right into our hands, Della. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Cautious Coquette’, ch. 12) — Это поразительное совпадение играет нам на руку, Делла.
The first person that I saw when I landed in New Zealand was a man I had known in New York fifteen years before; the long arm of coincidence brought us together. (J. O'Grady, ‘Aussie English’) — Первым, кого я увидел в Новой Зеландии, был человек, с которым я познакомился в Нью-Йорке пятнадцать лет тому назад. Случается же такое!
Large English-Russian phrasebook > the long arm of coincidence
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24 get smth. off one's chest
paзг.чиcтocepдeчнo coзнaтьcя, пpизнaтьcя в чём-л.; вcё вылoжить, выcкaзaтьcя дo кoнцa, нaчиcтoту; oблeгчить душуBernard. There's just one thing I want to get off my chest and then I needn't refer to it again. I am just as madly in love with you as I was when I asked you to marry me fifteen years ago (W. S. Maugham). But go ahead and tell me all. Get it off your chest. I knew something was wrong. It's not like you to go off without keeping me informed (E. Caldwell)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > get smth. off one's chest
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