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1 spare tyre
«Запасная шина». Это разговорное выражение вошло в употребление в 1920-е гг. и означает жировую складку на талии, которая появляется у располневшего человека.Start eating sensibly and healthily and get rid of that spare tyre! — Начни питаться разумно, употребляй здоровую пищу и избавься от этой жировой складки.
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2 binge
I n1) infml esp AmEBaseball fans have cooled out from their emotional binge — Страсти среди любителей бейсбола улеглись
About Thanksgiving time I start a month-long eating binge — Где-то поближе к дню Благодарения я начинаю обжираться целый месяц
The crying binge started when she got off the train — Когда она сошла с поезда, то у всех слезы полились ручьем
So for two nights I indulged in a binge of movie watching — Два вечера подряд я только и делал, что смотрел видеофильмы
2) AmE infml3) slHe would go out to enjoy a hell-raising binge — Он выходил из дома, чтобы заторчать так, чтобы чертям тошно стало
They went on a binge last night at a friend's place and didn't get back till three in the morning — Вчера они кутили у своего друга и вернулись только после трех утра
He's the type who likes a good binge every now and then — Он относится к тому типу людей, которые иногда не прочь повеселиться
II vi AmE slA coke binge can cost a lot of cabbage — Чтобы закайфовать от кокаина, нужно много денег
She binges about once a month and is stone cold sober the rest of the time — Она напивается раз в месяц, но все остальное время трезва как стеклышко
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