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21 right about face
(right about face (тж. амер. about face))1) воен. (через правое плечо) кругом!‘That's all,’ Major Thompson said. ‘Prisoner, about face! Prisoner, forward march!’ (J. Jones, ‘From Here to Eternity’, ch. 36) — - Это все, - сказал майор Томпсон. - Заключенный, направо кругом! Заключенный, шагом марш!
2) круто, резкоThe companion with the spaniel... turned right about face and entered the house after Lady Clavering, her daughter and the two gentlemen. (W. Thackeray, ‘Pendennis’, vol. I, ch. XXXVI) — Компаньонка со спаниелем... круто повернулась и вошла в дом вслед за леди Клевринг, ее дочерью и обоими джентльменами.
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22 the hub of the universe
шутл.центр мироздания; пуп земли [первонач. амер. тк. о г. Бостоне; в книге ‘Autocrat of the Breakfast Table’ (1839) об этом городе было сказано: Boston state house is the hub of the solar system]...take one of our great centers of culture; take the hub of the Universe, take Boston. (U. Sinclair, ‘The Brass Check’, ch. XXXVIII) —...отправимся теперь в одни из наших культурных центров - средоточие вселенной Бостон.
‘A patriotic cockney would call it the hub of the universe,’ said Waterton as the bus moved off. ‘Let's say it's a centre of a very great commercial-financial city.’ (R. Aldington, ‘All Men Are Enemies’, part II, ch. V) — - Патриотически настроенный обыватель назвал бы это место "пупом земли", - сказал Уотертон, когда автобус снова двинулся в путь. - Скажем, что это центр огромнейшей промышленно-финансовой столицы.
It was hard to accept that he, who was the hub of this known universe, would cease to exist, but it was an inevitability and he did not shun it. (J. Jones, ‘From Here to Eternity’, ch. II) — Трудно было представить себе, что он, Прю, тот центр, вокруг которого вращается весь его мир, перестанет существовать, но он знал, что это неизбежно, и принимал эту неизбежность.
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23 to the bitter end
до самого конца, до последней капли крови, до последней возможности [этим. библ. Proverbs V, 4]Prewitt never deserted a friend in need. I'll stay to the bitter end. (J. Jones, ‘From Here to Eternity’, ch. XXXIII) — Прюитт никогда еще не покидал друга в беде. Буду с тобой до конца.
I don't mind arguing all night. We are going to fight it out to the bitter end. — Я готов спорить хоть всю ночь. Будем спорить до победного конца.
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