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1 be out in one's reckoning
ошибиться в расчётах, просчитаться [этим. мор. допустить ошибку в счислении пути; сбиться с проложенного курса]A: "I'm not going to appoint a man with his reputation." B: "Why, whatever has he done?" A: "He was mixed up in the scandal about the Club finances." B: "Nonsense! That wasn't him at all - it was another fellow of the same name." A: "Is that really so? Then I'm quite out of my reckoning!" (SPI) — А: "Я не собираюсь назначать на эту должность человека с такой репутацией." Б: "А что он такое сделал?" А: "Он был замешан в скандальной истории: что-то такое, связанное с финансами одного клуба." Б: "Какой вздор! Это же был его однофамилец." А: "Неужели? Выходит, я ошибся."
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2 lie low
(lie (жарг. lay) low)выжидать; притаиться, стараться не привлекать к себе вниманияCapt. Brennan: "There's no chance o'slippin' back now, for th' military are everywhere: a fly couldn't get through... I'll have to take me [= my] chance, an' thry [= and try] to lie low here for a while." (S. O'Casey, ‘The Plough and the Stars’, act IV) — Капитан Бреннан: "Сейчас нет никаких шансов незаметно вернуться, так как везде солдаты. Муха и та не пролетит... Придется рискнуть и переждать здесь."
In the morning, Troy received orders to lay low for the day. (S. Heym, ‘The Crusaders’, book IV, ch. 3) — Наутро капитан Трой получил приказ не продвигаться дальше в этот день.
He got mixed up in some scandal last winter, and has been lying low ever since. (SPI) — Прошлой зимой он был замешан в каком-то скандале и с тех пор старается быть тише воды, ниже травы.
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