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121 lean back
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122 take a back seat
уйти в тень/на вторые роли/на задний планI had done the best I could, but it was time to take a back seat and let someone else run things.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > take a back seat
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123 bite back
фраз. гл. воздерживаться от чего-л.Peter was about to tell the secret but he bit his words back. — Питер уже было рассказал секрет, но прикусил язык.
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124 break back
фраз. гл.; спорт. внезапно повернуть назадBy breaking back, the player was able to confuse the opposing players and run twenty yards with the ball. — Внезапно повернув назад, игроку удалось обмануть своих противников и пробежать с мячом двадцать ярдов.
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125 to get back to the main point of the argument
to get back to the main point of the argument (to what he was saying) вновь обратиться к основному вопросу (к тому, что он говорит)English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to get back to the main point of the argument
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126 drunk back
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127 get back to the grindstone
expr infmlThat was a wonderful holiday. It's a pity I have to get back to the grindstone — Отпуск был чудесным. Как жаль, что снова приходится идти на пахоту
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > get back to the grindstone
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128 bring smb. back to earth
(bring smb. back (или down) to earth)заставить кого-л. спуститься с небес на землюIt was for Hopkins to bring these soaring imaginations down to earth, to contemplation of the topic immediately at hand. (R. E. Sherwood, ‘Roosevelt and Hopkins’, ch. I) — Именно Гопкинсу приходилось возвращать их с заоблачных высот на землю, ведь им предстояло рассмотреть столько проблем.
When you let yourself daydream, you don't know where to stop. Maybe it's good for me to be brought down to earth again. (E. Caldwell, ‘Episode in Palmetto’, ch. IV) — Когда начинаешь мечтать, то трудно остановиться. Может быть, даже было бы неплохо, если бы кто-нибудь спустил меня с небес на землю.
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