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121 scuff
[skʌf]гл.1) шаркать ногами; волочить ноги2)а) протереть, истереть (ногами и т. п.)Constant wheelchair use will scuff almost any floor surface. — Колёса инвалидной коляски, если часто ею пользоваться, оставят следы на любом полу.
I scuffed the heel of my shoe on the stonework. — У меня стёрся каблук от частой ходьбы по мостовой.
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122 fried
adj AmE slThe chick got totally fried on some shit — У бабы "крыша" поехала от какой-то дряни
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123 snitch
I n1) BrE infml2) sl3) sl esp AmEII vi slIII vt slThe cops were waiting for us. Who snitched? — Полиция уже ждала нас. Кто настучал?
As a boy he used to snitch a couple of apples from his neighbours — Будучи пацаном, он воровал яблоки у своих соседей
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124 work it
expr infmlI'll work it if I can — Я попробую все устроить, если смогу
We'll work it so that we can all go together — Мы сделаем так, что сможем пойти все вместе
I'll work it so that you can come as well — Я устрою это так, что ты тоже сможешь прийти
Well, we'll see if we can work it that way — Посмотрим, может, нам удастся сделать именно так
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125 armed at all points
A: "How did he come through his cross-examination?" B: "Marvellously! He really is extraordinary clever! The Attorney-General could get nothing out of him. He was armed at all points, and seemed to have foreseen every possible question and got an answer to it." (SPI) — А: "Как он держал себя на перекрестном допросе? Б. Замечательно!" Он действительно необыкновенно умен: "Генеральный прокурор ничего от него не добился. Он был во всеоружии: казалось, предвидел любой вопрос и был готов ответить на него."
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126 be at loggerheads with smb.
пререкаться, ссориться, быть не в ладах с кем-л.; расходиться во мнениях с кем-л., придерживаться разных взглядов; ≈ быть на ножах с кем-л...what I don't really understand is the actual sequence of the events tnemselves, at that time. How did you ever get to be at loggerheads with General Church in the first place? (J. Aidridge, ‘The Last Exile’, ch. II) —...мне только не совсем ясна последовательность событий. Прежде всего, как вышло, что вы оказались на ножах с генералом Черчем?
Well - if you are accepting city and peasant revolution, Gordon, I'm afraid we are more at loggerheads than we were before. (J. Aldridge, ‘Heroes of the Empty View’, part II, ch. 19) — Если вы, Гордон, сделались сторонником сельской и промышленной революции, тогда, значит, наши пути разошлись еще дальше, чем прежде.
But the war had invaded her home. Morris and Tom were always at loggerheads over the conscription issue. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. 34) — Но война ворвалась и в ее дом. Вопрос о воинской повинности был для Морриса и Тома вечным предметом спора.
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127 be at loggerheads with smb.
пpepeкaтьcя, ccopитьcя, быть нe в лaдax c кeм-л.; pacxoдитьcя вo мнeнияx c кeм-л., пpидepживaтьcя paзныx взглядoв; быть нa нoжax c кeм-л.How did you ever get to be at loggerheads with General Church in the first place? (J. Aldridge). They were mostly mountaineers in their own country and are always at loggerheads with their own people (K. S. Prichard)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > be at loggerheads with smb.
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128 the bush telegraph
мoлвa (cp. cлуxoм зeмля пoлнитcя, copoкa нa xвocтe пpинecлa) [ the bush telegraph пepвoнaч. aвcтpaл The grapevine telegraph пepвoнaч. aмep.]'How did the Imam get to know about it?' "The bush telegraph works very well, here in Bahrein' (N. Shute). The bush telegraph tells me you're likely to become our new president. Dispatches report that the grapevine telegraph told every American soldier the news within twenty-four hours (The Atlantic)
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