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121 climb out of
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122 start out
[ʹstɑ:tʹaʋt] phr v1. отправляться в путьto start out for Moscow - выйти /выехать, вылететь/ в Москву
2. = start off 13. собираться сделать что-л.; взяться за что-л.he started out to write a book - он собрался написать книгу, он начал писать книгу
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123 little black book
n infml esp AmEHe's got a nice collection in his little black book — В его записной книжке полно адресов и номеров телефонов клевых девочек
Am I in your little black book, or can you already tell me that I wouldn't go out with you? — У тебя в твоей записной книжке есть мой телефон, или мне уже не стоит надеяться, что ты меня куда-нибудь пригласишь?
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124 a lie out of whole cloth
наглая, вопиющая ложь; см. тж. out of whole clothThat's a lie and it's out of the whole cloth! She's here, and you know it. Anyhow I am going to see for myself. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The ‘Genius’’, book III, ch. XIX) — Это ложь. Самая бессовестная ложь. Сюзанна здесь, и вы это прекрасно знаете. Но как бы там ни было, я хочу в этом удостовериться.
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125 can't fight his way out of a paper bag
австрал.; разг.≈ он не может постоять за себяAccording to Flogger this kind of behaviour revealed a man who couldn't fight his way out, couldn't fight his way out of a paper bag. (A. Marshall, ‘This Is the Grass’, book III, ch. III) — Такое поведение, как считал Драгун, говорило о том, что торговец пирожками человек трусливый и не может постоять за себя.
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126 drive out fire with fire
бить противника его же оружием; ≈ отплатить той же монетой (ср. клин клином вышибают)I hoped to burn out, through Hella, my image of Giovanni... I hoped to drive out fire with fire. (J. Baldwin, ‘Giovanni's Room’, book II, ch. 4) — Я надеялся, что Хелла поможет мне вытравить из памяти образ Джиованни... Клин клином вышибают.
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127 leave smb. out of the picture
не обращать внимания на кого-л., игнорировать кого-л., не иметь дела с кем-л.As the Member for this constituency, I feel that it would be a crying shame if Farbridge were left out of the picture. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Festival’, part II, ch. 2) — Как член парламента от нашего избирательного округа, я считаю позором, если Фарбридж обойдут и фарбриджский фестиваль не состоится.
‘Lieutenant Yates sent you?’ ‘Yes,’ Bing said uncertainly. ‘Did he specify that, I should be left out of the picture?’ ‘No, sir. Of course not!’ (S. Heym, ‘The Crusaders’, book III, ch. 2) — - Вас прислал лейтенант Йейтс? - Да, - ответил Бинг неуверенно. - И он вам дал указания не иметь дела со мной? - Нет, сэр. Конечно, нет.
He is not a man to be left out of the picture. — Он не из тех людей, которыми можно пренебрегать.
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128 see smb. out of the corner of one's eye
(see (watch, etc.) smb. (или smth.) out of the corner of one's eye)видеть краем глаза, наблюдать украдкой, исподтишка; искоса посматриватьOut of the corner of my eye I noticed that miss Jean Law, who had been away - where, I did not know - for the past three days, was again in her usual place. (A. J. Cronin, ‘Shannon's Way’, book I, ch. 7) — Краешком глаза я увидел, что мисс Джин Лоу, которая последние три дня отсутствовала - куда она отлучалась, я не знал, - снова сидит на своем месте.
As we went in, he muttered some sort of greeting, but, if he looked at us, it was only out of the corner of his eye. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Affair’, part II, ch. 12) — Когда мы вошли, Говард пробормотал что-то вроде приветствия, однако взглянул он при этом на нас не прямо, а как-то искоса.
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