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121 hump
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122 Hump
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123 score
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124 old
1) ста́рыйold man — стари́к м
old woman — стару́ха ж
how old are you? — ско́лько вам лет?
in the old days — в старину́
ten years old — де́сять лет
3) разг до́брый, сла́вный, хоро́шийold Bill — старина́ Билл
for old time's sake — ра́ди ста́рой дру́жбы
- old age- old age pension
- old country
- Old Glory
- old hand
- old hat
- old lady
- old maid
- old man
- Old Nick
- old wives' tale
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125 ask another
разг.-фам.откуда я знаю, откуда мне знать, почём я знаю [первонач. мор.; жарг.]‘Are you fond of birds, uncle Nick?’ ‘Ask me another, Greta. Well, I s'pose so.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘Villa Rubein’, ch. VI) — - Вы любите птиц, дядя Ник? - Не знаю, Грета. Может быть, и люблю.
‘Did that girl really not do it?’ ‘Ask me another. But to convict her was the surest way to send her to hell.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘Maid in Waiting’, ch. V) — - Скажи, эта девушка правда не виновата? - Понятия не имею. Но засудить ее - значит, искалечить ей жизнь.
‘Then why did Ted Driffield marry her?’ I asked. ‘Ask me another,’ said Mary-Ann. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Cakes and Ale’, ch. V) — - В таком случае зачем же Тед Дриффилд женился на ней? - спросил я. - Откуда я знаю, - ответила Мэри-Энн.
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126 change sides
перейти, переметнуться на другую сторонуHe... had changed sides at the very nick of time. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Barnaby Rudge’, ch. LXX) — Он... переметнулся на другую сторону в самый критический момент.
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127 give a dog a bad name and hang him
посл.(give a dog a bad name and hang him (сокр. give a dog a bad name))≈ дурная слава накрепко пристаёт‘He looks to me like a pansy,’ he said to Michael, soon after Nick's arrival. ‘I didn't like to say so before, but I heard it about him in London... Give a dog a bad name and all that, but we may as well be prepared!’ (I. Murdoch, ‘The Bell’, ch. VII) — - Похоже, что Ник гомосексуалист, - сказал Джеймс Майклу, после того как Ник ушел. - Мне не хотелось говорить об этом, но в Лондоне все уверены... Возможно, это клевета, ведь дурная молва, как известно, бежит, но все-таки мы должны быть настороже.
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128 one's dish of tea
разг.Nick: "You know if you wouldn't interrupt me every morning, I think I'd fall in love with you." Mrs. Ellis: "You would never have been my dish of tea..." (L. Hellman, ‘The Autumn Garden’, act II, sc. 1) — Ник: "Если бы вы по утрам не мешали мне работать, я бы в вас просто влюбился." Миссис Эллис: "Вы не в моем вкусе..."
2) то, что нравится; то, что делаешь с удовольствиемHarlem is Langston Hughes' own habitat... his dish of tea. — Ленгстон Хьюз живет в Гарлеме... и всем сердцем привязан к нему.
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