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121 get smb. Cold
амер.; разг.(get (или have) smb. cold (редк. get it on smb. cold))иметь кого-л. в своей власти, распоряжаться кем-лPatton sighed. ‘He hadn't ought to have given me a break like that’, he said. ‘Had me cold.’ (R. Chandler, ‘The Lady in the Lake’, ch. 40) — - Дегармо не следовало бы предоставлять мне такую возможность. - Паттон вздохнул. - Я же был в его власти.
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122 get the wind up
разг.испугаться, струсить, струхнуть; переполошиться‘The Gold Stealing Commission was just what they wanted.’ ‘Must've been a bit of fun over that,’ Bill surmised. ‘There was a bit of fun, all right,’ Dinny agreed, ‘Like as if you'd stirred up an ants' nest with a big stick. All the boys were scurryin' to get rid of any stuff they might have lyin' about. But it was the gold buyers and big boys in the racket got the wind up most of all.’ (K. S. Prichard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. II) — - А тут как раз создали комиссию по борьбе с хищениями золота, и это пришлось очень кстати. - Вот уж, верно, суматоха поднялась! - заметил Билл. - Да, суматоха была немалая, - подтвердил Динни. - Словно муравейник разворошили. Все, у кого застряло хоть немного руды, бросились ее сбывать. Но кто особенно переполошился, так это скупщики золота и крупные воротилы с черной биржи.
‘I'll tell Father Joseph how you came trying to blacken the name of a poor little innocent child.’ ‘I didn't do anything of the sort...’ ‘Now you've got the wind up, you're trying to eat your words. If you don't go away, I'll have the police on you.’ (J. Lindsay, ‘A Local Habitaion’, ch. 20) — - Я на вас отцу Джозефу пожалуюсь, расскажу, как вы шатаетесь по квартирам и пытаетесь очернить бедного, ни в чем не повинного ребенка. - Да у меня и в мыслях не было... - Ага, получили сдачи и теперь в кусты! Если вы сейчас же не уберетесь вон, я позову полицейского.
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123 get up and go
амер.; разг.размах, инициатива; настойчивость, упорство, предприимчивостьI was very much interested in our little talk this morning, Mr. Horton. It's a pleasure to talk with a man with some get up and go. I'm always on the lookout for men like that for my organization. (J. Steinbeck, ‘The Wayward Bus’, ch. IX) — Меня очень заинтересовала наша краткая беседа сегодня утром, мистер Хортон. Было приятно побеседовать с таким энергичным человеком. Именно таких людей я и ищу для моей организации.
They have got all the get up and go they need for this work. — У них хватит энергии для этой работы.
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124 get smth. off one's chest
paзг.чиcтocepдeчнo coзнaтьcя, пpизнaтьcя в чём-л.; вcё вылoжить, выcкaзaтьcя дo кoнцa, нaчиcтoту; oблeгчить душуBernard. There's just one thing I want to get off my chest and then I needn't refer to it again. I am just as madly in love with you as I was when I asked you to marry me fifteen years ago (W. S. Maugham). But go ahead and tell me all. Get it off your chest. I knew something was wrong. It's not like you to go off without keeping me informed (E. Caldwell)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > get smth. off one's chest
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125 like a bump on a log
разг.≈ как пень, как чурбан [первонач. амер.]‘Go on and do something about it,’ he ordered. ‘Don't sit there like a bump on a log. Get busy.’ (E. Caldwell, ‘This Very Earth’, ch. VIII) — Сделай хоть что-нибудь! Нельзя же сидеть сложа руки, чурбан ты этакий. Действуй!
Bertha sat there like a bump on a log, keeping a hundred percent out of it (E. S. Gardner, ‘Crows Can't Count’, ch. 17) — Берта сидела там с безучастным видом и, казалось, не замечала происходящего.
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126 like anything
paзг.уcил. cильнo, cтpeмитeльнo, вoвcю, изo вcex cил; ужacнoPeople are hanging on to the idea like anything (H. G. Wells). Get divorced from Myron? Why? I'd never dream of such a thing! I love him like anything! (S. Lewis) -
127 get away from it all
Общая лексика: сменить обстановку, уйти от городского шума, отдохнуть от постоянного стресса, сбежать от суматохи (When I'm feeling stressed by my job I like to get away from it all and go for a walk in the country), отдохнуть от рабочей суматохи и других стрессовых ситуаций -
128 get away with sth / doing sth
Общая лексика: избежать наказания (How can he get away with speaking to her like that?)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > get away with sth / doing sth
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