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101 get off on the right etc foot
expr infmlI like starting from the ground up. It gives me another chance to get off on the right foot — Я люблю все начинать снова. Появляется надежда, что на этот раз все будет хорошо
Him and Mary got off on the wrong foot from the very beginning — У него с Мэри с самого начала не заладилось
Her very first day at work the new girl got off on the wrong foot by making that blunder — Первый рабочий день у девушки начался неудачно из-за этой оплошности
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102 get on top of someone
expr infml1)Nobody wants to hamper the efforts of the police to get on top of the terrorists — Никто не хочет мешать полиции в их усилиях обуздать террористов
2)When things are getting badly on top of me I just tune out — Когда становится невмочь, я просто отключаюсь
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103 get one's head out of one's ass
expr AmE vulg slMake the system work. Get your head out of your Hollywood ass — Сделай так, чтобы все вертелось. Брось свои голливудские замашки и начинай относиться к делу серьезно
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104 get up steam
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105 work one's ass etc off
expr AmE vulg slShe is working her beautiful ass off trying to please her new boss — Она сидит за этой работой день и ночь, чтобы угодить новому шефу
You spend half your life working your butt off and what do you get? — Ты полжизни упираешься рогом, а потом что?
I worked my tail off to get done on time — Я сидел в упор, чтобы все закончить вовремя
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106 get into gear
включиться в работу, приняться за работу [этим. тех. включить передачу]In a week or two he began to get into gear and work better in his new harness... (OED) — через неделю или две Уильям освоился с новой для него школьной обстановкой и стал работать лучше...
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107 work right
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108 work on
phr v воздействовать, оказывать влияние; убеждатьСинонимический ряд:undertake (verb) attempt; dig in; embark on; endeavor; get down to business; plunge into; set about; tackle; undertake -
109 work the oracle
нaжимaть нa тaйныe пpужины, дeйcтвoвaть путём зaкулиcныx интpиг; иcпoльзoвaть cвoё влияниeJolyon's original view that to put your nose in where you aren't wanted and then work the oracle till you get on top is not being quite the clean potato, had whether founded in fact or no, a certain attraction for his son, who thought a deal about gentility CJ. Galsworthy). They are all the same: working the oracle for their own benefit CR. Tresseft -
110 work like a charm
Общая лексика: творить чудеса (I give my dogs pumpkin when they get diarrhea and it works like a charm.) -
111 work long and hard
Общая лексика: трудиться не покладая рук (I worked long and hard to get that opportunity.) -
112 work at it
to go on trying to get better results or to change something продолжать работать/думать над чем-то, чтобы улучшить или изменить что-тоThe boss will fire us if he learns that we’ve lost this opportunity! - Calm down, I’m working on it. / I’m working at it.
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113 work on it
to go on trying to get better results or to change something продолжать работать/думать над чем-то, чтобы улучшить или изменить что-тоThe boss will fire us if he learns that we’ve lost this opportunity! - Calm down, I’m working on it. / I’m working at it.
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114 work
I vi infml II vt1) infml2) AmE infmlShe worked her charm and looks to get her way — Она пустила в ход все свое обаяние и красоту, чтобы добиться своего
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115 work on
phrvi infmlWe worked on him for nearly an hour but we couldn't get him to change his mind — Мы обрабатывали его почти час, но так и не смогли заставить изменить свое решение
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116 work overtime to do something
expr infmlHe's working overtime to get her attention — Он из кожи лезет вон, чтобы обратить на себя ее внимание
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117 get down to business
If he wants to make a success in life it's about time he got down to business and applied himself more diligently to his work. (DAS) — Если он хочет добиться успеха в жизни, пора ему заняться делом и работать с бо/льшим усердием.
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118 get into the swim
Why, I was in Iceland that summer. I was just getting into the swim of what some critics have been kind enough to call my great work on the sagas. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Affair’, ch. 25) — Я в то время как раз ездил в Исландию. Я тогда только начинал свою работу об исландских сагах, которую критика впоследствии назвала выдающейся.
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119 get the knock
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120 get the cold shoulder
paзг.cтoлкнутьcя c нeпpиятнocтями, пpeнeбpeжитeльным oтнoшeниeмHe had come home, a jubilant prodigal, expecting to find everybody wild with joy over his return; and instead had got the cold shoulder and a jail (M. Twain). Although Lister had now proved the value of his treatment, London surgeons were strangely hostile... He got the "cold shoulder". But he did not care. He knew his work would speak for him (Daily Worker)
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