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14. Quantity and Money - 2 Flashcards

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Phrase

to give something too much importance

Я хочу вечеринку, но я не хочу делать из этого ничего особенного.

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make a big thing (out) of sth

I want a party, but I don’t want to make a big thing of it.

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Phrase

become very successful or famous

— Он сделал себе карьеру в издательском деле

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Make it big

He made it big in the publishing world

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Idiom

1) в натуральную величину
2) во всей красе
3) собственной персоной

он стоял рядом, собственной персоной

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As large as life

He was standing nearby, large as life

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Phrase

To get a proportionate or sufficient level of satisfaction on one’s investment of money, time, effort, etc., in an item, event, or activity.

Мы, конечно, не получили ценность наших денег из этой игрушки - она сломалась за один день!

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Get your money’s worth

We certainly didn’t get our money’s worth out of that toy—it broke in a day!

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Phrase

вспыльчивый характер

— Я знал, что она выйдет из себя. Она заводится с пол-оборота

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Short Temper / fuse

I knew she’d blow. She’s got a short fuse

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Phrase

Very interested or invested in something.

— Она легко смущается

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big on (something)

She is big on blushing

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Phrase

  1. Roaming freely, as of a criminal who has not been caught.
  2. As a whole; in general.
  3. Representative of the whole, rather than smaller groups, as of certain elected offices.

Подозреваемый в грабеже все еще находится на свободе и считается очень опасным.

Это изменение в учебном плане не было принято учителями в целом.

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At large

The robbery suspect is still at large and is considered very dangerous.

That change in curriculum has not been accepted by the teachers at large.

Who has been elected to act for the community at large?

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Phrase

to pay a lot for something: used for emphasizing that you spent a lot, especially when it has not been worth it

Я заплатил много деньги за ту обувь

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To pay good money for something

I paid good money for those shoes

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Phrase

If you …………. , you are chosen from a number of people to do a task that nobody wants to do

Я …….. и должен был остаться допоздна.

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To draw/get the short straw

I drew the short straw and had to stay late.

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Phrase

Noble or commendable. This phrase is often said sarcastically.
used for saying that someone has been kind or generous, especially when you do not really think that they have

Вау, ты на самом деле собираешься провести время со своим братом сегодня. hat is noble or commendable

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be big of someone (to do something)

Wow, you’re actually going to spend time with your brother tonight? That’s big of you.

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Phrase

More important, impressive, or exciting than the average person or thing.

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Larger than Life

Celebrities are always larger than life to their fans.

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Phrase

having a lot of money : rich

— Ты что думаешь, я деньги печатаю?

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Made of Money

Do you think I’m made of money?

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Phrase

accomplish, consume, or destroy quickly
1) (smth.) в два счёта справиться, разделаться, покончить с чем-л.

  • Теперь мы закончим работу над этим проектом, когда вы присоединились к команде
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Make short work of smth.

We’ll make short work of this project now that you’ve joined the team.

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Phrase

: very large, великий, большой

Они живут в большом доме.

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Great big

They live in a great big house.

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Adj Phrase

1) широкий, масштабный; крупномасштабный 2) крупный (о промышленности)
- Мы должны улучшить наш ответ на крупномасштабные стихийные бедствия.

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Large-scale

We must improve our response to large-scale natural disasters.

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Phrase

  1. obtain something at a high cost or great effort
  2. suffer for a misdemeanour or failure, to suffer a lot as a result of something one has done

Она дорого заплатила за свои ошибки.

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to pay dearly

She paid dearly for her mistakes.

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Phrase

в короткий срок, за короткий промежуток времени, незамедлительно, тотчас же

Ей пришлось уехать в командировку в (очень) короткие сроки.

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At short notice

She had to leave on a business trip at (very) short notice.

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Noun Phrase

powerful and influential businesses and financial organizations (= ones with a lot of influence) when considered as a group

Партия получает большую часть своей финансовой поддержки от крупного бизнеса.

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Big business

The party receives most of its financial support from big business.

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Phrase

to try very hard to achieve something:

Он пойдет на все, чтобы получить то, что он хочет.

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go to great/any lengths

He’ll go to any lengths to get what he wants.

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Phrase

to pay for yourself rather than allowing someone else to pay

— Я всегда жил по средствам и никогда в жизни не просил приятеля одолжить мне деньги.

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Pay your way

I’ve always paid my way and I’ve never asked a friend for a loan in all my life.

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verb

1) уменьшать габариты и массу
2) сокращать (штат служащих)

— фирма готова приступить к сокращению штатов

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Downsize

the company is ready to downsize

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adj.

заносчивый, хвастливый
If you describe someone as…. , you disapprove of them because they think they are very clever and know everything.

Она такая хвастливая!

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Big-headed

She’s so big-headed!

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Idiom

to sit down and relax

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take a load off (your feet)

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Phrase

to go to someone’s funeral

Друзья и родственники пришли, чтобы отдать дань уважения мистеру Кларку.

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to pay your last respects to

Friends and relatives came to pay their last respects to Mr Clarke.

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Idiom

быть легкоранимым, чувствительным (к обидам, критике) ;
To be easily offended or upset by something that is said.

— Разговаривая с ней, взвешивайте каждое слово: она очень обидчива.

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to have a thin skin

Be careful what you say to her, she has a thin skin

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Ph. Verb

торговать

— торговать мехами/мужской одеждой

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to deal in

to deal in furs/in men’s clothing

27
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Phrase

A phrase used when one encounters someone after having not seen them for a long period of time.

Эй, Эл, давно не виделись! Как твои дела?

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long time no see

Hey, Al, long time no see! How have you been?

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Phrase

The amount of one’s salary remaining after federal, state, and often city income taxes and various other deductions have been withheld.

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take-home pay

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Idiom

  1. overcome by a strong feeling, typically desire
  2. so nervous or powerfully affected that it is difficult to stand

Она поздоровалась со мной, и я “so nervous or powerfully affected that it is difficult to stand”

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weak at/in the knees

She said hello to me and I went weak in the knees.

30
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Idiom

давно пора, самое время
—used to say it is time to do something that should have been done a long time ago

— Мне было сорок. Если я вообще собирался жениться и обзавестись семьей, то медлить с этим не стоило…

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((it is) high time)

I was forty. If I meant to marry and have children it was high time I did so…

31
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Idiom

слабоволие, безволие
…. person is easily influenced to change their decisions, opinions, or plans
… not having the determination that is needed to continue with a difficult course of action

Мои диеты никогда успешные - я просто слишком слабовольный.

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a weak-willed

My diets are never successful - I’m just too weak-willed.

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Noun (Singular, Plural)

приложение, дополнение (в книге)
1) an item of additional material added at the end of a book or other publication

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Addendum, Addenda

33
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noun, Adj.

а) интеллектуал, сноб б) человек, претендующий на интеллектуальность, утончённость

1) доступный лишь немногим, высокоинтеллектуальный

— Таких заумных речей он не понимает
— Он немного не от мира сего, но парень он отличный

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Highbrow

He doesn’t understand that highbrow stuff

He’s sort of highbrow but he’s an okay guy

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Noun

получатель (денег, обычно по чеку или векселю)

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payee

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Noun

1) добавление, дополнение; добавка 2) добавка (пищевая)

— детское питание, не содержащее никаких добавок

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Additive

additive-free baby foods

36
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Noun

штангист, тяжелоатлет

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Weightlifter

37
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Noun

великолепие, роскошь, пышность

Само великолепие ландшафта было ошеломляющим.

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Magnificence

The sheer magnificence of the landscape was stunning.

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Phrase

в конце концов

В конце концов, правительство начинает прислушиваться к нашим проблемам.

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At long last

At long last the government is starting to listen to our problems.

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Phrase

to exist only in small numbers or amounts:

традиционных книжны магазинов мало в наши дни

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To be thin on the ground

Traditional bookshops are thin on the ground these days.

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Phrase

someone who gets angry when they lose

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Poor Loser

41
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Phrase

to become rich as a result of something, especially in a way that does not seem fair to other people

Эти биржевые маклеры толстеют на чужих деньгах.

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To get (grow) fat (on)

These stock brokers grow fat on other people’s money.

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Phrase

a lot of something, often something unpleasant

Вы попадаете в кучу неприятностей.

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(Whole) load of

You’re getting yourself into a whole load of trouble.

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Phrase

If you say that something is ……. or ……., you are saying rudely that it is no good or no help at all.

«Я принес зонтик». «much of help it will be теперь, когда дождь прекратился!»

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A fat lot of good / help / use

“I’ve brought an umbrella.” “A (fat) lot of good that will do now that it’s stopped raining!”

44
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Phrase

1) крупные финансовые операции
the activities of lending, investing, and borrowing very large amounts of money

Ни Анна, ни я не заинтересованы в высоких финансах.

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High finance

Neither Anna nor I are interested in high finance.

45
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Phrase

If you travel the ……… of a place, you go to every part of it

Она путешествовала по всей Ирландии в поисках пропавшего брата.

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to run the length and breadth of

She travelled the length and breadth of Ireland looking for her missing brother.

46
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Phrase

a system used in a car park, in which you buy a ticket from a machine and stick it on the window of your car

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Pay and display

47
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Phrase

поровну, в равных долях
used to encourage everyone to have an equal amount of something:

— Я завещаю, чтобы вся моя собственность была поровну поделена между моими детьми.

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Share and share alike

I ordain, that all my children shall have an equal divide, share and share alike of all my property.

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Phrase

from nothing, from nowhere

Казалось, она появилась из некуда.

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Out of / into / from thin air

She seemed to appear out of thin air.

49
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Phrase

слабый, неубедительный, неосновательный, шаткий основание

я думаю, что вы находитесь в очень слабой позиции с этим аргументом

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on weak ground

i think you are on very weak ground with that argument

50
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Phrase

It is (always) a wise or advantageous idea to do the thing specified; doing this specific thing will (always) yield a positive effect.

выгодный Платит за рекламу

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It pays to ….

It pays to advertise.

51
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Phrase

someone’s general situation in life, especially when this is not very good

Мисс Уилкинсон никогда не была довольна своей судьбой в жизни.

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Someone’s lot

Miss Wilkinson was never satisfied with her lot in life.

52
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Noun, Phrase

светский разговор
conversation about things that are not important, often between people who do not know each other well:

— вести светскую беседу

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small talk

to make small talk

53
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Phrase

унижаться, стыдиться
чувствовать себя ничтожным/униженным/подавленным

— Мне было очень стыдно, когда я узнал, насколько я его недооценивал.

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To feel / look small

I felt small when I learned how badly I had misjudged him.

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Verb

распределять; разделять, делить (в соответствии с чем-л.)

— распределять своё время между различными занятиями
- to say who should be blamed

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Apportion Among / Between

to apportion one’s time between various occupations

To apportion blame

55
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Phrase

the busiest or most extreme part of a period or activity

Пик туристического сезона

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the height of something

the height of the tourist season

56
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Noun

сжатость, краткость
concise and exact use of words in writing or speech

Краткость письма обеспокоенный меня.

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Brevity

The brevity of the letter concerned me.

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