English expressions #1

Question 1

to take smth in one’s stride

Answer 1

спокойно относиться к неприятностям, преодолевать трудности Eg. Most people would be devastated if they lost their jobs, but Mike seems to have taken it all in his stride.

Question 2

to take exception to smth

Answer 2

возражать, злиться, протестовать, раздражаться Eg. Tom took great exception to my remark about Americans; He took exception to the way his neighbours always parked their car outside his garage

Question 3

smth takes it out of you

Answer 3

что-то вас очень выматывает, утомляет Eg. Teaching kids can certainly take it out of you

Question 4

to get one’s comeuppance

Answer 4

получить заслуженное наказание Eg. You’ll get your comeuppance one day!

Question 5

to make do with smth

Answer 5

справляться, обходиться (чем-л.имеющимся в наличие) Eg. If there is no butter, I’ll make do with margerine

Question 6

to bring smth out in spots/a rash

Answer 6

появились сыпь, прыщи Eg. I love chocolate mikl, but I can’t have it. It brings me out in spots

Question 7

from/at the outset

Answer 7

с самого начала Eg. You were warned at the outset that you had to train every day if you wanted to get into a team

Question 8

a drawback

Answer 8

недостаток Eg. One of the biggest drawbacks of living in USA was that I was so far from Europe

Question 9

to keep on/at smb about smth

Answer 9

ругать кого-л, доставать Eg. I said I’d fix the fence, so why do you have to keep on at me about it?

Question 10

to tone smth down

Answer 10

смягчать, затушевать (речь, письмо, жалобу, сделать не таким агрессивным) Eg. I know it’s a letter of complaint but don’t you think that you should tone it down a bit?

Question 11

to snuff a candle out

Answer 11

задуть свечку Eg. Dom’t forget to snuff a candles out when you leave

Question 12

to push the door to

Answer 12

закрыть дверь Eg. It’s cold in here. Could you push the door to?

Question 13

to ply smb with smth

Answer 13

засыпать, забрасывать, часто о еде (закармливать, усиленно угощать, потчевать) Eg. Aunt Ann plied us with so much food that I could hardly walked when it came time to leave

Question 14

to patch things up/ to patch up smth (relationship)

Answer 14

улаживать ссору eg. I know that they are not talking to each other now, but i’m sure they will patch things up

Question 15

to own up

Answer 15

откровенно признаваться, сознаться (о дурном поступке) Eg. Little boy owned up breaking the window

Question 16

to opt out

Answer 16

не принимать участия, уклоняться Eg. Those who with to do so may opt out of the pension plan

Question 17

to mull smth over

Answer 17

обмозговать Eg. It was a good plan, but he would need some time to mull it over

Question 18

to mope around/about

Answer 18

киснуть, слоняться по дому, жалея себя и даже не пытаться взбодриться Eg. There is no point in moping around, just bcs you’ve failed your exams

Question 19

to gloss over

Answer 19

замалчивать недостатки относительно чего либо Eg. The government spokesman glossed over the administrations policy mistakes

Question 20

to glaze over

Answer 20

тускнеть (о глазах), eyes show no expression, too bored, tired Eg. Her eyes glazed over with boredom during the speech

Question 21

to edge out

Answer 21

вытеснять The company has edged out others in the same field

Question 22

to dredge up

Answer 22

вспомнить, отыскать, выудить (из памяти) (что то неприятное или унизительное; какое то происшествие, которое забыли) Eg. This old scandal they have dredged up could be very damaging for the government

Question 23

smth dawns on smb

Answer 23

осенять кого-л, приходить в голову, доходить до сознания Eg. After he had waited for a bus for over an hour, it suddenly dawned on him that there was a bus strike

Question 24

to crop up (at work)

Answer 24

неожиданно появляться, возникать (часто когда не можете сделать то, что обещали) Eg. I’m afraid I can’t come. Smth has just cropped up at work

Question 25

to be cooped up ( in a place)

Answer 25

сидеть взаперти Eg. I hate being cooped up indoors when it is sunny outside

Question 26

to clapt down on smth

Answer 26

подавлять, прекращать, стать требовательнее к кому либо Eg. The authorities need to clamp down on this kind of behaviour

Question 27

to churn smth out

Answer 27

производить большое количество чего-л, “штамповать”, выпускать потоком Eg. The factory was churning out a million plastic dolls a week

Question 28

to branch out

Answer 28

расширить дело, открыть новое отделение Eg. In order to be competitive, we decided to branch out and teach Portuguese as well as French

Question 29

to bottle smth up

Answer 29

сдерживать эмоции, подавлять Eg. You should have a good cry. Bottling things up will only make you feel worse

Question 30

to bank on smb/smth

Answer 30

полагаться, надеяться на что-л Eg. We are banking on your support, so pls don’t let us down

Question 31

on the strength of + noun

Answer 31

в силу чего-либо Eg. He got the job on the strength of his previous experience

Question 32

to be in the throes of smth

Answer 32

в муках, преодолевая мучительный процесс чего-л Eg. The country was in the throes of it’s worse economic crisis on record

Question 33

with a view to

Answer 33

надеясь…Eg. He bought the land with a view to building on it when he retired

Question 34

beyond repair

Answer 34

не поддается ремонту

Question 35

to be on tenterhooks

Answer 35

быть очень возбужденным, нервничать, пока ждешь что что-то случится, в предвкушении Eg. Mike was on tenterhooks all day, waiting for his exam results

Question 36

on the dot

Answer 36

как раз, точно The performance will begin at 8 o’clock on the dot

Question 37

on the trot

Answer 37

один за другим, подряд Eg. He has missed 6 classes on the trot

Question 38

on the line

Answer 38

под риском (to put your job on the line - рисковать потерять работу) I’m putting my job on the line by giving you this information