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farm (sm.th.) out

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to give work to other people to do:
Magazines often farm out articles to freelance journalists.
сдавать в аренду

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step aside

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Step aside, please - this lady needs a doctor.
отступить уступить

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step down

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сойти с поста

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bog down

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to prevent someone or something from moving on or progressing:
He’s a big-picture leader and doesn’t get bogged down in the details.
увязнуть

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see through

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Довести до конца
We must see this plan through now

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slog away

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to work very hard for a long time
I’ve been slogging away at this for hours and I’m exhausted.

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pack sth in

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to stop doing something:
If this job doesn’t get any better, I’m going to pack it in.

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hand sth in

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вручить, передать
поддержать

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fling yourself into sth

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to do something with a lot of enthusiasm:
Tom has really flung himself into his work this year.

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beaver away

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work hard for a long time

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get off

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leave
can get off earlier if the boss is away

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go in for

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to do something regularly, or to enjoy something:
I’ve never gone in for spending all day at the beach.
заниматься чем то

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cut out for

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suited to do or be (something)
Why do you think that you’re cut out for this job?

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knuckle down = buckle down

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to start working or studying hard:
You’re going to have to really knuckle down (to your work) if you want to pass your final exams.

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plug away

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корпеть, усердно работать
I’m still plugging away at my article.

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coast along

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proceed with little effort
Because the route was mostly downhill, the car just coasted along. I’m worried that you’re just coasting along through your senior year without taking your future seriously.

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подвергать кого-либо чему-либо

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put sb through sth
Why did they put themselves through this ordeal?

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to succeed very easily, especially in a test or competition
с легкостью преодолевать, выдерживать что-либо

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sail through (sth)
She sailed through her exams.

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влезать, проникать

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get in
They both got in the university

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приниматься за что-либо, приступать к чему-либо

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get down to sth
Before we get down to business, I’d like to thank you all for coming today.

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отставать, просрочивать

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get behind

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специализироваться по какому-либо предмету

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major in sth

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to make someone or something more likely to fail
иметь отрицательное значение

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count against sb/sth
She has the qualifications for the job, but her lack of experience will count against her.

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to reduce ( the price of something)

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mark sth down

Low consumer demand has forced us to mark down a wide range of goods, sometimes by as much as 30 percent.
Shares in the electricity companies were marked down following the announcement of the new energy tax.

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to succeed in something but with a lot of difficulty
scrape through (sth) He managed to scrape through his final exams.
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pore over something She spends a lot of time poring over the historical records of the church.
to look at and study a book
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пробежаться глазами
skim through She skimmed through some books
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bury yourself in sth /ˈber.i/
to give all your attention to something: Since her marriage ended, she has buried herself in her work.
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бороться с чем-либо
contend with sth
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приводить к чему-либо
result in sth The improvements in training resulted in increased wins.
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оправиться, прийти в норму
bounce back After a terrible start the team bounced back and won the game.
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подвинуться
budge up
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to become fashionable or popular: - improve to reach required standards
catch on
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подбадривать (возгласами)
cheer sb on
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finish your work for this day
clock off
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begin to realise
cotton on
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принимать суровые меры
crack down (on sth) Police are cracking down on crime in the area.
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утихать, успокаиваться
die down She waited for the laughter to die down before she spoke.
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выпьем за
drink to
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решаться, улаживаться
work out Don't worry - everything will work out in the end.
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изо всех сил
flat out We've all been working flat out to finish the project on time.
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относиться к чему-либо с неодобрением
frown on/upon sth Smoking is frowned upon in many public places
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выполнить
carry out
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откладывать
hold over
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поговорить как начальник опикун
talk down to
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освежить в памяти
brush up on
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пытаться вспомнить
cast ( your mind) back
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сталкиваться (с проблемой)
come up against She came up against a lot of sexism in her first engineering job.
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пережить
get over
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уступать, поддаваться
give in We will never give in to terrorists' demands.
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быть воспринятым
go over I wonder how my speech will go over this afternoon. I don't think my comments went over well at all.
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отдоляться друг от друга
grow apart There was nobody else involved - we just grew apart.
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You are already 16 when you finally grow out of the silly hobby
grow out of smth
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wait for a moment
hang / hold on Hang/ hold on for a moment
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to like someone and become friendly immediately:
hit it off I didn't really hit it off with his friends. Jake and Sue hit it off immediately.
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запирать дверь и не впускать/не выпускать кого-либо
lock sb in/out
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заняться новым делом
branch out (into) After working in publishing, she branched out into journalism.
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расходиться разветвляться
branch off
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разбираться с чем-либо, улаживать что-либо
sort sth out Have you sorted out your schedule yet?
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face the reality
face up to
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задремать
nod off
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предворительно записать в расписание
pencil sb/sth in Let's pencil a meeting in for next Thursday at 11.
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преуменьшать, умалять значение чего-либо
play sth down The government have tried to play down the seriousness of the incident.
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prepare smth for
read up (on/about) sth It's a good idea to read up on a company before going for an interview.
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1. развалившийся, запущенный 2. разрядить
run down run down the battary a run-down housing estate
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намереваться, собираться
set out
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ступать, приходить
set foot in/on sth He told me never to set foot in his house again.
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осесть, обзавестись семьей
settle down Do you think he'll ever settle down and have a family?
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делать выбор, останавливаться на чем-либо
settle on/upon sth We still haven't settled on a place to meet.
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спать дольше обычного
sleep in / lie in
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быстро надевать что-либо
slip into smth
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1. находить время для кого-либо/чего-либо 2. влезть в одежду
1. squeeze sth/sb in The doctor will try to squeeze you in this afternoon. 2. squeeze into
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оставаться дома
stay in
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стирать(ся), исчезать .
wear smth away The words on the gravestone had worn away completely
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проходить, переставать действовать
wear off The anaesthetic is starting to wear off.
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изматывать кого-либо
wear sb down Their continual nagging just wears me down.
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разносить
wear smth in
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проводить, коротать (время)
while away We played a few games to while away the time.
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to get something that you had before but lost temporarily:
win sb/sth back The telecoms giant cut prices in a move to win back customers from competitors. Some in the party want to win back votes by adopting a harder, anti-Socialist line.
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to notice and give special attention to something
zoom in on smth Henry immediately zoomed in on the weakest part of my argument.
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предупреждать кого-либо
tip sb off
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признаваться в совершении плохого поступка
fess up He eventually fessed up to having spilt coffee on it.
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харкать
cough up Doctors were worried when she started coughing up blood
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reduce or get rid of a feeling through work or activity.
work smth off one of those gimmicks for working off aggression
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shrug smth off
не обращать внимания, сбрасывать со счетов The team manager shrugged off criticism.
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обрывать (разговор)
cut smb off She cut me off in the middle of our conversation.
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stop being part of the group and become separated from it.
split off Somehow, Quentin split off from his comrades.
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пятиться
back off I saw the knife and backed off.
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окружать, блокировать
cordon off
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вывозить
cart away (off) something/someone We cleaned out the garage and carted tons of stuff away. He was carted off to jail
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начинать, открывать
start smth off She started off the meeting with the monthly sales report.
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начинаться (о матче, игре)
kick off
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заканчивать, завершать
round smth off We rounded off the lesson with a quiz.
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пропускать, не включать кого-либо/что-либо
leave smth/smb out I've made a list of names - I hope I haven't left anyone out.
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used to tell someone angrily to go away
shove off Just shove off, will you?
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- to push someone forcefully, in an unpleasant and threatening way: - to tell someone what to do, in a rude or threatening way:
shove smb around The older boys at school are always shoving him around. informal. Don't let them shove you around.
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выживать в трудных обстоятельствах
tick over/along Carlton managed to keep the business ticking over.
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ругать, отчитывать кого-либо
tick smb off I got ticked off for not going to the meeting.
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ругать, отчитывать кого-либо
tick smb off I got ticked off for not going to the meeting.
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говорить много и сбивчиво
ramble on He rambled on for hours about his time in the army
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to spend a large amount of money in a way that is unnecessary or that wastes it:
lash out He lashed out £5,000 on his daughter's wedding.
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to give money, often unwillingly:
ante up (something) At least 200 people have been persuaded to ante up big money for the charity event. /ˈæn.ti/
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to pay an amount or type of money for something, especially unwillingly:
stump up (something) It can be cheaper to stump up for a new washing machine than to get your old one repaired. Chissano said Western governments should stump up the cash to fund land redistribution.
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to pay or give money for something, usually unwillingly
shell (something) out Having shelled out €150 for the tickets, I wasn't going to miss the show.
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to search in many different places for something that you need
cast about She spent years casting about for a career.
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brag about smth
crow about
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to praise someone too much and give them a lot of attention that is not sincere, in order to get a positive reaction flatter smo extensively
fawn over/on someone I hate waiters who fawn over you
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If you bounce something off someone, you tell someone about an idea or plan in order to find out what they think of it
bounce something off someone Can I bounce a couple of ideas off you?
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- progress at a slow but steady way - брести, тащиться
plod along plod along/on/through We plodded through the mud.
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to manage to do something although you do not know how to do it well делать что-либо с грехом пополам
muddle through (sth) None of us has any formal training but somehow we muddle through.
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to continue doing something that is difficult, boring, or takes a long time
bash on Oh well, that's enough chatting. I suppose I'd better bash on with this essay
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strike dent damage smth
bash smth in Your ball bashed in my car!!!!!!
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If you muster up a feeling of courage or energy, you try hard to find that quality in yourself because you need it in order to do something gather bring together
muster something up [ + to infinitive ] She finally mustered up the courage to ask him for more money
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to eat food very quickly уплетать, проглатывать
gobble up
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заступаться за кого-либо, выступать за что-либо
stick up for sb/sth
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happen
come around
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will be soon
come up
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happen
come around
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make smth happen q more quickly
hurry along

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