words p.25 Flashcards

1
Q

то, что человек говорит/зачем он говорит

A

a telling point

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2
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назло

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out of spite

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3
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сказать
к слову

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to coin a phrase

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3
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неприятное приступ, угрызение, чувство

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twinge

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4
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угрызение совести

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twinge of consience

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5
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прилагать усилия

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to apply yourself

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6
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с триумфом
с отличием

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with flying colours

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7
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достигнуть с трудом

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to scrape through smth
tto pass by a narrow margin
to narrowly achieve.

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8
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на регулярной основе

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as a matter of routine

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9
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стремительно
семимильными шагами

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by leaps and bounds

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10
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ни черта не могу понять в этом

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can’t make head or tail of it

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11
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воспринимать все спокойно

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to take things in your stride

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12
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действовать в одиночку

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to go it alone

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13
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ставить все на одну карту

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to put all your eggs in ine basket

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14
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слухи, сарафанное радио

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on the grapevine

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15
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тонкости в работе

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the tricks of the trade

16
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передавать кому-то опыт, работу и т.п.

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to pass smth on to smb

17
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быть сложным, занимать время

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to take some doing

18
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провалиться

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to fall through
to be unsuccessful
to come to nothing

19
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висеть на волоске

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to hang in the balance
to be touch and go

20
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обанкротиться

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to go to the wall
to go banrupt

21
Q

вернуть былую славу

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to make a comeback
to get back to normal

22
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быть в упадке, в депресси

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to be in the doldrums

23
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переломить тенденцию

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to buck the trend
to break the mould

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вернуть
to win back
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обычная ставка, зарплата
the going rate
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натравливать на
to play smb off against smb
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исключить посредника
to cut out the middleman
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быть в нужном месте в нужное время
to be in the right place at the right time
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огромный успех
a roaring success
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за короткое время
within a short space of time
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останавливаться на достигнутом
to rest on our laurels
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оглядываясь назад в ретроспективе
in retrospect thinking back on reflection
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упускать возможность
to miss the boat to miss out
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обманывать
to delude to deceive to fool to trick to gull into
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халтурить
to cut corners