words p.25 Flashcards

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1
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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
Q

провалиться

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to fall through
to be unsuccessful
to come to nothing

19
Q

висеть на волоске

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to hang in the balance
to be touch and go

20
Q

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
Q

переломить тенденцию

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to buck the trend
to break the mould

24
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вернуть

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to win back

25
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обычная ставка, зарплата

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the going rate

26
Q

натравливать на

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to play smb off against smb

27
Q

исключить посредника

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to cut out the middleman

28
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быть в нужном месте в нужное время

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to be in the right place at the right time

29
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огромный успех

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a roaring success

30
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за короткое время

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within a short space of time

31
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останавливаться на достигнутом

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to rest on our laurels

32
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оглядываясь назад
в ретроспективе

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in retrospect
thinking back
on reflection

33
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упускать возможность

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to miss the boat
to miss out

34
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обманывать

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to delude
to deceive
to fool
to trick
to gull into

35
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халтурить

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to cut corners