| Term | Definition |
|
a lousy son-of-a-bitch |
вшивый (паршивый) сукин сын |
|
abide | ə'baɪd] |
v. stay; live, dwell; continue; tolerate, put up with; wait; comply, submit, obey, conform выносить, терпеть, оставаться верным, придерживаться, выполнять; быть прочным; ждать; обретаться can't abide such incompetence; You can stay with me while you are in town |
|
abstain from |
forego, not take part in, avoid |
|
abuse [a•buse || ə'bjuːz] |
г. оскорблять, ругать; плохо обращаться; поносить, браниться, хулить, честить; злоупотреблять; совращать (малолетних); бесчестить, ругаться |
|
act up |
malfunction, operate abnormally; behave strangely or abnormally; behave in a disorderly manner, behave disobediently; show off, behave in a way that draws attention to oneself |
|
all at once |
suddenly, at one time, simultaneously |
|
anguish |
[an•guish || 'æŋgwɪʃ]с. мука (страдание), страдание, тоска, боль, мучение; г. испытывать острую тоску |
|
arcane |
[ar•cane || ɑː'keɪn]прил. тайный, скрытый, мистический |
|
around the house |
I've been active around the house |
|
assess [as•sess || ə'ses] |
v. estimate, appraise (an object's value) |
|
au pair |
[‚əʊ 'peə]помощница по хозяйству, nursemaid |
|
auxiliary |
auxiliary [aux•il•ia•ry || ɔːg'zɪljərɪ] прил. вспомогательный; добавочный, дополнительный, запасной |
|
baggy ['bægɪ] |
• прил. мешковатый |
|
barbeque |
to barbeque his lunch |
|
battered |
['bat•tered || 'bætəd]прил. избитый, разбитый, потрепанный; изношенный; мятый |
|
be at the helm |
steer the ship; be in a position of control and authority |
|
be down |
I think we're down to the last roll of toilet paper, get some more, will you? |
|
be out |
Every evening she was out at the club |
|
beam |
1) а) излучать, испускать (лучи) б) светить, сиять 2) широко, радостно улыбаться, сиять; beam with joy — просиять от радости |
|
beet |
[biːt]с. свекла |
|
bells and whistles |
don't want to waste money on gimmicky bells and whistles |
|
bid [bɪd] |
n. tender; offer, proposal v. congratulate; offer a price; plead; summon, call |
|
blow a fuse (a gasket) |
to be very angry; I was ready to blow a gasket |
|
blow up |
He took the prints (photographs) to be blown up (enlarged) to poster size. The enlargement has made the picture grainy. |
|
blues |
n. state of depression, sadness, melancholy; style of syncopated jazz that originated from the early lamenting folk music of African Americans and is characterized by the repeated use of flat notes (Music). A style of music evolved from southern African-American secular songs and usually distinguished by a syncopated 4/4 rhythm, flatted thirds and sevenths, a 12-bar structure, and lyrics in a three-line stanza in which the second line repeats the first: “The blues is an expression of anger against shame and humiliation” (B.B. King). |
|
bone up |
cram, study hard and fast before an exam |
|
boondocks |
дикая, необжитая местность; дебри, джунгли Syn: rough country , jungle |
|
bounty hunter |
one who captures criminals or wild animals in return for a financial reward; one who receives a financial reward for recovering a valuable item; salesman who is paid on commission (Slang) |
|
brake lines |
system of hoses and metal tubes through which the brake fluid passes from the master cylinder to the brakes |
|
breach borders |
нарушить границу |
|
breaststroke |
с. брасс (стиль плавания) |
|
bring upon |
вызывать неприятности You've brought the trouble on yourself. |
|
bucket seat |
сиденье |
|
by the look of things |
по-видимому, очевидно |
|
c’ontent |
1) а) содержимое the drawer's contents — содержимое ящика |
|
came out of the closet |
revealed that he is a homosexual |
|
chafe |
[tʃeɪf] |
|
chase |
[tʃeɪs] |
|
chassis |
[chas•sis || 'ʃæsɪ] |
|
chick |
[tʃɪk] |
|
Chips and Salsa |
Refers to computers. Chips = hardware; Salsa= software |
|
clotted |
прил. свернувшийся, запекшийся clotted blood |
|
club car |
n: railroad car having a bar and tables and lounge chairs [syn: lounge car] |
|
whitefish |
cod [kɒd] |
|
color cast |
An overall color imbalance in an image, as if viewed through a colored filter |
|
come of age |
достичь совершеннолетия Alberta's oil sands have come of age |
|
commit |
[com•mit || kə'mɪt] |
|
commute |
1) заменять ( for, into ) Syn: exchange, interchange , change, alter |