aidyou 're way out in the left field, my dear.-- , , , . 222 out of the frying pan into the fire . out of tune adv./adj. , , , : -- Don't you think we act out of tune?- , , ? -- . out to lunch adj. , : -- Don't ask John, he is out to lunch today.-- He , . out of thin air adv. phr. , , .. , : -- Your story concocted out of thin air! -- , !-- , . over the hill adj. , .. , ( ): -- It's getting hardfor him to run so fast as before. Well, he is over the hill.-- , , . . pain in the ass n. " " -- " ": -- With your stupid activity you turned to be a pain in the ass! -- ! -- . pasta n. "" -- . pass away v. , , : Tins fashion passed away already.-- . pass off v. 1. , - : -- Shit! They passed me off this bull shit like a something really good! -- ! !; 2. , : Robert, a poor unknown poet, tried to pass himself off as a wellknown one.-- , , ; 3. , :-- At last my aches passed off.-- - ; 4. , ( , ): The second meeting passed off very smoothly.-- . 223 pass on v. 1. , , : The college passed on his application and found him acceptable.-- , ; 2. , , : "As Jack grew up he passed on his jeans to me.-- , . 3. , , , : -- That was very famous football player during late forties early fifties. I am very sorry to hear that -he passed on. " " : -- , -- . , . pay off v. 1. , : They paid off just before the Christmas.-- ; 2. : John was working hard before exams and it paid off: he made an A. -- : ( ); 3. (): "Ipay you off, Bobby.-- , ",-- , . pet n. : , , , , , , , , , ... pick up v. 1. , : In the evening Mrs. McWillson picked up sticks in the garden.-- - , ; 2. -: -- , Mike, I pick up the check.-- , , ,-- . ( !) 3. (- ), , ( ): -- No problems, mam, I pick you up.-- , , , ,-- , , ; 4. , : -- I pick up rare butterflies all around the world.-- ,-- , . ; 5. , (, ): -- I picked up this news from radio just now!-- , !-- "US Today" ; 6. , , : -- Look at your mess in the room! It's time to pick up,-- ! -- .-- ; 7. , , : : Police picked this man up for burglary.-- ,-- ; 8. , : The dog picked up the fox's smell. ; 9. , , : -- Please guys, pick up the tempo, you don't have too much time.-- , , , ,-- ; 10. , ( ): picked up the story where he had stopped it before the holiday.-- , ; 11. , : -- Don't you think Jane picked up after summer holiday? -- , - ?-- ; 12. : She picked up gradually after a long sickness.-- - . 224 pickup n. ( pick) 1. , , "", - "": -- They say this new comer is an easy pickup. - , ,-- , ; 2. , . . . piece of cake n. informal , , : -- Don't worry, this test is a piece of cake.-- ,-- ,-- -- - . pig in a poke . " ": -- It's a pig in a poke buying! Don't do that! -- He ! ! -- . pine n. . . . , , , , . -- "pine". , , , . -, . 225 piss off v. (.) , , , : -- I'm pissed off! -- ! ! ! ! ! plastic n. , . ( ). polish the apple v. phr. "", : -- I know why you. polish the apple at work so much! Wanna get a day off? -- , . ? pooped out adj. , ( ), : -- Leave we alone, Mick. I' so pooped out after this hard game.-- , . ... pop up v. , , , - : Just when Le Pechen thought that everything was OK a new problem popped up.-- , , . psych out v. phr. 1. (-): -- I guess, commish, you 'II psych him out pretty fast.-- , , ,-- , " " () ; 2. , (): -- Don't drive too fast, Mike. I psych out at the high speed when there's no any need. -- He , . , . ( , , .) psych up v. , : : , , ... -- Relax, guys. The commish is psyching himself up before the hard work.-- , ,-- .-- . " " "" , , , : -- They say he psyches himself up by crushing bricks before the game.-- , , . psycho n. "" -- , "" -- "psychopath". , "", , , , "Sir Sex Psycho" (. "Red Hot Chilli Peppers" "Brown Sugar Sex Magik", 1991 .), " -", " ". 226 pub n. "public house", " ", , , , . -- , ( , , , ), . . pull , - ", ", : 1. pull apart ; 2. pull back ; 3. pull into ; 4. pull off , ; 5. pull out , ; 6. pull over "" (pullover), " ". " " , : pull over, , . , , : , , . . put away v . 1. , : - , , : decided to put his father away when he became mentally sick. - , ; 2. , : : -- I think it would be better to put your dog away. It is an old and sick.-- , . , ,-- . 227 put down v. 1. , : - , . , , , : -- Is some one putting this down? -- - ? 2. , : : " .-Rebellions? We put them down in 3 hours! -? -- .-- 3 "; 3. , , , , : "" "Girl" ( "Rubber Soul" 1965 ) , ( ), : "She is kind of girl that puts you down when friends are there and you feel a fool... -- , , ". - You make a mistake and then always try to put us down as if we do our job bad! - , , ",-- ; 4. , : "She put me down as a dude. - ",-- , ; 5. , , : -- Jane put your bad mood down to bad weather. - ,-- ; 6. , : -- I wanna put down a new well. - ,-- . put in v. 1. : -- Well, and then, when guys'were discussing the car accident the driver put in that the road was icy. - , , , , , ,-- ; 2. , : They put in a full stock of drugs.-- ; 3. , , ( : ): -- Yes, sir, I put in two years as a photographer. -, . ,-- , , . -- ,-- .-- ?-- .-- , ,-- . -- So make me a blowup copy of that. -- , -- , ; 4. ; Bill put-in a row of radishes.-- ; 5. : The ship put in for repairs.-- ; 6. ( for): "When they opened the representatives 1 put in for that.-- , ",-- . 228 put off v. 1. , , : "Well, I was pretty put off by his shamelessness proposal.-- ", -- , ; 2. , : -- OK, we will put off our party.-- , ,-- , , ; 3. , -: Jane put John offwhen he asked her to name a day of her sister's wedding. - , (, ); 4. , . . : When John began to tell the guests the story of their underground Mexico trip Mick put him down.-- , ; 5. , : They put off in a small boats to meet the arriving Canadian ship.-- . put on v. 1. : -- Could you put on this dress?- He ? - , ; 2. , : -- It's not hurt! He is putting on! - ! ! - " ", " " . , , . " " , . "Put on a smile.-- ",-- . . " ": 3. (): First I was pretty fat. Bill now I am so thin that doctor said I should put on two or three kilos. - , . - ; 4. , : The senior class put on a discotec.-- ; 5. , , : -- Then I put on an extra burst of speed and finally won this long race! - , ,-- - -. 229 put out v. 1. (), (, ): -- Only don't forget to put out the fire. - ,-- ; 2. , ; : I know this editor, he had put out a weekly for.about a year. - . ; 3. , : -- put out all his money at 10 per cent or better. -- . 10 : 4. , , : -- I spilled juice on my new dress. This put out. - , .-- ; 5. , , -- Don't talk bad about her! She puts herself out only to make things good for us! - He ! , , .-- ; 6, , : The boat put out through the waves.-- ; 7. , , : "Why do you think Liza puts out like that? - , ? - . put over v. , on: Johnney really put over on us when he came to the Halloween parly dressed as Dracula. - v , . put up v. 1. , , : , : -- ! ! -- We are leaving! Put your stuff up! 2. , , : The viking Biorn put up Ids sword.-- . Cowboy Bill put up the horse.-- ; 3. , : When the club decided to take in a new captain John put up Mick.-- . ; 4. (): -- I wanna put up my hair in curlers. - ,-- , ; 5. : I put my house up for sale. - : 6. , : I put the guy up in my home. - , ; 7. , , : -- This man pul up the money to build this studio. - , , ,-- - . 230 pretty adv. , : -- It's pretty cold outside!-- ! R rack one's brain v. phr. , : Mick racked his brain trying to remember where he saw this girl before. -- , , . rain cats and dogs v. phr. , : In the middle of the match it started to rain cats and dogs.-- . , , . rain check n. ( ), , - "cats and dogs" . " " - ; , - . " " : -- I'm sorry you can't come tonight. Jane. But I'll sure give you a rain cheek. -- , . , . , , . raise eyebrows v. phr. " ", .. , : That news raised eyebrows all over the college.-- ( " " ) . 231 rape session n. (.) , , : -- I see you've got a good rape session just now? -- ?-- , , . rat race . , , : "": -- Your last quater was a rat race, no more.-- , . rat out v. , , , ( ): Joe ratted out Maggy when she was pregnant and badly needed his help.-- , , , . rave n. ! "" ", - , " ", , ", -- "". -, ., , , "rave": , . , - - : -- , -- -, -- , U2, -- ... reach for the sky v. phr. "hands up" ( ): , , , : -- Reach for the sky, boys! -- , , ! ride out v. , , . right on adv. interj. " !" "!": : -- OK, boys! We'll kick their ass! Right on! -- , , ! ! rip off v. , n. , n. : -- Commish! Somebody ripped off a store at the West Side 88! -- ! - . 88! -- .-- Yes, that is a typical rip-off.-- -, ,-- , , . rock n. , , ( ) "". , , : "rock" -- "". - , "", "", "", , , , . "rock" . "stone" : -- . "rock"-- "-". "" - 1956 , "to rock", "". "rock and roll" ( "rock'n'roll") -- , -, , -- " ", , , , . 232 rolling stone n. -, ; v. , . rolling stone gathers no moss "- " -- , ,- - (, ) "" , , , , , ... rub it in v. phr. , ( - ): -- Yes, I missed that fucking ball out, but, please, stop to keep rubbing it in!-- ! ! ! rub out v. , : : -- There were two Charlie's machine gun points hul we rubbed them out! -- ""(.. ), ! 233 run v. , : -- I' running this business recently.-- . run in v. , , : -- We ran this boy in for illegal trade.-- . run into v. (), ( ). run for it v: phr. , , , : The fans rushed the stage and the Beatles had to run for it.-- , "" . run off v. , : Last year we ran off more than hundred copies a day.-- . run through v. 1. (, , ): The fight was hard but the captain Blood finally ran the bustard through.-- , , , : 2. , : The money was big but John ran it through.-- , : 3. , , , : Mick ran the book through.-- . Tlie Paul's 'band ran the program through.-- Fpyi-tna . run up v. 1. , : John ran up their income.-- ; 2. , : Jane ran up a good dress right before the party.-- ; 3. , , : -- Look! They ran up a white flag!-- ! () ! -- , "". run wild v. phr. , - : -- ur new boss lets every one runs wild.-- . Russky . , -- , -- , -- , -- -- , (, ) -- "", , . 234 Russian roulette n. , .. : -- Your proposal is a Russian Roulette and only crazy's gonna realize that.-- -- , 1 .-- , . S sack in/sack out v. ( ), " ", .. : 1960 . . . "" . , , . .-- Ugly place. Where are you guys gonna sack in? -- . . , ?-- - . , , . salt and pepper adj. phr. , : His hair was salt. and pepper.-- . save face v. phr. : " ", , : " ": -- This policeman was caught accepting a bribe. But he tried to save the face by claiming that was money owed to him.-- . , , ,-- ' . sceleton in the closet n. phr. " " -- , () : -- Cousin Jack is a sceleton in our family closet. He was an acid head.-- -- , ,-- , . scrounge around v. phr. , : John and Bill were out of money and they just scrounged around from one diner to another until some one offered them a free snack.-- , , - . 235 screw around v.phr. (.) " ": -- Don't come any more! All you do is screw around all day! -- He ! , ,-- ! screw up v. phr. (.) , , : -- Her divorce screwed her up so badly! -- ! -- I wonder how many times that's screwed things up? -- , ?,-- , , , . search me -- I don't know -- ? -- Do you know what time is it now? -- Search me! I got no watch! -- , ?-- ! ! see food diet " , ". see- sea- , , -. , Seafood diet, , . " ", see food diet, , . see you (later) "!", "!" seize the bull by the horns v. phr. " ". see off v. , : When Jane flew to L. A. Mick saw her off at the airport. -, . see out v. , , , , : John's lesson was hard but he saw it out to the end.-- , .-- 1 always see Jane out after discotec.-- ,-- , , . set about v. : -- I set about learning Japanese at an early age.-- ,-- , , . , , - . set back v. , : -- We planned to hold this match tomorrow, but cold raining weather set back the match by three days.-- , - ,-- "" . 236 set forth v. 1. , : The teacher set forth his plan in the meeting.-- ; 2. , , -: The company set forth on its four-mile hike.-- -. set in v. , : Suddenly, right before the ride a storm had set in.-- , , . set off v. 1. , : The light blue color of her eyes was set off by black brows.-- ; 2. : The interesting book set off the dreary weather of the weekend. -- , ; 3. : -- Don't worry, we will set them off on Independence Day.-- He . ,-- , . set out v. 1. , : Eric Red set out for the new found land.-- ( , -- !) ; 2. , : -- So I set out to improve my Spanish.-- ,-- . , ,-- ; 3. (): -- I set out some poppy in the garden.-- - ,-- , . set up v. I. : - - , , .-- But Paul is big now.-- ,-- , .-- Sure. His reach dady set him up.-- . ,-- ; 2. , , : Our president has set up three new colleges.-- ; 3. , : He is a talent. This guy set up the new car.-- . , ; 4. , , : -- She set herself up to be a graduate of a medical college, but she was not.-- , ,-- ; 5. , : Ocean tides are set up partly by the pull between the Earth and Moon.-- , , . 237 setup n. ( set) , , , , (- ): -- Oh, boy! You really got a wonderful setup in your office! -- ! ! -- , .-- I'm not going work in such a set-up! -- ! -- : . sewed up adj. , , , " ", "-": -- / thought I had tins game sewed up but the Swede aced me.-- , , . ,-- - . shack up with v. phr. , -: -- They are not married yet. They just decided to shack up for a while.-- , ,-- ,-- - . shake a leg . p hr. , , , , : -- Come on! Shake a leg! We are late! -- ! ! ! -- , , : . shake up v. informal , : -- This news shook up all the journalists.-- ,-- . shakeup . , : -- Therefore it is not just a rumour. There is a majorcabinet-level shake-up.-- , ,-- ,-- . 238 shape up v. informal 1. , : -- You should begin to shape up if you don't want to leave the college.-- , ,-- ; 2. : -- Yeah, your idea of this travel is shaping up very well.-- ,