aidyou 're way out in the
left field, my dear.-- , , , .
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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.--
.
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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.-- - .
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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".
, , , . -,
.
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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 .), " -", "
".
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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.-- ,
. , ,--
.
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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.-- , ",--
.
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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! - ,
,-- -
-.
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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. - , , ,--
-
.
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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.-- ( "
" ) .
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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") -- ,
-, ,
-- "
", , , ,
.
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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! -- ""(..
), !
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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 . , -- ,
-- , -- , --
-- , (,
) -- "", ,
.
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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.--
, , -
.
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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.--
, -
,-- "" .
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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.-- , ,
.
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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.-- ,
,--
,--
.
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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.-- ,