, , , , -: -- Her name is Judy but her nickname Darky suited her to a T.-- ,-- ,-- . to-be adj. -, : Everybody knows Jane is your bride-to-be.-- , . to boot adv. , : -- Johnney not only got fifty dollars but they bought him a snack to boot.-- 50 , ,-- , . to date adj. adv. phr. , : -- date ten students have been accepted into the school. -- ,-- . to death adv. phr. informal , : -- You scaredme to death.-- ,-- , - . His story bored me to death.-- . Tom, Dick, and Harry . phr. , . , , , , , -- : It is very old joke and you told it to every Tom, Dick and Harry.-- , . 254 tone down v. , , , , " ", " ", " ", ? ( , ): -- Please tone down TV.-- , ,-- .-- I wanna make bright colors toned down.-- , ,-- . -- We'd like to tone down high pay for transportation. -- ,-- . to no avail/of no avail adv. phr. , , : -- 1 think your practice was of no avail.-- , , -- , ', , . top banana n. informal , , , : -- Who is the top banana in this outfit?-- , , ; -- , ? to scale adv. phr. , , : Mick drew the map of the island to scale, making one inch stands for three miles.-- : . toss off v. 1. , , : Cowboy Billy tossed off three drinks and left the saloon. -- ; 2. " ", , , , , : -- Mick is a wit guy. During the party he tossed off smart remarks.-- ,-- ,-- . to the bone adv. phr. " " - -- , , : : -- Enough! I am exhausted! I've worked my fingers to the bones!-- ! ! ! ! -- , . tough cat . , , , , , , . 255 tripped out adj. informal , , , : What did ah telling me yesterday? I could not dig it cause you sounded too tripped out.-- .? . - . tug of war . : "It's a tug of war..." -- " " ("Tug of War") 1982 , , "". 10 "", 8 1980 . tune up v. , , ( ): Paul tuned up his guitar. - . turn in v. , : -- OK, boys, I'm pretty tired today so gonna turn in right now.-- , , , . turn off v. 1. : -- Turn the music off! -- ! -- : ; 2. , , : -- Well, Michael, turn off the highway at exit 7. - , ,-- ,-- "; 3. , , - , : -- I ain't gonna explain to you anything any more! You turned off! -- ! . ! ? -- . turn on v. 1. : -- Turn on the light.-- ,-- ; 2. , , , , , : -- Please do that, Jane. I know you can turn on the charm with men.-- , , ,-- , ,-- , "; 3. , , : -- The "Doors" music always turns me on.-- "",-- , , -- ; 4. , -: -- Paul turned me on to smoking this and I' ve been feeling great! -- ,-- , ,-- ; 5. , : -- Everything is O'kay, seargent. I only worry about charlies would t urn on us.-- If they turn on we would turn them off... - ,-- ,-- , " "() . - , , " -- . . . 256 turn one's head v. phr. " ": -- The first more or less pretty girl Paul sees turnes his head.-- - , ,-- , . turn one's stomach v. phr. - -: -- Will you lake away this fucking cigar. It turns my stomach.-- He ? ,-- . turn out v. 1. ( -), : -- Then boss turned me out of the office. -- ,-- ; 2. : Looking for the key he turned out his pockets.-- ; 3. : -- This printing machine turns out thousand books an hour.-- ,-- , (!) ; 4. , : -- It is the Army. guys. Now you gotta turn out early every day.-- , ,-- ,-- ; 5. , : These awful steps turned out to be a small dog. -- , , , ; 6. : -- Every one in the city seems to turn out for the show! -- , ! -- , , ; 7. : -- You better turn out the light.-- ,-- , . 257 turn over v. 1. , , , : -- Turn over the page! -- ! 2. , : turned the problem over/or two days.-- ; 3. , : -- I turned my library books over to the librarian.-- ; 4. ( ): -- The engine doesn't turn over! -- ! -- , ; 5. : -- We turned over 12,000$ worth of skiing equipment only in December and January.-- , 1988 , : -- " " 12 000 , , . turn thumbs down v. phr. (, ), : -- Well, as I thought the boss turned thumbs down on our plan.-- -,-- ,-- , . two bits n. , . two-time v. "-" , , . , ... - : -- You know this fucking Joan, this easy dig, pickup girl? Last year she's been two-timing me with Ed.-- , , ? , ,-- . U U "you". , , "you". ugly duckling n. " ", ( ), , . , . " " , . 258 under a cloud adj. phr. 1. : -- This guy is under a cloud recently. -- ,-- , ; 2. : Paul has been under a cloud since his cat's gone. -- , , . under age adj. phr. , , : -- They did not permit me then to join Life Saving Course cause I was under age.-- - , ,-- . under one's steam adv. phr. : The task was not easy at all but John finished that under his own steam. -- , . under the thumb adj. phr.: -- Under my thumb the sweetest girl in the world...-- -- ...-- - " " 1965 ( "Under My Thumb"). , , " ", , , , " ", , , , . under the hammer adv. , : Paul was pretty sad when they told him that his old bass guitar went under the hammer.-- ( , ) , , - . under the sun adj., adv. " ", , . under wraps adj., adv. , , " ", " ", .. -, : -- Guys say we got a new player but the coach keeps him under wraps until the game with the Hawks.-- , , "",-- . 259 until hell freezes over adv. phr. , " ", , ( "when the hell freezes over"). up against it adj. phr. informal , , , , , : -- We are up against it because Paul got a cold and lost his voice:-- ,-- ,-- ... , , , . up for grabs adj. phr. , : When the coach moved out of the city his place was up for grabs.-- , " " , . up front . : Finally he made it up front.-- . up front adj. , , : Talking to John Mick was completely up front about why she didn 'I want to see him any more.-- , , . up the creek/up the creek without a paddle adj. phr. informal , .. , : -- Now, Mike, if the car ran out of gas in the middle of this fucking desert, we and you especially, would be up the creek without paddle! - , , , , , , '-- , , , . uptight adj. , , -, , , - : -- Why are you so uptight about getting this position? -- ? up to par/up to scratch/up to the mark/up to snuff informal , , (. . , ): -- Your live was not up to par tonight. Are you stoned?-- ce : , , ,-- .-- Nicky is training for the fight but he is not up to scratch yet.-- , ,-- - .-- I got a cold and don't feel up to the mark.-- ,-- , . 260 use one's noodle use one's head/bean v., phr. , -- : -- Well, alright, situation is neat. We all gotta use our beans to find a way out.-- . , : . . use up v. 1. , (, , ):-- Don't use up this book only.-- , -- , , .-- Don't use up-the soap! -- He ! ! ! -- , .-- I used up all my money to see this live.-- , ,-- , ; 2. , , , : -- I am used up after today's match.-- ,-- . V vanity case . . vibes ( "vibrations") . , , , , , , : -- I don't think he is a right guy for your business, he gave me bad vibes.-- He , , . ,-- , , . voice box . , . voite down v. , : Parliament again voited this law down.-- . W wait on, wait upon v. , : Last summer John was waiting on some old ladies.-- - , () . 261 walk away with, walk off with v. , , : -- How he could walk off with a safe in daylight? -- ? walk out v. 1. : Company refused their demands and all the stuff walked out.-- , ; 2. ( ): -- John did not say anything. He just walked out.-- . , ",-- , , . walk the floor v. , -: That was the real problem and the comissar walked the floor trying to find the answer.-- , - . wallet n. , a "purse" -- " ". wanna "want to": -- I wanna do that myself.-- . warm up v. 1. (); 2. , : -- It took me two minutes to warm the audience up to me. -- -- ,-- ; 3. ( ), ("" ): -- 'kay, guys! Go ahead warming up! -- , ! ! -- . warm-up n. , . watch out v. 1. "look out" -- , : -- Watch out the dogs! -- ! -- , ; 2. , : -- Watch out for my bug! -- ! -- ( "":) water down v. , (), : -- Don't you think that our coach gotta water down his new course.-- , ?-- , , . wear off/away v. , ( ): Time and winds have worn off the stones of an old tower.-- . Time and water have worn off the stones ofan old tower.-- . 262 wear on v. 1. , : -- It wears on my nerves.-- ; 2. : The night wore on and John could not stay with his eyes open.-- , . ( . ? .) wear out v. 1. , ( , ) , : He's worn his jeans out and it can't be mended.-- , ; 2. , : Her crazy children wore her out.-- ; 3. : Wind and water, have worn out the hole in the rock.-- . wee folk , , -- , , . welcome, you are welcome , , : -- Excuse me. Is it right way to the Empire Building?-- s-,. ?-- I'm not sure, but I think it is.-- He , , , .-- Thank you.-- . -- You are welcome. -- . well-heeled adj. , : -- Well-heeled guys do shopping in this place, so there's no doubt...-- . ...-- , " ". wet behind the ears adj. , , : -- The new soldiers of the company are still wet behind the ears.-- -- ,-- . wet one's whistle v. , : -- Let's come in this fine cafe to wet our whistles.-- - . whale away v. (): -- Whale him away with both fits!-- !-- , . what's more , . what's up " ?", " ?", " ?": -- What's up! -- , . wheel and deal v. phr. : -- Our president is likely to lose by wheeling and dealing on the stock.-- , , . 263 when hell freezes over adj., phr. " ": -- You say she'll return this cash when the hell freezes over? -- , , , ? when the dew has fallen down adv. phr. " "; , . whoop it up v. phr. ( ): East Beach Tigers has won the match and then the team whooped it up.-- " " ; 2. ; for: -- First I wanted to get all the party to the country, but all guys whooped it up for the beach.-- , . wimp n. , "", " ". win out v. ( ). wipe out v. 1. (): John wiped out with an eraser what Jane had written on the copybook.-- , ; 1. ( , 74 16), , : The storm wiped out the village.-- . wipe out n. , , , : When Jane did her make-up and suddenly appeared at the party it was a total wipe-out.-- " ", , ! with a whole skin adj. phr. , : , : -- We are lucky, boss! The car went off the road and we seem to escape with a whole skin! -- , -- , ! , ! -- , "",-- , . within an inch of one's We. adv. : -, , "". , , : -- Yeah, Tim, I gotta say yah actually were within an inch of your life.-- . . . 264 working girl n. . worked up adj. , , : John was all worked up about exam.-- - . work off v. (), (): : -- . But I worked off the fat from my waist by doing exercises every morning.-- Ho , .-- When I'm nervous I work it off by doing something, cooking for instance.-- , ( ) - , ,-- . work out v. 1. , : -- You know, I really worked out tins problem all by myself.-- ,-- .-- ; 2. , , , : -- Hey look, I worked out a wonderful plan for our case.-- , , ,-- - ,-- ; 3. , , : -- It works! It really works out! -- ! , !-- , , , ( ); 4. , : : -- , , . So you should work out in the gym two or three hours every day.-- - . work over v. phr. , , : This guy was worked over after midnight.-- . work up v. , : -- I just can't work up any interest of my students to this dull book.-- .-- , , . write off v. 1. , , , : -- I pay for you now so you gotta write my debt off.-- . ,-- . -- Please don't write the team off only because we have too many young players.-- , , ,-- ""; 2. , : -- I had so many troubles with my car that finally I wrote it off and bought anew one. -- , . 265 write up v. , : -- Did you see how many newspapers are over here to write up the game! -- , , ! -- " "; 2. , : -- The lecture was pretty cool and I took notes of what the teacher said and wrote all up. -- ! -- .-- , , . X-mas ( Christmas). x-rated adj. , (, , ..): -- This is -rated movie.-- ,-- , , . x-rayting machine n. . xtc n. ecstasy, .. , . X.Y.Z. "Examine Your Zipper", " " ( , "" ). Y yah "you". yak-yak n. , : -- Jesus! I'm so tired of your stupidyak-yak.-- , ! yak v. : "stop yakking!-- !". 266 yakky adj. , , : -- Why are you, Sara, so yakky! -- , , ! -- . yeah (.) . yellow bellied adj. : -- I dunno if Crag's gonna join our team. He looks actually strong and good for defence line but I think he's a pretty yellow bellied guy.-- , ,-- , , - .-- , , , . , . you. yoo-hoo! ! "!" you are welcome . "welcome". you bet your sweet ass on it adv. phr. , " ", " , ": -- You better bet your sweet ass on pizza.-- , ,-- , : . you don't say , " !" " !": -- You have found this man? You don't say! -- ? ! -- , , , . you're telling me , " !" , : . . :-- We are late, commish-- , .-- : -- We are late! You are telling me! -- ! ! you said it you say that again " , " , : -- India... That was for sure very hot over there!-- , , ,-- .-- You said it.-- ,-- . you tell'em , () : -267 . .-- You tell'em! -- ! ! -- . yuck . . yacky adj. : -- Look at your hands, face and your shirt, yucky boy! -- , , ! yum-yum "-", , , "-", . u() (. ) "". Z ZZZZ xp-xp-xp-xp. , -, -. zero cool adj. ! , . zero hour n. , " " . , : " ". , , , . , . zero in on v: 1. ( ): Every one stood still. Comissar's gun was zeroed in on the guy with a knife.-- . ; 2. ( , ): -- O'kciy, boys! Let's zero in on our tomorrow match!-- 0', ! - ! zip(zippo) . , , . zip it v. "shut up", , , : -- Hey, man! What are you talking 'bout! Just zip it! -- , , , ? ! zip one's lip v. phr. , button one's lip, .. , , . zod . , . zone defence defence zone n. , . zonk out v. phr. 1. ( ): -- Jane, can I talk to Mick? -- Johnny, call back tomorrow please. He zonked out-- , ? -- , , . . ; 2. ( ): Mick was perfectly drunk and zonked out immediatly.-- , . happy end MOKE