, , , ,
-: -- 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.--
, .
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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 . , , , , ,
, .
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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... - ,--
,-- , " "()
. - , , " --
. . .
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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.--
,-- ,
.
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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. " ", ( ),
,
.
,
. " " ,
.
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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.-- , ,
"",--
.
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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.-- ,--
, .
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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.-- - ,
() .
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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.--
.
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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.-- ,
, .
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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.-- . .
.
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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. --
,
.
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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!-- !".
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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