Идиомы английского языка на букву "z"
zero hour
- решительный час, час принятия решения, начало действия
Example:
On the day of the examination, as the zero hour was approaching, I grew more and more restless.
zero hour
- час начала атаки
Example:
Zero hour for the bombers to take off was the early hours of the morning.
zero in on
- сосредоточиться
Example:
We decided to zero in on grammar first.
zero in on
- прицелиться, нацелить
Example:
Big guns were zeroed in on the enemy fort.
zero-sum game
- выигрышно-проигрышная ситуация при которой, если выигрывает один, то неизменно проигрывает другой
Example:
It was a zero-sum game between the salesperson and the customer, and we couldn’t tell who would win and who would lose.
zonk out
- быстро заснуть, “вырубиться”
Example:
I couldn’t get a coherent word out of Stan as he had zonked out.
zoom in on (someone or something)
- электронное увеличение изображения во время фотографирования
Example:
The photographer zoomed in on the butterfly which was sitting on a flower.
