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• eat one's words
  взять свои слова назад

  "I must admit I am wrong, so I will have to eat my words."
• eat out
  поесть в ресторане

  My boy friend invited me to eat out tonight.
• eat out of (someone's) hand
  беспрекословно слушаться кого-либо

  "I am not going to eat out of your hand and to do everything what you want me to."
• eat out of (someone's) hands
  безоговорочно подчиняться кому-либо, "плясать под чью-либо дудку"

  Jack is a very proud man. I don't think he is capable of eating out of anybody's hand.
• eating someone
  беспокоить, волновать кого-либо

  I saw that something was eating my friend and I asked her what it was.
• ebb and flow
  взлёт и падение

  The ebb and flow in the profession of an artist is quite a common thing.
• ECG
  Electrocardiogram - электрокардиограмма (ЭКГ)

  The doctor advised me to take an ECG test as soon as possible.
• edge (someone) out
  вытеснить, оттеснить кого-либо и получить работу

  Pat easily edged out the other applicants and got the job of a company secretary.
• egg (someone) on
  подстрекать, подбивать

  It was Samantha who egged him on to write that letter.
• either feast or famine
  то пиршество, то голод; "разом густо, разом пусто"

  Tamara got used to 'either feast or famine' style of life; for her it is feast today and fast tomorrow.
• eke out (a living)
  кое-как сводить концы с концами, с трудом зарабатывать себе на жизнь

  Linda Brown has no college education so she has to eke out a living as a cleaning woman.
• elbow (someone) out of (something)
  вытолкнуть кого-либо из чего-либо, прокладывать себе путь локтями

  Janet got promotion by elbowing many of her colleagues out of the way.
• elbow (someone) out of (somewhere)
  вытолкать, оттолкнуть

  The young man was evidently in a hurry; he elbowed people out of his way.
• elbow grease
  тяжёлая работа (физическая)

  I used a lot of elbow grease to clean the whole house, from top to bottom.
• elbow room
  достаточно места, пространства

  Their house is getting overcrowded; there is not enough elbow room in it.
• eleventh-hour decision
  решение, принятое в последний момент

  Eventually Miranda made an eleventh-hour decision to accept their proposal.
• end in itself
  цель сама по себе

  For Bob painting is an end in itself, and he never shows his pictures to anybody.
• end of one's rope
  не доставать способности, не хватать воображения

  I am at the end of my rope every time I come across some difficulty I can't cope with.
• end up (doing something or going somewhere)
  оканчиваться, кончить тем, что …

  The chances are that we will end up by being friendly with them.
• end up (somewhere)
  заканчиваться (где-либо, в каком-то месте)

  They intended to go to the seaside but ended up at a small village in the mountains.
• engage in small talk
  говорить о незначительных вещах, "светская болтовня"

  The discussion didn't start yet, and those present engaged in small talk.
• enough to go around
  достаточно чего-либо для всех

  I was afraid there wouldn't be enough beer to go round so I decided to buy some more.
• enter (someone's) mind
  придти в голову

  "I say Peter, it never entered your mind to apologize for what you have done, did it?"
• equal to (something)
  быть способным справиться с чем-либо, подходить для чего-либо

  I don't think Nelly is equal to the task of teaching small children.
• ER
  Emergency Room - реанимация

  ER is the place in a hospital where doctors deal with emergency cases.
• escape (someone's) notice
  ускользать от внимания

  Helen was more than absent-minded today, and it didn't escape my notice.
• ESL
  English as a Second Language - английский как иностранный (как второй язык)

  ESL is taught almost in every country of the world because English is rightly considered to be an international language.
• ESP
  Extrasensory Perception - экстрасенсорное восприятие

  We read a story of a ten-year-old girl who had the ability of ESP.
• ETA
  Estimated Time of Arrival - расчётное время прибытия

  Though the ETA was six p.m. we didn't arrive as expected because our flight was delayed.
• even so
  всё-таки, всё равно, тем не менее

  As a rule Marion gets up early even so she is often late for work.
• even-steven
  быть в расчёте, сравнять счёт (в спорте)

  Give me $10 and we'll be even-steven.
• every cloud has a silver lining
  нет худа без добра

  I lost my job and divorced my husband, but every cloud has a silver lining and something good is sure to come my way.
• every dog has his day
  всему своё время

  Celia will be able to travel alone when she grows up. Every dog has his day.
• every inch a (something)
  (быть) полностью чем-либо, "каждой клеточкой"

  Dana was every inch an actress and loved to take part in all kinds of performances.
• every last one
  каждый из, каждый последний из

  Every last one of the children got a present at Christmas.