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• favorite son
  политический деятель, пользующийся известностью лишь в пределах своего штата

  Bill Kraft is a favorite son of our state that's why we voted for him.
• FBI
  Federal Bureau of Investigation - ФБР (Федеральное бюро расследования)

  The FBI mostly deals with serious cases like kidnapping for example.
• feast one's eyes on (someone or something)
  любоваться кем-либо \ чем-либо, наслаждаться зрелищем

  Sitting on a bench in the park, he feasted his eyes on the fresh green leaves.
• feather in one's cap
  то, чем можно гордиться; предмет гордости, достижение

  He thinks it will be a feather in his cap to cure a difficult cardiac case.
• feather one's nest
  разбогатеть, поживиться за чей-либо счёт, "нагреть руки"

  Paul, her only brother, was eager to feather his own nest at the expense of his sister and her family.
• fed up with (someone or something)
  надоесть, опротиветь

  "I am fed up with your laziness and carelessness."
• fee simple
  полновластное владение недвижимостью; поместье, наследуемое без ограничений

  The estate was held fee simple, that is, with the right to pass it to any heir.
• feed (someone) a line
  обманывать, "вешать лапшу на уши"

  "Stop feeding me a line; I don't believe a word you are saying."
• feed one's face
  есть, обедать

  They decided to stop at a small cafe to feed their faces.
• feed the kitty
  жертвовать (деньги)

  We are going to feed the kitty to collect money for the new workshop.
• feel (something) in one's bones
  интуитивно чувствовать что-либо

  Jacob felt it in his bones that he was not going to get the job that he wanted.
• feel at home
  чувствовать себя как дома

  "Come on in. Sit down and feel at home."
• feel blue
  грустить, печалиться

  When Mary goes away, Tarry feels blue. He's lonely and sad.
  Когда Мэри уходит, Терри грустит. Ему одиноко и печально.
• feel dragged out
  чувствовать себя очень уставшим, измотанным

  After hard work in the garden I always feel dragged out.
• feel fit
  чувствовать себя бодрым и здоровым

  I didn't feel fit so I declined their invitation to go to a disco.
• feel free to do (something)
  получить разрешение делать что-либо

  Here is my album; feel free to take any photos you like.
• feel it beneath oneself to do (something)
  чувствовать ниже своего достоинства делать что-либо

  Ben is not a decent guy, and I feel it beneath myself to talk with him.
• feel like a million dollars
  прекрасно себя чувствовать

  Eliza was happy; she felt like a million dollars.
• feel like a new person
  чувствовать себя отдохнувшим и обновлённым

  After a few hours of sleep I felt like a new person.
• feel like doing (something)
  быть склонным, быть расположенным делать что-либо

  "I do not feel like discussing my problems with you."
• feel like going (somewhere)
  быть не прочь, хотеть пойти куда-либо

  "Do you feel like going anywhere tonight?"
• feel like having (something)
  быть в настроении, хотеть иметь что-либо

  I did not feel like having coffee so I had two cups of tea.
• feel on top of the world
  прекрасно себя чувствовать

  I felt on top of the world when I passed my driving test.
• feel out (someone)
  осторожно выведать, выяснить, что человек думает

  I want you to feel out Mr. Fowler and find out what he thinks about selling his piece of land.
• feel out of place
  чувствовать себя не на месте

  Jeremy didn't know any of the guests and he felt out of place.
• feel put upon
  чувствовать себя обиженным; чувствовать себя неуютно

  Mary couldn't help feeling put upon when her husband's friends visited.
• feel sorry for (someone)
  жалеть кого-либо

  Tim felt sorry for his friend who had recently divorced his wife.
• feel the pinch
  быть в стеснённом положении из-за нехватки денег

  Marion was beginning to feel the pinch since her father's death.
• feel up to (do something)
  чувствовать себя достаточно здоровым и отдохнувшим, чтобы делать что-либо

  Hillary didn't feel up to attending the health club that day.
• feet of clay
  скрытый недостаток или слабость

  Paul Copperfield has feet of clay and may not last very long in his new position of a manager.
• fence (someone) in
  оградить кого-либо, ограничить свободу

  I don't like this house; it's too small and I always feel fenced in it.
• ferret (information or something) out of (someone)
  выведать что-либо у кого-либо

  Tina used Willy to ferret the boys' secret hiding place in the woods out of him.
• few and far between
  отделённые большим промежутком времени или пространства

  The distance was vast; small houses were few and far between.
• fiddle around
  возиться, неумело чинить

  Sue tried fiddling around with the washing machine but it still would not work.
• fiddle while Rome burns
  ничего не предпринимать во время катастрофы

  The situation in the firm became deplorable, but they seemed to be fiddling while Rome burned.