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all in one piece целым и невредимымAs we packed all the breakable things carefully, we hoped that they would arrive all in one piece.
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all rolled up in one совмещать (два или более в одном)Julian Manners is a p.e. teacher and a football coach all rolled up in one.
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all-in-one всё вместеMy record player has a recording and playing function all-in-one.
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as busy as a one-armed paperhanger очень занятый"Don't call on me today. Now I am as busy as a one-armed paperhanger."
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as one все как одинThe audience stood up as one and began to applaud the actors.
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at first вначале, с началаAt first Ron wanted to go on a river trip with us, but then he changed his mind.
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at one time одно времяAt one time Jim had to combine work and studies at a community college.
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at one with (someone) разделять одни и те же взгляды с кем-либоSam was at one with his wife on everything but money.
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at sixes and sevens приводить в недоумение, озадачить, поставить в тупикThe students were at sixes and sevens when they looked at the timetable for the new semester.
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at the eleventh hour в самый последний моментAunt Maria was in a great hurry, and she remembered to lock the door at the eleventh hour.
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back to square one вернуться к началу чего-либоKelly was back to square one in her desire to renew her project.
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bat a thousand быть очень успешнымJeremy has been batting a thousand in his attempts to earn much money.
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by the dozen дюжиной, числом 12Sheila counted the chicks by the dozen.
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by the dozens (покупать) дюжину = 12 штукIn English shops eggs are sold by the dozens.
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cast the first stone бросить первый камень, первым обвинить кого-либо"I know you did the wrong thing, but I don't want to cast the first stone and quarrel with you."
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catch forty winks немного поспатьWanda was very tired after her work in the garden, and she decided to catch forty winks.
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cut both/two ways поддерживать обе стороны в споре, "и нашим, и вашим"I don't think much of your argument as it cuts both ways.
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deep-six (someone or something) выбросить что-либо, избавиться от кого-либо \ чего-либоI am going to deep-six all my exercise books at the end of the school year.
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divide (something) fifty-fifty разделить что-либо пополамNancy bought a nice cake and divided it fifty-fifty between the two of us.
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do (someone) one better делать лучше, чем кто-либо, превосходить кого-либоAt the exam Marion did Emily one better and got better scores than her friend.
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do a number on (someone or something) повредить что-либо, обидеть кого-либо"I am sorry; I didn't mean to do a number on you."
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dressed to the nines элегантно одетыйVivian is always dressed to the nines.
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eleventh-hour decision решение, принятое в последний моментEventually Miranda made an eleventh-hour decision to accept their proposal.
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every once in a while время от времени, изредкаI am not a very good chess player; I play chess every once in a while.
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for one thing прежде всего, для началаI didn't care much for his speech: for one thing, the subject was not interesting, for another thing, his delivery was bad.
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forty winks короткий сон в дневное времяIf Ron, a truck driver, feels sleepy, he usually stops by the side of the road to catch forty winks.
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get (someone's) number составить мнение о ком-либо, "раскусить человека"Santana and Kim got their new roommate's number pretty soon.
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get the third degree быть допрошенным с пристрастиемThe student got the third degree after he had missed a lot of classes.
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give (someone) the third degree допросить кого-либо с пристрастиемThe detective gave the suspect the third degree.
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Give me five! Поздравь меня!" (эти слова обычно сопровождаются ударом ладони о чью-либо ладонь)"Give me five!" Allan said when he won in his first baseball game.
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give three cheers for (someone) хвалить кого-либо, прокричать троекратное 'ура' в честь кого-либоThe football fans gave three cheers for their favorite team after they won the match.
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go fifty-fifty (on something) делить что-либо поровнуMy friend and I decided to go fifty-fifty on a new computer.
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have (someone's) number знать, иметь чей-либо номер телефона"Do you have Mike's number?" - "No, but I'll get it for you."
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have one too many выпить слишком много (спиртного), перебрать"I am afraid you have had one too many, so let me see you home."
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hole in one попасть с первого удараLionel is a skilled golfer, and he got a hole in one during his first round.