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• snap at (someone)
  огрызаться на кого-либо, говорить резко или сердито

  I asked my sister to make some coffee. "I am not your slave," she snapped at me.
• snap out of (something)
  возвратиться в нормальное состояние, выйти из чего-либо (депрессии)

  He had been in a black mood all morning, and I waited for him to snap out of it.
• sniff out (someone or something)
  почуять, обнаружить кого-либо \ что-либо

  The cat sniffed out a mouse in the barn.
• snow (someone) under
  быть заваленным, загруженным, обременённым

  Jeff has been snowed under with correspondence since his secretary was taken ill.
• snow job
  неискреннее отношение, преднамеренная лесть

  Martha's speech before the shareholders was a snow job.
• so far
  пока что

  Jill has been traveling around Europe; she has visited four countries so far.
• so far, so good
  пока все хорошо

  "How is your married life?" I asked Hilda. "So far, so good," she replied.
• so help me
  я клянусь, я обещаю

  "So help me, if you do not return my textbook, I'll never let you borrow anything from me."
• so long
  пока (прощание)

  "So long, I hope to see you again soon."
• so mad that one could scream
  безумно злой

  Linda got so mad that she could scream when the secretary had made a lot of mistakes in the document.
• so much
  столько-то, (так) много

  Jordan had so much to think about.
• so much for (someone or something)
  довольно (говорить) о ком-либо \чём-либо

  "So much for that; you are not going to come here again!"
• so much the better
  тем лучше

  "So much the better. If extra money is given, we will be able to complete the construction of the bridge sooner."
• so quiet you can hear a pin drop
  очень тихо; слышно, как муха пролетит

  I think I dropped a brick for it suddenly became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.
• so soon
  так скоро, так быстро

  I did not expect my parents to return so soon from their visit to our relatives.
• so still you can hear a pin drop
  очень тихо; слышно, как муха пролетит

  The students were writing a test, and it was so still in the classroom you could hear a pin drop.
• so to speak
  так сказать

  Greg was not a bad guy, so to speak, although few people liked him.
• so-and-so
  такой-то, такой сякой (о человеке, который вам не нравиться)

  Nobody likes that so-and-so. He has a really unpleasant personality.
• so-so
  так себе, "серединка на половинку"

  "How is the patient today, doctor?" - "So-so," the latter responded.
• soak (something) up
  впитывать, всасывать что-либо

  "Get some blotting-paper to soak up the ink."
• sob story
  печальная история

  Pauline told me a sob story about her family problems.
• sock (something) away
  убирать, прятать что-либо в укромное место

  I have decided to sock my clothes away for the time when my daughter's kids can wear them.
• sock it to (someone)
  дать тумака, побить кого-либо

  Brown socked it to his neighbor for having damaged part of his property.
• soft spot for (someone or something)
  чувство привязанности, симпатии к кому-либо \ чему-либо

  I have a soft spot for my elderly neighbor.
• soil one's diapers
  пачкать пелёнки

  Marion's baby soils its diapers almost every hour.
• sold out
  быть распроданным

  We came to the cinema a bit late; all the tickets were sold out.
• solid as a rock
  стабильный, заслуживающий доверия, "твёрдый как скала"

  The City bank is said to be as solid as a rock.
• somebody up there loves/hates me
  кто-то на небе благоволит ко мне или ненавидит меня

  "Somebody up there hates me," he said, "I have been out of luck lately."
• something about (someone or something)
  что-то (странное, особенное, любопытное) о ком-либо \ чём-либо

  There is something about the man's offer; it sounds very bizarre.
• something else
  что-то невероятное

  The circus performance was something else. It was the best show that I have ever seen.
• something else again
  что-то совсем другое

  Staying at home all day is OK, but staying at home when my siblings go to a movie is something else again.
• something of the sort
  что-то в этом роде

  I know that Bob is keen on car races or something of the sort.
• something or other
  что-то, что-то такое

  My father said something or other about his new job but I didn't quite get it.
• something's up
  что-то происходит

  I do not know what is going on in the neighbor's apartment, but I am sure that something's up.
• something/words to that effect
  что-то в этом роде

  The shopkeeper said that dogs were not allowed into the shop or something to that effect.