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• step out of line
  нарушать дисциплину, порядок; шалить, плохо себя вести

  My aunt's children often step out of line, and it makes her very angry.
• step right up
  продвигаться вперёд по направлению к кому-либо \ чему-либо

  The booking-clerk told me to step right up when I was waiting for my turn to pay for my ticket.
• step up
  получить повышение (по службе)

  Mr. Jackson stepped up to the position of editor-in-chief after the old editor had retired.
• step up (something)
  усиливать что-либо, ускорять

  Production in that particular industry could be greatly stepped up with more effective methods.
• step-by-step
  постепенно, шаг за шагом

  I learnt how to drive a car step-by-step.
• stick (someone) with (something)
  оставить кому-либо исполнять неприятное задание

  My older sister tried to stick me with cleaning all the windows in the house.
• stick (something) out
  терпеливо переносить что-либо

  Though Martha didn't like her job she decided to stick it out until she found something better.
• stick (something) up
  приклеить, прикрепить что-либо

  Linda stuck a stamp up on the envelope.
• stick around
  находиться поблизости

  My mother asked me to stick around in case she needed my help.
• stick by/with (someone or something)
  поддерживать кого-либо \ что-либо

  "I'll always stick by you no matter how many problems you may have."
• stick to a story/the facts
  придерживаться повествования или фактов

  The police didn't believe Nick's story because he didn't stick to the facts.
• stick together
  держаться вместе

  The teacher told the children to stick together when they went to the museum.
• stick up (someone or something)
  ограбить (с применением оружия)

  The robber had a knife and he tried to stick me up.
• stick up for (someone or something)
  защищать кого-либо \ что-либо, поддерживать

  "I am very grateful to you for having stuck up for me."
• stick with (something)
  продолжать что-либо, не прекращать

  I think I'll stick with my French lessons.
• stick-in-the-mud
  отсталый, не современный человек

  My Grandfather is an old stick-in-the-mud.
• stink to high heaven
  очень плохо пахнуть, вонять

  The meat must have gone bad; it is stinking to high heaven.
• stir (someone or something) up
  расшевелить кого-либо \ что-либо, разозлить

  Maida's strange story stirred up my curiosity.
• stock up on (something)
  запастись чем-либо

  They stocked up on wood before making a camp fire.
• stone's throw away from (something)
  очень близко от чего-либо

  The post-office is a stone's throw away from the place of my work.
• stoop to (doing something)
  снизойти до чего-либо

  I will never stoop to gossiping about other people's private affairs.
• stop at nothing
  ни перед чем не останавливаться

  My friend is a very stubborn person; she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
• stop by (somewhere)
  остановиться где-либо

  I am going to stop by my parents' house on my way home.
• stop dead
  резко остановиться

  On seeing me Pam stopped dead.
• stop in one's tracks
  внезапно остановиться, "встать как вкопанный"

  Having turned the corner Ron stopped in its tracks; he must have seen something unusual.
• stop off (somewhere)
  сделать остановку где-либо (на непродолжительное время)

  I had run out of sugar and milk, so I decided to stop off at the supermarket and do the shopping.
• stop over (somewhere)
  остановиться в пути, сделать остановку

  My friend met me at the airport at 10 p.m., so we decided to stop over in New-York and go on our way in the morning.
• stop short of (doing something)
  перестать, прекратить делать что-либо

  I stopped short of telling my brother to clear the mess in his den.
• stop, look, and listen
  быть осторожным при переходе через дорогу

  It is necessary to teach children to stop, look, and listen when they cross the road.
• stop-and-go
  двигаться с интервалами

  The traffic was stop-and-go during the evening rush hour.
• storm is brewing
  грядут неприятности, назревает буря

  I have lost my sister's disks and I am sure a storm is brewing.
• straight out
  прямо, без обиняков

  I told Gina straight out that her essay was not very good.
• straighten (something) up
  привести что-либо в порядок

  For a few minutes Wanda pottered about the room, straightening things up.
• straighten out (someone or something)
  улучшать (положение), разрешать (задачу)

  Paul did his best to straighten out a very nasty situation.
• stranger to (someone or something or somewhere)
  человек, не знакомый кому-либо; не знающий чего-либо

  I opened the door and saw a man; he was a stranger to me. I didn't know him from Adam.