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• sweetie pie
  милый, любимый

  "Stay away from me! I am not your sweetie pie."
• swift and sure
  быстрый и верный

  The swift and sure way of getting a job is to submit your resume.
• swim against the tide/current
  действовать, преодолевая сопротивление; "плыть против течения"

  I had to swim against the tide as there was a lot of opposition to my project.
• swing (something)
  смочь сделать что-либо

  I am not sure if I will be able to swing throwing a party.
• swing into action
  начать действовать

  My parents were about to come home, so I swung into action and started to clean the room.
• switched on
  быть на самом современном уровне (относительно идей, моды, увлечений)

  My boy friend is switched on modern music.
• table a motion
  отложить обсуждение чего-либо (во время собрания)

  They decided to table a motion to discuss the security issue at another meeting.
• tag along with (someone)
  плестись за кем-либо

  I saw two little kids tagging along with their mother.
• take (someone or something) on
  предпринимать что-либо, иметь дело с кем-либо

  I don't feel like taking on any more work at the moment; I am too busy as it is.
• take (someone or something) wrong
  неправильно понять кого-либо \ что-либо

  William must have taken me wrong for he looked offended.
• take (someone or somewhere) by storm
  стать популярным, заслужить популярность у кого-либо

  The new performance of the Drama Theater took the spectators by storm.
• take (someone's) part
  встать на чью-либо сторону (в споре)

  My mother always takes my husband's part when we have a quarrel.
• take (someone) at his or her word
  поймать кого-либо на слове

  Mary told Ted to make himself at home; he took her at her word and spent most of his time in her sitting-room.
• take (someone) by surprise
  застать врасплох, сильно удивить кого-либо

  The sudden departure of Fiona took her relatives by surprise.
• take (someone) down a notch/peg or two
  осадить кого-либо, сбить спесь

  Rita started to put on airs, and David decided to take her down a peg or two.
• take (someone) for (someone or something)
  принять кого-либо (по ошибке) за кого-либо другого или за что-либо

  "I beg your pardon. I have taken you for a friend of mine."
• take (someone) for a ride
  поднять на смех или дурачить кого-либо

  I am afraid that Hillary has been taking me for a ride; she likes playing tricks on people.
• take (someone) for an idiot/fool
  принимать кого-либо за идиота, за дурака

  "Am I supposed to believe all that crap? Do you take me for a fool?"
• take (someone) for granted
  принимать кого-либо как само собой разумеющееся

  Juliann was a stranger to the children, but he was their father and they took him for granted.
• take (someone) hostage
  взять кого-либо в заложники

  The hijackers took the passengers of the jet hostage and demanded one million dollars as a ransom.
• take (someone) into one's confidence
  поверять кому-либо свои секреты

  I usually take my best friend into my confidence when I have problems.
• take (someone) to task
  упрекать кого-либо, делать выговор

  Mrs. Shelby took her husband to task for his cruel conduct to his cousin Jeffrey.
• take (someone) to the cleaners
  обмануть кого-либо

  The other day George went to the casino and they took him to the cleaners.
• take (someone) up on (something)
  ухватиться за чьё-либо предложение сделать что-либо

  Jami took me up on my suggestion to go on a picnic on the weekend.
• take (something)
  переносить, терпеть что-либо

  I can't take my cousin's constant unreasonable arguments.
• take (something) by storm
  взять что-либо штурмом

  It was a very bold attack; the soldiers took the terrorists' hiding-place by storm.
• take (something) for granted
  принимать что-либо как само собой разумеющееся

  Tim took it for granted that Gina was doing very well and he was relieved of further worry.
• take (something) in stride
  относиться спокойно к чему-либо

  Willoughby took the praise in his stride.
• take (something) into account
  принимать что-либо во внимание

  While choosing a career you should take your inclination and your character into account.
• take (something) lying down
  безропотно сносить что-либо

  Jeremy never takes unpleasant things lying down; he always fights back.
• take (something) on faith
  принять что-либо на веру

  Tobias is not a very trustful person; he never takes anything on faith.
• take (something) out on (someone or something)
  выместить что-либо (гнев, страх) на ком-либо \ чём-либо

  Hob came home angry at losing his job and took it out on his wife.
• take (something) personally
  принять что-либо на свой счёт

  I criticized the work of our department, and my boss took it personally.
• take (something) the wrong way
  неправильно истолковать что-либо

  The man in the bar took my remarks the wrong way and became a little annoyed.
• take (something) to one's grave
  унести что-либо (тайну) с собой в могилу

  "It is not as if you would take all your money to your grave."