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• tax-and-spend
  облагать налогом (что-либо приобретаемое в собственность)

  The tax-and-spend attitude is convenient for the government but many people do not like it.
• team up with (someone)
  присоединяться к кому-либо

  Many children teamed up with us to play games in the playground.
• tear down (someone)
  говорить плохо о ком-либо, критиковать

  The speaker tore down one of the city authorities for his poor job performance.
• tear down (something)
  разрушать что-либо, сносить

  Across the river I saw the walls of old houses that were being torn down.
• tear into (someone or something)
  ругать, набрасываться на кого-либо \ что-либо

  The woman tore into her husband for having bought an expensive car.
• tear off
  поспешно уйти или убежать

  I was eager to show my friend my purchases, but she suddenly tore off.
• tear up (someone)
  причинять много горя

  The boy isn't doing well at school, and it is tearing up his mother.
• tear up (something)
  разорвать на клочки, изодрать что-либо

  Cathy tore up the letter, went to the fireplace and threw the pieces into the fire.
• tell (someone) a thing or two
  сказать кому-либо кое-что (неприятное)

  My cousin took my laptop without my permission and I am going to tell her a thing or two.
• tell (someone) off
  бранить, отчитать, распекать кого-либо

  I had meant to tell Anna off, but she didn't turn up that day.
• tell (someone) where to get off
  ругать кого-либо, пробирать

  Rick was playing loud music late at night and I told him where to get off.
• tell apart (two things or people)
  отличать (одно от другого)

  The puppies look so much alike; it's difficult to tell them apart.
• tell it like it is
  говорить как есть, говорить правду

  I decided to be honest with my friend concerning our relationship and tell it like it is.
• tell it to the marines/Sweeney
  чепуха, ври больше! Расскажи это своей бабушке!

  I didn't believe Emma's crazy story about her love affair and I told her to tell it to the marines.
• tell on (someone)
  рассказать о чьём-либо проступке

  Marcia told on her younger brother for having eaten all of the ice-cream.
• tell time
  сказать сколько времени на часах (говорится обыкновенно о детях)

  "Can you little daughter tell time yet?"
• tempest in a teapot
  волнение из-за пустяков, "буря в стакане воды"

  "Your difficulty is just a tempest in a teapot, and I am sure it will dissolve in a few days."
• ten-four
  вас понял

  I called my friend to tell him that I would be waiting for him outside the movie theater and he said, "Ten-four."
• tenterhooks
  мучиться неизвестностью, ожидать или опасаться чего-либо (неприятного)

  I was on tenterhooks lest Tim should tell my parents about my problems at school.
• thank one's lucky stars
  благодарить судьбу, благодарить свою счастливую звезду

  John thanked his lucky stars that he had escaped with minor injuries.
• thankful for small blessings
  быть благодарным (даже) за малое благодеяние

  I am thankful for small blessings when it concerns my family's peaceful and healthy life.
• thanks to (someone or something)
  благодаря кому-либо \ чему-либо

  Thanks to his talent as a painter he soon became quite popular.
• that will be the day
  то, что, вероятно, никогда не произойдёт

  "That will be the day when you marry a prince."
• That's all she wrote.
  вот и всё

  "I've told you everything I wanted to. 'That's all she wrote'," I said when I finished my story.
• then and there
  тотчас же, на месте

  I told Emma then and there what I thought of her nasty character.
• thick
  тупой, неразумный

  Blondes are considered to be pretty thick.
• think (someone or something) fit for (something)
  считать кого-либо \ что-либо подходящим для чего-либо

  I don't think Sally to be fit for the work of a teacher; she is too impatient.
• think a lot/great deal/highly/much of (someone or something)
  быть высокого мнения о ком-либо, ценить что-либо

  I don't think much of this pop singer.
• think back on (someone or something)
  вспоминать о ком-либо \ чём-либо

  When Gina thinks back on her married life, she remembers how unhappy she was.
• think better of (doing something)
  передумать, изменить своё решение

  Mark was about to tell Edna about his feelings; then he thought better of doing it.
• think inside the box
  мыслить традиционно

  Most people think inside the box and only a few are able to have new ideas.
• think little of (someone or something)
  быть неважного мнения о ком-либо \ чём-либо

  Personally I think very little of his acting.
• think nothing of (something)
  считать пустяком, не придавать значения

  George is a reckless driver; he thinks nothing of driving eighty miles an hour.
• think out (something)
  продумать что-либо до конца

  I carefully thought out what I was going to say to my boss.
• think out loud
  размышлять вслух

  When I am alone, I often think out loud.