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• to bundle up
  закутаться, тепло одеться

  There is no need for you to bundle up; it's quite warm outside.
• to date
  вплоть до настоящего времени, пока что

  The police have not found the criminal to date.
• to ground (someone)
  мучить (чрезмерной требовательностью)

  Teenagers are often grounded by their parents and teachers.
• to hand it to (someone)
  отдать должное, похвалить кого-либо

  We have to hand it to our teacher for being patient and understanding.
• to hand out (something)
  раздавать что-либо

  On the Eve of Christmas they handed out food to the poor.
• to harp on (something)
  надоедливо толковать об одном и том же, "завести волынку"

  Alice bores me stiff; she is always harping on her problems.
• to head up
  возглавлять

  Dr. Jellyfish is going to head up the Committee for Environmental Protection.
• to heel
  подчиняться (дисциплине), контролировать

  When John was sixteen, he thought he could do as he pleased, but his father cut off his allowance, and he soon came to heel.
• to hell and gone
  очень запущенная ситуация, хуже некуда

  My state of affairs was already to hell and gone when my friend offered his help.
• to hem and haw
  увиливать от ответа; быть уклончивым

  Len hemmed and hawed when I asked him if he would take part in the outing.
• to hook up (something)
  подключить что-либо

  "Could you possibly hook up my computer; I don't think I can do it myself."
• to hope against hope
  всё ещё надеяться; надеяться, не смотря ни на что

  The firefighters hoped against hope that they would be able to rescue the people in the house.
• to horn in on (someone)
  навязаться на кого-либо, прийти без приглашения

  Tim was not welcome to our party; he just horned in on us.
• to horse around
  шуметь, возиться

  The children were horsing around in the back yard.
• to horse trade
  вести трудные переговоры

  They had to horse trade, but they were finally able to make a business agreement.
• to hunger for (something)
  жаждать чего-либо

  Colin is obsessed with speedy cars and he hungers for participation in a car race.
• to hush up
  замалчивать, скрывать

  All this quarreling should immediately be hushed up.
• to jazz up (something)
  оживлять что-либо

  We decided to jazz up the campus before the homecoming ball.
• to kick off (something)
  начинать что-либо, запускать

  The new project was kicked off that day.
• to lay over
  прервать путешествие

  They had to lay over in Moscow for a few hours before going to Warsaw.
• to matter
  иметь значение

  It does not matter if he wins in a swimming competition or not.
• to mean (something) to (someone)
  значить что-либо для кого-либо

  Being able to socialize with her friends means a lot to Flora Brown.
• to mean business
  быть серьёзно готовым к действию, быть настроенным на работу

  Mr. Josef Parker meant business when he said that he was going to take over the management of the company.
• to mean for (someone) to (do something)
  предполагать, рассчитывать, что кто-либо будет делать что-либо

  Della meant for me to arrange a get together party and not anybody else.
• to mean nothing to (someone)
  не иметь никакого значения для кого-либо

  Ben is very frivolous, and to break his promise means nothing to him.
• to mean to (do something)
  намереваться делать что-либо

  "I meant to have shown you the attractions of the town; I am sorry I couldn't do it."
• to mix it up
  спорить или драться

  In the park I saw two groups of young men who were mixing it up.
• to mix up (something)
  перепутать что-либо, ошибиться

  I made a mistake the other day; I mixed up the dates of my father's arrival.
• to nose down
  снижаться (носом вниз – о самолёте)

  The pilot began to nose down the helicopter as soon as he saw the bright lights of the airport.
• to one's name
  (иметь) что-либо в собственности, "иметь за душой"

  Edna had only one dress to her name.
• to order
  (сделано) на заказ

  A very stout person often has his clothes made to order.
• to pieces
  (разбить, развалиться) на куски

  While washing the dishes I dropped a cup and it broke to pieces.
• to put it mildly
  мягко говоря

  After what they did for Steve, his behavior toward them, to put it mildly, was rather strange.
• to say nothing of (someone or something)
  не говоря уж о ком-либо \ чём-либо

  To go hiking they took some provision and drinking water to say nothing of the sleeping bags.
• to say the least
  мягко выражаясь, без всякого преувеличения, по меньшей мере

  It was not a very good party to say the least.