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  • dawn on (someone)
    приходить в голову, доходить до сознания
    It suddenly dawned on me that I had forgotten to tell them about my schedule for the next week.
  • day after day
    каждый день, день за днём
    Day after day Sally has to do the same work.
  • day and night
    всё время, день и ночь
    The woman was thinking about her missing child day and night.
  • day in and day out
    регулярно
    Mrs. Naugh is fond of growing roses, and she works in her little garden day in and day out.
  • day-to-day
    ежедневно
    The woman didn't have to work on the day-to-day basis.
  • daylight robbery
    грабёж среди бела дня
    The amount of money I have to pay for my apartment is daylight robbery.
  • days running
    несколько дней подряд
    The circus came to the town and they gave performances for ten days running.
  • dead ahead
    прямо перед чем-либо, впереди
    There was a large stone dead ahead on the path so I had to stop abruptly.
  • dead as a doornail
    бездыханный, без признаков жизни
    She was as dead as a doornail, poor girl, and as cold as a church.
  • dead center
    прямо посредине
    The man was a good shot and he easily hit the target dead center.
  • dead end
    тупик, безвыходное положение
    The negotiations between the ruling party and the opposition came to a dead end.
  • dead in one's/its tracks
    остановиться прямо перед кем-либо/ чем-либо, встать на пути
    On seeing a dead animal on the path near his house Robert stopped dead in his tracks.
  • dead letter
    корреспонденция без адреса
    There is no address on the letter that's why I can't return it; it's a dead letter.
  • dead loss
    чистый убыток, полная потеря
    The money that Jeffrey had invested into a Canadian company was a dead loss.
  • dead set against (something)
    быть решительно настроенным против чего-либо
    Mary-Ann was dead set against Julia's rooming with her.
  • dead tired
    смертельно устать, валиться с ног
    After a day on the beach I was dead tired as if I had been working in the mine all day.
  • dead to the world
    крепко спать
    When I came home at about eleven p.m., my husband was aleady in bed, dead to the world.
  • dead wrong
    быть совершенно не правым
    I confess I was dead wrong in my opinion about your novel; it's quite fascinating.
  • deadpan
    невыразительное лицо (лицо как маска)
    My mother always has a deadpan expression when she scolds me.
  • deal in (something)
    заниматься торговлей, перепродавать что-либо
    My uncle had been dealing in furniture for many years before he retired.
  • decide in favor of (someone or something)
    решить в пользу кого-либо/ чего-либо
    In the competition the referee decided in favor of our team.
  • decked out
    вырядиться, "расфуфыриться"
    "I see you are decked out in your Sunday best for Derek's birthday party."
  • deem it to be necessary
    считать необходимым
    The boss deemed it to be necessary to sign all of the documents immediately.
  • deep water
    серьезная неприятность, затруднительное положение
    "You will be in deep water if you don't tell me the truth."
  • deep-six (something)
    выбросить что-либо, избавиться от чего-либо
    I am going to deep-six all my old exercise books at the end of the school year.
  • desert a sinking ship
    покинуть тонущий корабль
    The company is about to go bankrupt that's why the employees are deserting the sinking ship.
  • devil of a job
    очень трудно, "чертовски трудно"
    That business plan I am working at is a devil of a job.
  • devil-may-care attitude
    беззаботное, "наплевательское" отношение
    The man had a devil-may-care attitude to his parental duties.
  • diamond in the rough
    кто-либо хороший или что-либо хорошее в плохом обличьи
    The best example of a diamond in the rough is Cinderella.
  • die down
    ослабевать, замирать, утихать
    The fire in the fireplace was dying down.
  • die in one's boots
    умереть на своём посту, умереть сражаясь
    The soldiers of the Second World War died in their boots fighting the enemy.
  • die is cast
    ничего нельзя изменить, выбор сделан, "жребий брошен"
    The die is cast, and now that they have got their visas they are to leave the country as soon as possible.
  • die laughing
    громко и весело смеяться
    The film was so funny that we almost died laughing.
  • die off
    умирать один за другим, отмирать
    The roses in our garden began to die off.
  • die out
    вымирать
    Nobody knows for sure why dinosaurs died out.