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  • dredge (something) up
    обнажать, раскапывать что-либо неприятное
    Nancy is always trying to dredge up unpleasant things about people.
  • dress (someone) down
    ругать кого-либо, "распекать"
    The principal invited lazy students into his office to dress them down.
  • drive (someone) up a wall
    сильно раздражать кого-либо
    My son's constant misbehavior is driving me up a wall.
  • drive (something) home
    убеждать, внедрять в сознание
    "I want to drive home to you the necessity of careful driving."
  • driving force behind (someone or something)
    движущая сила за кем-либо/ чем-либо
    Olaf Simson turned out to be the driving force behind this criminal affair.
  • drop (someone) a line
    черкнуть строчку
    "Will you drop me a line when you get to London? Do you promise?"
  • drop a bombshell
    сообщить неожиданную новость
    "Will I drop a bombshell if I tell you that I am going to get married?"
  • drop a hint
    намекнуть
    I dropped a hint to my friends about the present I'd like to get for my birthday.
  • drop around
    прийти навестить
    I invited my friends to drop around to see my new computer.
  • drop back
    отступать, отходить
    During the football match one of the players hurt his knee, and the coach told him to drop back and rest for a while.
  • drop by
    зайти, заскочить
    "Would you like to drop by for a cup of tea?"
  • drop by the wayside
    не закончить что-либо до конца, потерпеть неудачу
    Some of the skiers dropped by the wayside during the biathlon race.
  • drop dead
    внезапно скончаться
    One of the sportsmen dropped dead during the marathon.
  • drop everything
    бросить всё, что делали
    "Drop everything, come over and listen to what the ancoreman is saying."
  • drop in (on someone)
    забежать на минутку, заскочить к кому-либо
    I was going to drop in on my Granny when I saw her approaching our house.
  • drop in one's tracks
    упасть в изнеможении
    I dropped in my tracks because I had been walking ten miles that day.
  • drop in the bucket
    очень малое количество, "капля в море"
    I need ten thousand dollars to purchase a car, but what I've got is a drop in the bucket.
  • drop names
    вести себя раскованно, фамильярно
    "This is an informal gathering so let's drop names."
  • drop the subject
    прекратить разговор на какую-либо тему
    I saw Steve didn't like my questions about his new job, so I dropped the subject.
  • drown (someone) out
    заглушить кого-либо, (не быть услышанным из-за громкого шума)
    The teacher started saying something, but she was drowned out by the students.
  • drown one's sorrows
    утопить горе в вине, залить горе
    To forget his misfortunes Paul was drowning his sorrows with a drink.
  • drum up (something)
    поощрять что-либо, поддерживать
    It is necessary for the government to drum up small businesses.
  • dry run
    репетиция
    The performance was to be held on Sunday so the actors had a dry run on Friday.
  • dry up
    высыхать, пересыхать
    The stream behind our house dried up last summer.
  • Dutch auction
    аукцион с постепенным понижением цен
    Fruit and vegetables are very often sold at a Dutch auction at the market.
  • Dutch courage
    смелость во хмелю
    "Stop bragging about your acts of bravery; you are drunk and therefore full of Dutch courage."
  • Dutch uncle
    зануда, моралист
    Dean is fond of giving advice as if he were my Uncle Joe; he is a regular Dutch uncle.
  • duty bound (to do something)
    связанный обязательством делать что-либо
    Bill was duty bound to support his sister and her children after the death of his sister's husband.
  • dwell on (something)
    подробно останавливаться на чём-либо, вдаваться в подробности
    The teacher wanted me to dwell on the political situation in Italy before the Second World War.
  • dying to (do something or go somewhere)
    очень хотеть сделать что-либо или пойти куда-либо, "умирать от желания"
    Phil asked Della to go out with him and she was dying to go.
  • each and every
    каждый
    Each and every student had to take a test that day.
  • ear to the ground
    пристальное внимание к тому, что происходит
    Mrs. Spencer had an ear to the ground and knew everything that was going on in her son's family.
  • earful
    нагоняй, выговор
    The boss gave one of his employees earful when the latter came to work late.
  • early on
    в начале, на раннем этапе
    They had a family reunion early on that Sunday.
  • earn one's keep
    оправдывать своё содержание работой
    I stayed with a host family and helped them about the house in order to earn my keep.