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• ease off/up on (someone or something)
  уменьшать напряжение, ослаблять

  Despite his physical condition Jim Croft absolutely refused to ease up on working.
• easier said than done
  легче сказать, чем сделать

  I would like to take up French, but it is easier said than done.
• easy come, easy go
  то, что легко достаётся потерять не жалко, "легко пришло, легко ушло"

  I found a bracelet but in a few days lost it. Oh, well, easy come, easy go.
• easy does it
  делать что-либо медленно и осторожно

  "Easy does it," my father said as we were moving a large bookcase away from the wall.
• easy to come by
  найти с лёгкостью

  A good job is not easy to come by.
• easy-going
  общительный (человек)

  Larry is easy-going and fun to be with.
• eat away at (someone)
  беспокоить кого-либо

  Her child's health problems are constantly eating away at Mrs. Noland.
• eat away at (something)
  разъедать, глодать, точить, разрушать что-либо

  Ocean waves are gradually eating away at the coast line.
• eating someone
  беспокоить, волновать кого-либо

  I saw that something was eating my friend and I asked her what it was.
• ebb and flow
  взлёт и падение

  The ebb and flow in the profession of an artist is quite a common thing.
• edge (someone) out
  вытеснить, оттеснить кого-либо и получить работу

  Pat easily edged out the other applicants and got the job of a company secretary.
• eke out (a living)
  кое-как сводить концы с концами, с трудом зарабатывать себе на жизнь

  Linda Brown has no college education so she has to eke out a living as a cleaning woman.
• elbow (someone) out of (somewhere)
  вытолкать, оттолкнуть

  The young man was evidently in a hurry; he elbowed people out of his way.
• elbow grease
  тяжёлая работа (физическая)

  I used a lot of elbow grease to clean the whole house, from top to bottom.
• elbow room
  достаточно места, пространства

  Their house is getting overcrowded; there is not enough elbow room in it.
• end in itself
  цель сама по себе

  For Bob painting is an end in itself, and he never shows his pictures to anybody.
• end of one's rope
  не доставать способности, не хватать воображения

  I am at the end of my rope every time I come across some difficulty I can't cope with.
• end up (doing something or going somewhere)
  оканчиваться, кончить тем, что …

  The chances are that we will end up by being friendly with them.
• end up (somewhere)
  заканчиваться (где-либо, в каком-то месте)

  They intended to go to the seaside but ended up at a small village in the mountains.
• engage in small talk
  говорить о незначительных вещах, "светская болтовня"

  The discussion didn't start yet, and those present engaged in small talk.
• enough to go around
  достаточно чего-либо для всех

  I was afraid there wouldn't be enough beer to go round so I decided to buy some more.
• equal to (something)
  быть способным справиться с чем-либо, подходить для чего-либо

  I don't think Nelly is equal to the task of teaching small children.
• escape (someone's) notice
  ускользать от внимания

  Helen was more than absent-minded today, and it didn't escape my notice.
• even so
  всё-таки, всё равно, тем не менее

  As a rule Marion gets up early even so she is often late for work.
• even-steven
  быть в расчёте, сравнять счёт (в спорте)

  Give me $10 and we'll be even-steven.
• every cloud has a silver lining
  нет худа без добра

  I lost my job and divorced my husband, but every cloud has a silver lining and something good is sure to come my way.
• every inch a (something)
  (быть) полностью чем-либо, "каждой клеточкой"

  Dana was every inch an actress and loved to take part in all kinds of performances.
• every last one
  каждый из, каждый последний из

  Every last one of the children got a present at Christmas.
• every living soul
  каждый, каждая живая душа

  When the circus arrived at a small town, every living soul came to have a look at it.
• every minute counts
  каждая минута на счету

  Every minute counts when people are injured during an accident.
• every nook and cranny
  каждый закуток, каждая щелочка

  Jenny lost her textbook and looked for it in every nook and cranny of her apartment.
• every other
  каждый второй

  We take turns at work, and I have to be on duty every other Saturday of the month.
• every so often
  время от времени, иногда

  When I am tired of sitting, every so often I stand up and walk about the room.
• every time one turns around
  часто, зачастую

  Every time I turn around I can see my little sister watching a cartoon.
• every Tom, Dick and Harry
  обыкновенный человек, (Иванов, Петров, Сидоров)

  Lionel was very intelligent; he was not the same as every Tom, Dick and Harry.