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• seize an opportunity
  воспользоваться случаем, ухватиться за возможность

  I seized the opportunity to get cheap tickets for the concert.
• seize upon (something)
  ухватиться за что-либо

  I suggested going on a picnic and my friend seized upon the idea.
• sell (someone) a bill of goods
  обмануть кого-либо

  The salesman sold me a bill of goods when he said that the digital camera was of good quality.
• sell (someone) on a plan or idea
  убедить кого-либо, довести до сознания план или идею

  I tried to sell my father on the idea that we should buy a new modern car, but I couldn't convince him.
• sell (someone) short
  недооценивать себя или кого-либо

  I think Gina is selling herself short when she thinks that she will not make a good actress.
• sell (something) for a song
  продать что-либо очень дёшево

  The artist was neither famous nor popular, so he sold his picture for a song.
• sell (something) off
  распродать со скидкой, распродать по дешёвке

  They usually sell off winter clothes at the end of the season.
• sell (something) on credit
  продавать что-либо в кредит

  The shop sells a lot of things on credit.
• sell (something) out
  распродать, продать всё целиком

  I went to the bookstore to get an English textbook, but the salesperson said they had sold them out.
• sell out (someone or something)
  предавать кого-либо \ что-либо, быть вероломным

  Margaret is obviously a bad person; she is the type that can sell out anyone for money and luxury.
• send (someone) about his or her business
  прогонять кого-либо, выпроваживать

  I sent Joan about her business when she tried to interfere with my work.
• send (someone) off
  устраивать кому-либо проводы

  My father-in-law was leaving for Canada, and we went to the airport to send him off.
• send (someone) packing
  выставить кого-либо, выгнать без всяких церемоний

  A drunkard knocked on my door asking for a glass of wine, but I sent him packing.
• send (someone) up
  засадить кого-либо в тюрьму

  He had enough evidence to send Hobson up for quite a long time.
• send (something) C.O.D. (care of delivery)
  отправить что-либо наложенным платежом

  I ordered a few disks and the company sent them C.O.D.
• send away for (something)
  отправить письмо с просьбой чего-либо

  I sent away for some price list on medication but it has not arrived yet.
• send up a trial balloon
  пустить пробный шар

  Gregory decided to send up a trial balloon to see how his boss would react to his business proposal.
• separate but equal
  отдельный, но равноправный, одинаковый

  The two documents, which he was to sign, were separate but equal regarding their significance.
• separate the men from the boys
  отделить более компетентных людей от менее компетентных

  I am not at all sure that joining the military is a good way to separate the men from the boys.
• serve (someone's) purpose
  служить кому-либо для какой-либо цели

  These garden tools will serve my purpose when I work in the garden.
• serve (someone) right
  получить заслуженное наказание, (так тебе и надо!)

  My brother got the punishment because he had lied to Father. I am not sorry for him; it serves him right.
• serve time
  сидеть в тюрьме, "мотать срок"

  The man has robbed a bank and now he is serving time.
• set (someone or something) free
  освободить кого-либо \ что-либо

  The bird got trapped in the net, and I set it free.
• set (someone or something) loose
  отпустить кого-либо \ что-либо на волю

  I set my dog loose and he was happily running around.
• set (someone or something) straight
  объяснить кому-либо или объяснить что-либо

  The Dean set the students straight about how to behave at the lectures.
• set (someone) back on his or her heels
  удивить, шокировать, ошеломить

  Hillary's impudence set me back on my heels.
• set (someone) up (in business)
  помочь кому-либо начать какое-либо дело

  A timely legacy helped to set Tom up in his profession.
• set (something) right
  исправить, починить что-либо

  It is really very trying that whenever anything goes wrong it is I who have to set it right.
• set (something) to music
  положить что-либо на музыку

  The composer has set the legend of Robin Hood to music.
• set a precedent
  устанавливать прецедент или политику, которой надо следовать в будущем

  A legal case may set a precedent that will be the policy to be followed in future cases.
• set a trap
  расставить ловушку

  The cops set a trap to try and catch a dangerous criminal.
• set about to (do something or go somewhere)
  приступать, начинать (делать что-либо или идти куда-либо)

  "I want you to set about to do your work as soon as possible."
• set back (someone or something)
  препятствовать, задерживать кого-либо \ что-либо

  They tried to do their best to save the company, but all their efforts were set back.
• set eyes on (someone or something)
  увидеть кого-либо \ что-либо

  I hope I'll never set eyes on that guy again.
• set fire to (something)
  поджигать что-либо

  I put a few more logs and set fire to them.