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• not with it
  (быть) не в себе, плохо соображать

  My Aunt Emily is so old that more often than not she is not with it.
• in league with (someone)
  в тайном соглашении или партнёрстве с кем-либо

  The Chief Executive has been in league with the management of the factory to try and sell it.
• reliance on (someone or something)
  надёжность и доверие к кому-либо \ чему-либо

  I never had too much reliance on my friend's word of honor.
• snap
  лёгкое дело, лёгкая задача

  The job interview was a snap, and I am sure I will get the job of a computer programmer.
• to a fault
  чрезмерно, чересчур, слишком

  Sandra is generous to a fault.
• when least expected
  когда меньше всего ждёшь

  When least expected, the car breaks down in the middle of the road.
• in a stupor
  в оцепенении, в ступоре

  David sat in a stupor, staring fixedly at the wall.
• with an eye/view to (doing something)
  с намерением, с целью (сделать что-либо)

  I bought a tent and a sleeping bag with an eye to using it for camping out.
• in times past
  давным-давно, в прошлом

  In times past a lot of people lived in small one-storey houses.
• on (someone's) behalf
  от чьего-либо имени

  Nick was not able to take the money on his wife's behalf; the bank required her presence.
• on a waiting list
  в ожидании вакансии

  I am on a waiting list to get the job of a computer programmer.
• spell (something) out
  объяснять что-либо очень ясно, простым языком

  Mrs. Grove spelled out the conditions for renting her cottage very clearly indeed.
• on the borderline
  на границе между чем-либо, в неопределённом состоянии

  Simon's condition was on the borderline between sanity and insanity.
• seize upon (something)
  ухватиться за что-либо

  I suggested going on a picnic and my friend seized upon the idea.
• go (someone) one better
  делать лучше или больше, чем кто-либо

  Ula went her friend one better and bought a more beautiful dress.
• in tatters
  порванный в клочья

  My dog likes to play with my slippers and I always find them in tatters.
• killed outright
  быть убитым немедленно, тотчас же

  I saw a truck hit a man. The man was killed outright.
• standing joke
  постоянная шутка

  One day Jim appeared at work in his pajamas, and it became a standing joke around our office.
• for real
  подлинный, реальный

  I didn't believe that his plans for the future were for real.
• by way of (something or somewhere)
  проходя/ проезжая мимо, по пути

  Mary took a taxi and they drove to the station by way of the town square.
• kid around (with someone)
  шутить, поддразнивать кого-либо

  My friends and I like to kid around with our fellow students.
• mark up (something)
  измазать что-либо

  The child was marking up the freshly painted wall.
• on the eve of (something)
  накануне чего-либо

  Gina was too exited to sleep at night on the eve of her wedding.
• in hock
  в ломбарде

  I was short of money so I had to put my mink coat in hock to get some money.
• knew it was coming
  зарание знать, что что-то должно произойти

  David knew it was coming when his boss told him that he was fired.
• in one's tracks
  тотчас же, сразу, немедленно

  He stopped in his tracks and looked around like a hunted animal.
• lean toward (doing something)
  склоняться к каким-либо действиям

  Ken is leaning toward changing his job.
• trade on (something)
  воспользоваться ситуацией (с выгодой для себя)

  The mayor traded on his reputation to settle the conflict.
• up against (something)
  близко от чего-либо

  My father placed the ladder up against the wall of the house.
• gloss (something) over
  представлять в лучшем свете, приукрашивать

  "I think you are trying to gloss over the amount of money that the business has lost."
• into being
  возникать, начать существовать

  The new tax law came into being this year.
• something or other
  что-то, что-то такое

  My father said something or other about his new job but I didn't quite get it.
• not for a moment
  никогда, ни за что, ни на одну минуту

  When Ben saw a child in the icy water, he did not for a moment hesitate to save him.
• in neutral
  в нейтральном положении (нейтральное положение рычага коробки передач)

  The gear was in neutral and the car didn't move while I waited at the intersection for the other cars to pass.
• not for anything in the world
  ни за что на свете

  Adelaide will not for anything in the world tell her husband about her problem.