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  • at (someone's) service
    к услугам кого-либо, в чьём-то распоряжении
    If you stay at a good hotel, all the members of the staff will be at your service day and night.
  • no doubt
    несомненно
    No doubt Emily will get what she wants; she is very persistent.
  • castles in the air
    несбыточные мечты
    My friend is a very practical person; she never builds castles in the air.
  • in name only
    фактически не существующий
    My aunt was an archeologist in name only and had never been to the diggings.
  • round off
    округлять что-либо
    I had to round off the figure as it was much too big.
  • cheer (someone) on
    подбадривать кого-либо, болеть за кого-либо
    "I say Mark, I am going to make a report at the scientific conference. Will you come to cheer me on?"
  • to hell and gone
    очень запущенная ситуация, хуже некуда
    My state of affairs was already to hell and gone when my friend offered his help.
  • stuck in traffic
    застрять в (транспортной) пробке
    Sam was late for work this morning because he had been stuck in traffic for about an hour.
  • whoop it up
    шуметь, буянить
    The players were whooping it up after winning the match.
  • go together
    подходить, хорошо сочетаться
    "Look! This yellow hat and your red coat don't go together!"
  • in a split second
    в долю секунды
    It happened so quickly, in a split second in fact, that I couldn't prevent him from falling down.
  • unaccustomed to (someone or something)
    быть непривычным для кого-либо \ чего-либо
    On the hike Bob soon got tired, because he was unaccustomed to walking.
  • in favor of (someone or something)
    поддерживать, высказываться в пользу чего-либо или относиться одобрительно
    They were in favor of my project.
  • for the most part
    в основном, по большей части
    For the most part the film was not bad.
  • in nothing flat
    быстро
    My mother promised to patch my jeans in nothing flat.
  • screw around
    слоняться без дела
    Kelly screwed around all morning, waiting for the postman to come.
  • tear up (something)
    разорвать на клочки, изодрать что-либо
    Cathy tore up the letter, went to the fireplace and threw the pieces into the fire.
  • from dawn to dusk
    от восхода до заката
    The slaves worked on the plantation from dawn to dusk.
  • nothing to choose from
    не из чего выбрать, нет выбора
    Betty wanted to buy a pair of jeans, but there was nothing to choose from in the shop she went to.
  • cliffhanger
    событие, исход которого не известен до последнего момента
    The elections were a cliffhanger because we didn't know their outcome till the very end.
  • mark up (a price)
    выставить новую, повышенную цену
    The store owners usually mark up prices of their goods at the beginning of each season.
  • on the wagon
    бросить пить, "завязать"
    My uncle is on the wagon, he has stopped drinking alcohol.
  • clue (someone) in
    информировать кого-либо, дать понять кому-либо
    The doctor decided to clue Mary in about the health of her mother.
  • crash the gate
    являться без приглашения (без билета), быть незваным гостем
    The people who didn't want to pay for the ticket decided to crash the gate.
  • seize an opportunity
    воспользоваться случаем, ухватиться за возможность
    I seized the opportunity to get cheap tickets for the concert.
  • whip up (something)
    сделать или приготовить что-либо на скорую руку
    The reporter whipped up a story about the accident; his article will be published in the local paper.
  • rake (something) off
    незаконно брать что-либо откуда-либо
    They suspected David Bronx of raking money off the company's account.
  • do with (something)
    довольствоваться чем-либо, обойтись чем-либо
    "I am not very hungry; I could do with a piece of cold meat for dinner."
  • full-fledged
    полноценный, вполне развитый
    Having worked for a few years, Tim Noaland became a full-fledged engineer.
  • go about one's business
    заняться своим делом
    We had a lot of fun at the seaside and now we are going about our business again.
  • no end of/to (something)
    бесконечно много, масса, уйма
    Bob had no end of books on art.
  • at the bottom of the hour
    в половине какого-либо часа (10:30, 11:30, и т.д.)
    At the bottom of the hour they opened the exhibition for the visitors.
  • open and aboveboard
    (быть) честным, открытым
    Charles Willows and Brothers is a very good consulting company; they are open and aboveboard and they run their business very honestly.
  • 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.
  • morning after (the night before)
    похмелье
    It was the morning after the night before and Jimmy felt awful; he shouldn't have drunk so much.