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  • shack up with (someone)
    жить в гражданском браке
    Linda has shacked up with her boyfriend for a couple of years.
  • spin (something) off
    создать побочный продукт
    The Microsoft will probably spin off some computer games as their by-product.
  • stake a claim to (something)
    закрепить своё право на что-либо
    If you offer something free, people are apt to stake a claim to it.
  • stick up (someone or something)
    ограбить (с применением оружия)
    The robber had a knife and he tried to stick me up.
  • shape up
    улучшать, исправить (поведение, исполнение, физическую форму)
    Lenny was learning composition and training himself to shape up and better express his thoughts.
  • straighten out (someone or something)
    улучшать (положение), разрешать (задачу)
    Paul did his best to straighten out a very nasty situation.
  • sniff out (someone or something)
    почуять, обнаружить кого-либо \ что-либо
    The cat sniffed out a mouse in the barn.
  • shove off
    отправляться, уходить
    My friends dropped in for a minute, stayed till midnight and finally decided to shove off.
  • spring for (something)
    купить что-либо, заплатить за что-либо
    Our TV set got broken and we decided to spring for a new one.
  • sight unseen
    за глаза, не видя
    Never buy things sight unseen; you'll be very sorry if you do.
  • skip rope
    прыгать на скакалке
    The children were laughing happily as they were skipping rope.
  • side against (someone)
    выступать против кого-либо
    I didn't expect Nick Wood to side against Rick Forest in the debate yesterday.
  • something/words to that effect
    что-то в этом роде
    The shopkeeper said that dogs were not allowed into the shop or something to that effect.
  • shore (something) up
    подпирать что-либо
    It was necessary to shore up the roof of the house after the hurricane had damaged it.
  • sold out
    быть распроданным
    We came to the cinema a bit late; all the tickets were sold out.
  • something of the sort
    что-то в этом роде
    I know that Bob is keen on car races or something of the sort.
  • square one
    самое начало
    Mike didn't remember Physics, so he had to go back to square one and start learning the subject again.
  • slip away/off/out
    ускользнуть, уйти незамеченным
    Jim didn't want to be seen, so he quietly slipped out of the room.
  • sign (something) over
    подписать передачу что-либо
    Mr. Shlossman signed over all his property to his daughter Erica.
  • spruce (something) up
    приводить в порядок, наводить блеск
    They must have spruced up their house for now it looks spick and span.
  • share (someone's) pain
    разделять чью-либо боль
    My cousin's wife died of cancer, and I can't help sharing his pain because of his loss.
  • shot through with (something)
    смешанный с чем-либо, содержащий что-либо
    This mixture is shot through with something which tastes bitter.
  • string along with (someone)
    следовать за кем-либо, сопровождать
    Mrs. Dale strings along with her children every morning when they go to school.
  • square deal
    честная сделка
    Mr. Lancaster is a decent man, and you will receive a square deal if you do business with him.
  • share (someone's) sorrow
    разделять чьё-либо горе
    The neighbors shared the sorrow of the mother whose little boy had been run over by a car.
  • sock it to (someone)
    дать тумака, побить кого-либо
    Brown socked it to his neighbor for having damaged part of his property.
  • stranger to (someone or something or somewhere)
    человек, не знакомый кому-либо; не знающий чего-либо
    I opened the door and saw a man; he was a stranger to me. I didn't know him from Adam.
  • soil one's diapers
    пачкать пелёнки
    Marion's baby soils its diapers almost every hour.
  • string (something) out
    растянуть, растянуться (о расстоянии или времени)
    Last summer the swimming competitions were strung out over a period of three weeks.
  • square up to (someone or something)
    смело противостоять кому-либо \ чему-либо
    "It's time you learned to square up to difficulties and problems and sort them out yourself."
  • squeak by (someone or something)
    еле-еле успеть; подступиться к кому-либо \ чему-либо
    Unfortunately I was not able to squeak by the deadline and submit my grant application on time.
  • suggestive of (something)
    напоминающий что-либо
    The picture was suggestive of a country lane which I used to walk along in my younger days.
  • slap (something) together
    поспешно смастерить что-либо, сделать наспех
    They were in a hurry to slap together a few benches to put in the garden.
  • spout off about (someone or something)
    слишком много говорить о ком-либо \ чём-либо
    Pamela is fond of spouting off about her baby son.
  • so much
    столько-то, (так) много
    Jordan had so much to think about.