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• tear off
  поспешно уйти или убежать

  I was eager to show my friend my purchases, but she suddenly tore off.
• tear one's hair out
  быть очень обеспокоенным, расстроенным или злым

  The brother was tearing his hair out because he had lost an important document.
• tear up (someone)
  причинять много горя

  The boy isn't doing well at school, and it is tearing up his mother.
• 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.
• tear/rip (someone) limb from limb
  разорвать кого-либо на части

  Two large dogs attacked a small kitten and tore it limb from limb.
• teething problems/troubles
  проблемы, трудности становления

  Our new project is having many teething problems at the moment, but I am sure we'll get over them.
• tell (someone) a thing or two
  сказать кому-либо кое-что (неприятное)

  My cousin took my laptop without my permission and I am going to tell her a thing or two.
• tell (someone) a thing or two (about something)
  сказать кому-либо кое-что (неприятное), ругать кого-либо

  My cousin took my laptop without my permission, and I am going to tell her a thing or two.
• tell (someone) off
  бранить, отчитать, распекать кого-либо

  I had meant to tell Anna off, but she didn't turn up that day.
• tell (someone) to his or her face
  сказать кому-либо прямо в лицо

  We are going to tell Willy to his face that he had let us down.
• tell (someone) where to get off
  ругать кого-либо, пробирать

  Rick was playing loud music late at night and I told him where to get off.
• tell apart (two things or people)
  отличать (одно от другого)

  The puppies look so much alike; it's difficult to tell them apart.
• tell it like it is
  говорить как есть, говорить правду

  I decided to be honest with my friend concerning our relationship and tell it like it is.
• tell it to the marines/Sweeney
  чепуха, ври больше! Расскажи это своей бабушке!

  I didn't believe Emma's crazy story about her love affair and I told her to tell it to the marines.
• tell on (someone)
  рассказать о чьём-либо проступке

  Marcia told on her younger brother for having eaten all of the ice-cream.
• tell time
  сказать сколько времени на часах (говорится обыкновенно о детях)

  "Can you little daughter tell time yet?"
• tempest in a teapot
  волнение из-за пустяков, "буря в стакане воды"

  "Your difficulty is just a tempest in a teapot, and I am sure it will dissolve in a few days."
• ten to one
  весьма вероятно

  Ten to one George will never come to see Donna again.
• ten-four
  вас понял

  I called my friend to tell him that I would be waiting for him outside the movie theater and he said, "Ten-four."
• tenterhooks
  мучиться неизвестностью, ожидать или опасаться чего-либо (неприятного)

  I was on tenterhooks lest Tim should tell my parents about my problems at school.
• test the water
  подвергать что-либо испытанию

  The furniture company tested the water before they began to produce a new design of furniture.
• TGIF
  Thank Goodness (God) It's Friday - Слава богу! Сегодня пятница

  In the window the cafe had a large TGIF sign which said that all drinks were half price.
• thank one's lucky stars
  благодарить судьбу, благодарить свою счастливую звезду

  John thanked his lucky stars that he had escaped with minor injuries.
• thankful for small blessings
  быть благодарным (даже) за малое благодеяние

  I am thankful for small blessings when it concerns my family's peaceful and healthy life.
• thanks to (someone or something)
  благодаря кому-либо \ чему-либо

  Thanks to his talent as a painter he soon became quite popular.
• That makes two of us.
  то же самое справедливо и обо мне

  "I don't want to take part in the track and field event," Lucy said. -"That makes two of us," Cathy replied.
• that will be the day
  то, что, вероятно, никогда не произойдёт

  "That will be the day when you marry a prince."
• That's all she wrote.
  вот и всё

  "I've told you everything I wanted to. 'That's all she wrote'," I said when I finished my story.
• That's the way the ball bounces.
  Такова жизнь.

  Tim complained to his friend that he had lost his job and the latter replied, "That's the way the ball bounces."
• that's the way the cookie crumbles
  такова жизнь, вот как всё происходит в жизни

  That's the way the cookie crumbles, I thought when I understood that I would not be able to afford a new car.
• then and there
  тотчас же, на месте

  I told Emma then and there what I thought of her nasty character.
• there are plenty of other fish in the sea
  есть и другой выбор, другие люди

  My friend refused to go to the movies with me; I was not upset because I know there are plenty of other fish in the sea.
• there is more than one way to skin a cat
  есть много способов добиться своего

  "How did you get your son to study so hard?" I asked my friend. "I disconnected the television set," she answered. "There's more than one way to skin a cat."
• there is no such thing as a free lunch
  бесплатно ничего не получишь, "бесплатный сыр только в мышеловке"

  I have to work hard to succeed because I know there is no such thing as a free lunch.
• thick
  тупой, неразумный

  Blondes are considered to be pretty thick.