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• turn out (something)
  вывернуть что-либо

  Samantha turned out her handbag looking for her cell phone.
• tear down (someone)
  говорить плохо о ком-либо, критиковать

  The speaker tore down one of the city authorities for his poor job performance.
• touch a sore spot/point
  затронуть больное место

  I touched a sore spot when I asked Helen about her relationship with Tim Burk.
• to skip bail
  не появиться в суде, несмотря на внесённый ранее залог

  "I cannot guarantee that the man won't run away; he may easily skip bail."
• turn over (an engine)
  завести мотор

  I think the battery is dead that's why the engine won't turn over.
• tough break
  неудачное событие, злоключение

  "It was a tough break; my date didn't show up."
• to stretch the truth
  представлять в ложном свете, давать неправильные сведения

  I think the witness was stretching the truth a little when she characterized the accused as a pessimist.
• 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.
• take a fancy/liking to (someone or something)
  полюбить кого-либо \ что-либо, привязаться, увлечься

  Sam has a nice taste in wines, and he took a fancy to Tokay which is produced in Hungary.
• to strike out
  нанести сильные удары

  Mark lost his temper and struck out wildly.
• to turn out (something)
  производить, выпускать что-либо

  Huge power driven presses are capable of turning out 120,000 copies of a big newspaper in an hour.
• turn over (something) to (someone)
  отдать, передать что-либо кому-либо

  Hillary turned her library books over to the librarian, Mrs. Gorring.
• to be hot and bothered
  быть обеспокоенным и недовольным

  Liza was hot and bothered about something, but we didn't know what the matter was.
• top (something) off with (something)
  закончить чем-либо

  Richard batted three runs and topped off the game with a home run.
• 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.
• take a chance/risk
  рискнуть

  If I were you I would take a chance and find a better job.
• throw (someone's) name around
  произвести впечатление, упомянув имя знаменитости

  Jennet likes to throw the names of influential persons around.
• thick
  тупой, неразумный

  Blondes are considered to be pretty thick.
• throw in (something)
  добавлять, давать в придачу

  The shop advertised that with every suit of clothes they would throw in a pair of leather gloves.
• turn thumbs down on (someone or something)
  быть против, запрещать

  Everyone turned thumbs down on his suggestion.
• to mean business
  быть серьёзно готовым к действию, быть настроенным на работу

  Mr. Josef Parker meant business when he said that he was going to take over the management of the company.
• tied up
  быть занятым

  He can't see you now. He's tied up on the telephone.
• 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."
• toot/blow one's own horn
  хвастаться или похваляться

  You are easily tired of a person who is always blowing his own horn.
• time was (when)
  было время когда

  Time was when everybody in our town kept their doors unlocked all of the time.
• take (someone) for an idiot/fool
  принимать кого-либо за идиота, за дурака

  "Am I supposed to believe all that crap? Do you take me for a fool?"
• trip the light fantastic
  идти на танцы

  It was Saturday night, so my friends and I went downtown to trip the light fantastic.
• to cease and desist
  не подлежать обжалованию, окончательный приговор

  To cease and desist means that one should stop doing something forever and not start again.
• talk (someone) down in price
  уговорить кого-либо снизить цену

  I tried to talk the man down in price for the car, but he didn't comply.
• 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.
• tight spot
  трудная ситуация

  The school lacked skilled teachers, so the director was in a very tight spot.
• trouble (someone) for (something)
  просить кого-либо о чём-либо

  "May I trouble you for a match?"
• talk of (somewhere)
  предмет разговора (где-либо)

  The recent arrest of the prominent banker has become the talk of the town.
• tried-and-true
  проверено временем

  I decided to use a tried-and-true method to remove stains from my dress.
• to be rolling in (something)
  иметь большое количество чего-либо (обычно денег)

  Mr. Hobson was rolling in money and didn't have to work.