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• zero hour
  час начала атаки

  Zero hour for the bombers to take off was the early hours of the morning.
• zero in on
  прицелиться, нацелить

  Big guns were zeroed in on the enemy fort.
• zero-sum game
  выигрышно-проигрышная ситуация при которой, если выигрывает один, то неизменно проигрывает другой

  It was a zero-sum game between the salesperson and the customer, and we couldn't tell who would win and who would lose.
• zip one's lip
  не выдавать секрет, не болтать

  "Please, zip your lip and stop talking about the things you do not understand."
• zonk out
  быстро заснуть, "вырубиться"

  I couldn't get a coherent word out of Stan as he had zonked out.
• zoom in on (someone or something)
  электронное увеличение изображения во время фотографирования

  The photographer zoomed in on the butterfly which was sitting on a flower.