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sit on your ________ (корточках)
haunches
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The results allowed me to ____________ the brain function and neuroplasticity. (narrow down to, focus on)
zero in on
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CEO's are people too, they deserve _________ (the act of choosing to believe that someone is telling the truth, even when there is evidence to suggest otherwise)
the benefit of the doubt
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и не надо грабить банк
without breaking the bank
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it grew quickly in size, importance or intensity
it snowballed
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(such as) _______ Ireland
in the likes of Ireland
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that's just how things are
this is how the cookie crumbles
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Passion nowadays just takes the _________ (уходит на задний план)
back seat
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You think about it _________ and understand you should have done something else. (задним числом)
in the restrospect
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there's a beautiful ______________ that drapes on the back. (шаль)
sheer scarf
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I ____________ while trying to put the dress on. (аж вспотела)
broke a sweat
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there's a ______ on the skirt (разрез)
slit
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That doesn't _____ (не подходит, не правдоподобно)
fly
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Testosteron can ________ physical aggression and increase libido. (make a problem or a negative feeling worse)
exacerbate
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I'm not good at _________. (прически на праздники)
upstyles
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People ______ it important to know. (see)
deem
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we need to _______ that gap
bridge
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I could hear the waves ______ on the beach.
breaking
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she put the mouse on the _____ (столешница)
tabletop
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YouTube _______ _______ ___ AI videos. (to start dealing with bad or illegal behavior in a more severe way, often with increased enforcement or stricter rules)
cracks down on
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it's not my ____________ (не самая моя сильная сторона)
best suit
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давай не терять время зря
let's make the most of it
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that _______ well for the future (предвещает)
bodes
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you're trying to ______ your story with meaning.
retrofit
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He needs to ____ for what he has done.
atone
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He's a bit of a _________ (придурок)
bellend
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it's not a punishment, it's a ________ (расчет, расплата)
reckoning
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It's a beautiful building, it has a lot of _________.
character
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I was having a very ________ nightmare. (exact)
on-the-nose
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you're ______ (допытываешься)
prying
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This gelato is _________! (такое, что умереть не встать)
to die for
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The king's brother ______ the throne. (desired)
coveted
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passionate
vehement
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Often the _______ for change in education has had to come from outside the school establishment. (driving force)
impetus
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Cameron is currently focused on the third _______ of his Avatar series. (часть)
instalment
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It will be a joyful new challenge for me to bring these ______ characters to life. (неизгладимые)
indelible
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балотируйся в президенты
run for president
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I can support it enthusiastically
I can get behind this
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accept your loss
take the L
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accept unpleasant consequences of one's actions (idiom)
I made my bed, I'll lie in it
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Don't ______ your achievements. (приуменьшай, умаляй)
downplay
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bought in a second hand shop
thrifted
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I'm ______ (extremely busy)
flat out
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I didn't want to ________ (навернутись)
bust my ass
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выплакать глаза (громко)
bawl your eyes out
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похабный
raunchy
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We cannot afford to be ________ about our health. (marked by self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies, беспечный)
complacent
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надеть маску
put on a front
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жить на широкую ногу
living large
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он большая шишка
he's a big whopper
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A small portable light won't ______ (напрягать глаза)
strain your eyes
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It was a generous but _______ laugh. (проницательный, хитрый)
shrewd
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The car pulled into the ______ (бордюр)
kerb
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If you need anything, please reach me. I want to _________ (отплатить долг)
clear my debt
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One voice can __________ in another's heart. (evoke embarrassment)
stir shame
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Do that and ________ (we'll be even, будем квиты)
we'll call it square
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дела семейные
family matters
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a widely held traditional belief that is now thought to be unscientific or incorrect
old wives tales
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вооружен до зубов
armed to the teeth
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стащить что-то
make off with something
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обокрал подчистую
robbed her blind
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тусовщики
partiers
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безбилетчик, заяц
stowaway
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невменяемая для суда
incompetent to proceed at court
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забродивший
fermented
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покачиваться когда пьян
wobble
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шататься когда пьян
stagger
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марля
gauze
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спотыкаться когда пьян
stumble
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_____ to work (accustomed to something unpleasant)
inured
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_____ with grey
tinged
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make (someone) feel intimidated or apprehensive.
"some people are _______ by technology"
daunted
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крытая аркада
cloister
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this is _______ to the book itself (соответствует)
faithful
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doubts
qualms
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There's _________ to it. (поэтическая вольность)
poetic license
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We needed to ______ a scene from a film. (воспроизвести)
reenact
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These jeeps have powerful _______es (лебедки)
whinch
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If we make it to day 6, ________. (it's fine)
we're in the clear
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игра слов
play on words
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гребаная история
sweaty story
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в отключке
zonked out
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"We heard tyres coming down the gravel __________." (a private area in front of a house or other building onto which you can drive and park your car)
driveway
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открой багажник
Pop the trunk
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A little ______ cabin in the woods. (rural)
rustic
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feeling unhappy or disappointed so that you lack energy and feel unwilling to do things
mopey
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we ___________ and that's when I knew. (intense gaze)
locked eyes
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покорный
docile
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They'll know she was _________. (interfered with, with a negative intent)
tampered with
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We needed you to _______ our story. (confirm)
corroborate
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I've never _________ a murder. (organized)
orchestrated
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I ________ the gun. (Чур, пистолет мой)
call dibs on
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I _________ over the years. (connected the dots)
pieced it together
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lose control of your emotions
fly off the handle
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It's like I've seen you somewhere. I can't ________, though.
put my finger on it
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жиза
been there
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a place of ________ beauty (очаровывающий)
spellbinding
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offensive derogatory racist language
racial slur
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my mind is ______ like the snow
drifting
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we're _____________ here (there's potential)
onto something
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I can't ______ that €500 yearly.
swing
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I think I'm gonna _______ (join the game)
jump in
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we're gonna be _______ if you don't join (нечетное число)
odd-numbered
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disappear completely
fall off the face of the Earth
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the real ______ was storing all 250 soap dishes. (difficulty)
bottleneck
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