[drawing card] {n.} The most important figure in a multi-person event; the top entertainer during a show; the best professor or researcher at a university, etc. During the concert series Barbra Streisand was the
[rhyme or reason] {n. phr.} A good plan or reason; a reasonablepurpose or explanation. – Used in negative, interrogative, orconditional sentences. Don could see no rhyme or reason to the plotof the play. It
[take a turn] {v. phr.} To become different; change. Mary’sfever suddenly took a bad turn. The story took an odd turn. Oftenused with “for the better” or “for the worse”. In the afternoon theweather
[go the rounds] {v. phr.} To pass or be told from one person toanother; spread among many people. There is a rumor going therounds that Mr. Norton will be the new superintendent. The storyabout
Идиома: get one’s hands on someone or something Перевод: найти, достать что-либо, добраться до чего-либо Пример: When I get my hands on a hammer I will help you fix the door. Когда я найду
[drop off] {v.} 1. To take part of the way you are going. Joe asked Mrs. Jones to drop him off at the library on her way downtown. 2. To go to sleep. Jimmy
[mug shot] {n. phr.} A police photograph showing the arrestedperson’s full face and profile. “Go over these mug shots,” SergeantO’Malley said, “and tell me if you find the person who held up theliquor store!”
[in at the kill] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Watching or taking part, usually with pleasure, at the end of a struggle; present at thefinish. Frank and John have been quarreling for a long time andtonight
[swear by] {v.} 1. To use as the support or authority that what youare saying is truthful; take an oath upon. A witness swears by theBible that he will tell the truth. In ancient
[be in a stew] {v. phr.} To be worried, harassed, upset. Al has been in a stew ever since he got word that his sister was going to marry his worst enemy.