[check off] {v.} To put a mark beside to show that it has been counted. The teacher checked off each pupil as he got on the bus. Bill wrote down the names of all
Идиома: take something to heart Перевод: принимать что-либо близко к сердцу Пример: You should not really take what he says to heart. He is really very kind. Не следует принимать близко к сердцу то,
[for all that] {adv. phr.} In spite of what has been said, alleged, or rumored. Well, for all that, we think that she is still the mostdeserving candidate for Congress.
Идиома: year in, year out Перевод: год за годом, из года в год, много лет подряд, постоянно, всегда Пример: Year in and year out the city had to spend money to fix the old
[give a pain] {v. phr.}, {slang} To make disgusted; annoy. Ann’s laziness gives her mother a pain. John’s bad manners givehis teacher a pain. Compare: PAIN IN THE NECK.
Идиома: above all else Перевод: важнее всего остального; в первую очередь Пример: Above all else, I plan to go to the Natural History Museum when I visit the city. Когда я буду в городе,
[have it in for] {v. phr.}, {informal} To wish or mean to harm;have a bitter feeling against. George has it in for Bob because Bobtold the teacher that George cheated in the examination. AfterJohn
Идиома: hit home Перевод: попасть точно в цель, в самую точку; задеть за живое Пример: The president’s message seemed to hit home with most people who watched him on TV. Послание президента, похоже, задело
[go to the chair] {v. phr.} To be executed in the electric chair. After many stays of execution, the criminal finally had to go to thechair.
Идиома: keep something to oneself Перевод: держать что-либо при себе, не рассказывать о чем-либо Пример: I asked my friend to keep the news to herself. Я попросил свою подругу не рассказывать о новостях.