Идиома: have a lot on one’s mind Перевод: волноваться, беспокоиться о многом Пример: She has a lot on her mind with her new job and her new boyfriend. Она сейчас много о чем беспокоится
[case the joint] {v. phr.}, {slang} 1. To study the layout of a place one wishes to burglarize. The hooded criminals carefully cased the joint before robbing the neighborhood bank. 2. To familiarize oneself
[catch off guard] {v. phr.} To challenge or confront a person at a time of lack of preparedness or sufficient care. The suspect was caught off guard by the detective and confessed where he
[call girl] {n.}, {slang} A prostitute catering to wealthy clientele, especially one who is contacted by telephone for an appointment. Rush Street is full of call girls.
[at first] {adv. phr.} In the beginning; at the start. The driver didn’t see the danger at first. At first the job looked good to Bob, but later it became tire some. There was
[save face] {v. phr.} To save your good reputation, popularity, ordignity when something has happened or may happen to hurt you; hidesomething that may cause you shame. The policeman was caughtaccepting a bribe; he
[sign of the times] {n. phr.} A characteristic of the times inwhich one lives. It is a sad sign of the times that all the majorlakes and rivers are badly polluted and fish in
[all but] {adv. phr.} Very nearly; almost. Crows all but destroyed a farmer’s field of corn. The hikers were exhausted and all but frozen when they were found.
[on the level] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Honest and fair; telling thewhole truth. Our teacher respects the students who are on the levelwith her. Joyce wondered if the fortune-teller was on the level.
[devil-may-care attitude] {n. phr.} An attitude of no concern for financial or other loss. “Easy come, easy go,” John said in a devil-may-care attitude when he lost all of his money during a poker