Идиома: burn the midnight oil Перевод: работать по ночам, засиживаться допоздна (занимаясь или работая) Пример: We burned the midnight oil for three nights in order to study for the exam. Мы три ночи учились
Идиома: draw to a close Перевод: заканчиваться, подходить к концу, приближаться к окончанию Пример: The tournament was drawing to a close and everybody was going back home. Чемпионат заканчивался, и все возвращались домой.
[people who live in glass houses should not throw stones] Do notcomplain about other people if you are as bad as they are. – Aproverb. Mary says that Betty is jealous, but Mary is
[shoulder to cry on] or [to lean on] {n. phr.} A sympathetic personwho is willing to listen to one’s complaints and troubles. When Kenleft her, Donna needed a shoulder to lean on, and Bob
[flfty-flfty ] {adv.}, {informal} Equally; evenly. The twoboys divided the marbles they won fifty-fifty. When Dick and Sambought an old car, they divided the cost fifty-fifty.
[end run] {n.} A football play in which a back tries to run aroundone end of the opponent’s line. Smith’s end run scored the winningtouchdown.
Идиома: out of reach Перевод: вне досягаемости Пример: The top of the bookshelf was out of reach and I could not get the dictionary easily. Верхняя полка была вне моей досягаемости, и мне сложно
[pick a hole in] or [pick holes in] {v. phr.}, {informal} To find amistake in or things wrong with; criticize; blame. The witness saidhe had been walking in the moonlight last Sunday, but the
[pull strings] or [pull wires] {v. phr.}, {informal} To secretlyuse influence and power, especially with people in charge or inimportant jobs to do or get something; make use of friends to gainyour wishes. If
[go on record] {v. phr.} To make an official statement as opposedto an informal one; say something officially that may be quoted withthe person’s name added for reference. I want to go on record