[sacrifice fly] {n.} A baseball hit high in the air that helps arunner score after it is caught. Mantle drove in two runs with asingle and a sacrifice fly.
[take the floor] {v. phr.} To get up and make a speech in ameeting. The audience became very attentive the moment thepresident took the floor.
Идиома: raise hell Идиома: raise hell Перевод: шумно пировать, праздновать, кутить Пример: A group of kids were raising hell in the street. Группа детей шумно веселилась на улице.
Идиома: have one’s heart in the right place Перевод: иметь хорошие намерения (даже если результат окажется плохим) Пример: The woman has her heart in the right place and is always ready to help if
[out of stock] {adj. phr.} Having none for sale or use; no longerin supply; sold out. When Father tried to get tires for an old car, the man in the store said that size
[upset the applecart] or [upset one’s applecart] {v. phr.},{informal} To ruin a plan or what is being done, often by surprise oraccident; change how things are or are being done, often unexpectedly;ruin or mix
[go to it!] {v. phr.} An expression of encouragement meaning goahead; proceed. “Go to it!” my father cried enthusiastically, whenI told him I had decided to become a doctor.
[run short] {v. phr.} 1. To not have enough. Bob asked Jack tolend him five dollars because he was running short. We are runningshort of sugar. Compare: RUN OUT. 2. To be not enough
[talk shop] {v. phr.}, {informal} To talk about things in your workor trade. Two chemists were talking shop, and I hardly understood aword they said.
[number one ] or [Number One ] {n. phr.}, {informal} Yourself;your own interests; your private or selfish advantage. Usually used inthe phrase “look out for number one”. He was well known for hishabit of