[skirt around] {v. phr.} To avoid something. “Let’s not skirtaround the facts,” said the attorney to his client. “You must tell methe truth.”
[give up for] {v. phr.} To abandon hope for someone orsomething. After Larry had not returned to base camp for threenights, his fellow mountain climbers gave him up for dead.
Идиома: be off on the wrong foot Перевод: начать что-либо не самым лучшим образом, начать что-либо плохо, неудачно, неблагополучно Пример: I tried to talk to my new neighbor but it seems that we are
Идиома: in full swing Перевод: в полном разгаре Пример: The campaign to stop people from smoking is in full swing. Кампания по борьбе с курением в полном разгаре.
[fall from grace] {v. phr.} To go back to a bad way of behaving; dosomething bad again. The boys behaved well during dinner until theyfell from grace by eating their dessert with their fingers
[turn out] {v.} 1. To make leave or go away. His father turnedhim out of the house. If you don’t behave, you will be turnedout. Compare: THROW OUT. 2. To turn inside out; empty.
[ring a bell] {v. phr.} To make you remember something; soundfamiliar. Not even the cat’s meowing seemed to ring a bell withJudy. She still forgot to feed him. When Ann told Jim the name
[third class] {n.} 1. The third best or highest group; the classnext after the second class. Mary won the pie-making contest in thethird class, for the youngest girls. 2. Mail that is printed, otherthan
Идиома: by leaps and bounds Перевод: очень быстро, стремительно, быстрыми темпами Пример: The construction of the new airport is progressing by leaps and bounds. Строительство нового аэропорта продвигается быстрыми темпами.
[kill off] {v.} To kill or end completely; destroy. The factorydumped poisonous wastes into the river and killed off the fish. The president suggested a new law to Congress but many members ofCongress were