Идиома: take ill / take sick Перевод: заболеть Пример: The woman took ill during her holiday and spent most of the time in her hotel. Женщина заболела во время отпуска, и провела большую часть
[climb the wall] {v. phr.}, {slang}, {informal} 1. To react to a challenging situation with too great an emotional response, frustration, tension, and anxiety. By the time I got the letter that I was
Идиома: any number of (someone or something) Перевод: большое количество (людей или вещей) Пример: I had any number of reasons not to buy the computer. У меня было много причин не покупать компьютер.
[keep on] {v.} 1. To go ahead; not stop; continue. The neighborsasked them to stop making noise, but they kept right on. Columbuskept on until he saw land. – Often used before a present
[fool and his money are soon parted] A foolish person soon wasteshis money. – A proverb, Jimmy spends all his pennies for candy. Afool and his money are soon parted.
[working girl] {n.}, {slang} 1. Aprostitute. I didn’t know Roxanne was a working girl. 2. A girl, usually single, who supports herself by working in an honest job, suchas in an office, etc. The
[till the last gun is fired] or [until the last gun is fired] {adv. phr.} Until the end; until everything is finished or decided. Fredalways liked to stay at parties until the last gun
[cat’s meow] or [cat’s pajamas] {n.}, {slang} Something very wonderful, special, or good. John’s new hike is really the cat’s meow. Mary’s party is going to be the cat’s pajamas.
[high] See: COME HELL OR HIGH WATER, FLYING HIGH, GO THROUGH HELLAND HIGH WATER, HELL AND HIGH WATER, HIT THE HIGH SPOTS, LIVE HIGH OFFTHE HOG or EAT HIGH ON THE HOG, OFF ONE’S
[would that] or [I would that] or [would God] or [would heaven]{literary} I wish that. – Used at the beginning of a sentenceexpressing a wish; followed by a verb in the subjunctive; found mostlyin