Making Quick and Slow Decisions

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1. Перевод идиомы no ifs, ands, or buts about it, значение выражения и пример использования Идиома: no ifs, ands, or buts about it Перевод: никаких дискуссий или сомнений касательно чего-либо Пример: “You are going to bed now – no ifs, ands, or buts about it,” said the mother to her child. “Ты сейчас же ложишься спать, и никаких пререканий по этому поводу,” сказала мать своему ребенку....
2. Delaying Making a Decision Thomas: You’ve Hemmed and hawed for weeks. It’s time to make a decision. Eugenia: I know, but I need To sleep on it. This is a very big decision. Thomas: You’ve Dragged your feet for far too long. Are you having Second thoughts? Eugenia: No, no second thoughts. I just want to be Absolutely sure […]...
3. Having Trouble Making a Decision Lorenzo: Have you bought a new television yet? Katia: No, I’m still looking at Consumer reviews and Weighing my options. I’m not sure yet what size I want or what features I need. I’m Keeping my options open for now. Lorenzo: I thought your old TV stopped working three weeks ago. You still haven’t Made […]...
4. Having Trouble Making a Decision Lorenzo: Have you bought a new television yet? Katia: No, I’m still looking at Consumer reviews and Weighing my options. I’m not sure yet what size I want or what features I need. I’m Keeping my options open for now. Lorenzo: I thought your old TV stopped working three weeks ago. You still haven’t Made […]...
5. Making a Will Last week, I Got a wake-up call. One of my oldest friends from high school died suddenly in an accident, leaving no Will. With no Estate planning at all, his Assets went into Probate and his Dependents were left In limbo. My friend was a young man, the same age as me. At our age, […]...
6. Get-Rich-Quick Schemes Bill: What are you watching? Susan: I’m watching a really interesting TV program. It’s about how to make a lot of money quickly and easily. Bill: Are you watching an Infomercial? Those things are Scams! You should know better than To fall for some Get-rich-quick scheme. Susan: This isn’t a scam. This program is about […]...
7. Фразовый глагол slow down / slow up – перевод и значение, пример использования Фразовый глагол: slow down / slow up Перевод: замедлять, замедляться Пример: Because Mary’s level in English is lower than the rest of the students, she slows the class down. Мэри тормозит всех в классе из-за того, что уровень ее английского ниже уровня других учеников....
8. Перевод слова save Save – сохранять, спасать, беречь, копить Перевод слова To save books from a fire – спасти книги от пожара to save every penny one can – беречь каждую копейку to save up money – копить деньги God save you! – храни вас господь! Did you Save the changes that you made? Вы сохранили изменения, которые […]...
9. Spring Cleaning Spring cleaning is supposed to take place before summer, not after it. But, as usual, I Procrastinated and now I have to finally Get rid of all the Junk I’ve accumulated over the year. But now There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it-the cleaning must be done! I start in my bedroom. I […]...
10. Dealing With Rising Production Costs Giovanni: There are No two ways about it. We have To raise prices. Melanie: We can’t. We already raised prices earlier this year. Doing it again risks Alienating our customers. Giovanni: What else can we do? Our Production costs have risen nearly 15 percent. We’ve tried Absorbing them and Offsetting them, but nothing has worked. […]...
11. Перевод слова decision Decision – решение; решимость, твердость Перевод слова Official decision – официальное решение decision criterion – критерий выбора a man of decision – решительный человек Have you made a Decision? Вы приняли решение? I’ll stick with my Decision. Я буду действовать так, как считаю нужным. We made the Decision to accept their offer. Мы решили принять […]...
12. Making a bet at a bar Two guys were in a bar, and they were both watching the television when the news came on. It showed a guy on a bridge who was about to jump, obviously suicidal. “I’ll bet you $10 he’ll jump,” said the first guy. “Bet you $10 he won’t,” said the second guy. Then, the guy on […]...
13. Значение идиомы raise funds [raise funds] or [money] {v. phr.} To solicit donations for acharity or a specific project. Our church is trying to raise thefunds for a new organ....
14. Being in Debt Chang: I don’t mean to be nosey, but all of those bills are red or pink. Are you Behind on all of those bills? Ilya: I am, but it’s no big deal. I can catch up on them next month. Chang: You know that being late on bills is bad for your credit score, right? […]...
15. Перевод слова discuss Discuss – обсуждать, дискутировать Перевод слова To discuss measures – обсуждать меры to discuss a trip – говорить о поездке they were discussing me – они говорили обо мне We Discussed our household budget Мы обсудили наш семейный бюджет. What did you Discuss at breakfast? О чем вы говорили за завтраком? We never Discuss politics […]...
16. Перевод слова raise Raise – поднимать, повышать Перевод слова To raise one’s bid – повысить цены to raise the blind – поднять штору to raise discontent – возбуждать недовольство to raise capital – увеличить капитал He Raised his head and looked around. Он поднял голову и огляделся. Camus was born and Raised in Algeria. Камю родился и вырос […]...
17. Describing Brisk and Slow Business Clint: Anya! Long time no see. Let me buy you a drink. I’m celebrating. Anya: Oh, yeah? What’s the good news? Clint: My company has had a Banner month. Since we Launched our new Line of software, we’re having trouble Keeping up with demand. Every product is Flying off the shelves. Anya: Wow, that’s great […]...
18. Reducing Household Expenses Roland: If we want to save enough money to buy a house, we need to get serious about our Finances and do some Financial planning. I think the first step is to create a Household budget. Ginger: Okay by me. You know that I’m All about the Bottom line. Roland: Yeah, right. I think we […]...
19. Asking for a Raise Patty: Alberto, can I Pick your brain for a minute? Alberto: Yeah, sure, but you’ll have to Make it quick. I’m going into a meeting at 3. Patty: Sure. Hopefully, this won’t take long. I’m thinking about asking for A raise. I’ve been working here for a year and half, and I now have a […]...
20. Значение идиомы thrash out [thrash out] {v. phr.} To discuss fully; confer about somethinguntil a decision is reached. They met to thrash out theirdifferences concerning how to run the office....
21. Traditions A man and a woman got married, and he told her : ” since you are my wife you should respect my traditions and habits…and i have 3 traditions. So, first tradition: On wednesdays i play football with my friends…no matter what..whether it snows or it rains…i dont care..i play football!! -Is it clear for […]...
22. Фразовый глагол save up – перевод и значение, пример использования Фразовый глагол: save up Перевод: делать сбережения, копить (деньги) Пример: I hope I will be able to save up enough money to go to school. Надеюсь, я смогу скопить достаточно денег, чтобы пойти в институт....
23. Значение идиомы raise the devil [raise the devil] or [raise heck] or [raise hob] or [raise ned] {v. phr.}, {informal} To make trouble; start a fight or an argument. Mr. Black raised heck when he saw the dented fender. He blamed theother driver. Some teenage boys raised the devil in town onHalloween night and damaged a lot of property. Compare: […]...
24. Making bets A little old lady goes into the Chase Manhattan Bank, and says she wants to open a savings account. The accounts person asks her how much she would like to deposit to open the account and the little old lady says, “Three million dollars.” The accounts person is startled, and says, “In what form?” and […]...
25. Перевод слова slow Slow – медленный, неторопливый; туповатый, отсталый Перевод слова Slow speed – тихий ход slow train – почтовый поезд he is slow to make up his mind – он не скор на решения slow child – отсталый ребенок Play was very Slow. Игра шла очень медленно. Slow down, I need to catch my breath. Сбавь скорость, […]...
26. Значение идиомы slow down [slow down] {v. phr.} To go more slowly than usual. The road wasslippery, so Mr. Jones slowed down the car. Pat once could run amile in five minutes, but now that he’s older he’s slowing down. Compare: LET UP. STEP DOWN. Contrast: SPEED UP....
27. Значение идиомы slow up [slow up] {v.} 1. To go more slowly. The truck slowed up as itapproached the toll gate. Construction on the road slows uptraffic. 2. To become less busy. Business slows up at the storesafter Christmas....
28. Slow golfers ahead Joe decides to take his boss Phil to play 9 holes on their lunch. While both men are playing excellent they are often held up by two women in front of them moving at a very slow pace. Joe offers to talk to the women and see if they can speed it up a bit. […]...
29. Перевод слова quick Quick – быстрый, скорый Перевод слова Quick change – быстрые изменения to dash off a quick cable – отправить срочную телеграмму at the double-quick – бегом, беглым шагом Be Quick! Давай быстрей! That was Quick work! Вот это быстро сработано! He is a Quick learner. Он быстро все схватывает....
30. Значение идиомы slow burn [slow burn] {n.}, {informal} A slowly increasing feeling of anger. The boys kept teasing John, and watched him do a slow burn. Barbara’s slow burn ended only when Mary explained themisunderstanding....
31. Значение идиомы slow on the draw [slow on the draw] {adj. phr.} Not very smart; having difficultyfiguring things out. Poor Eric doesn’t get very good grades inphysics; when it comes to problem-solving, he is rather slow on thedraw....
32. Значение идиомы quick study [quick study] {n. phr.} One who acquires new skills and habits inrecord time. Sue is new at her job but people have confidence inher because she is a quick study....
33. Значение идиомы save face [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 tried to save face by claiming it was money owedto him. Bill would not play in the game because he knew […]...
34. Значение идиомы quick on the trigger [quick on the trigger] or [trigger happy] {adj. phr.} Ready toshoot without warning; fast with a gun. He’s a dangerous criminalquick on the trigger. 2. {informal} Fast at answering questions orsolving problems. In class discussions John is always quick on thetrigger....
35. Значение идиомы touch to the quick [touch to the quick] {v. phr.} To hurt someone’s feelings verydeeply; offend. His remark about her lack of education touched herto the quick....
36. Making a Bet Suzanna: Hey, the Back of the line is over there. Ivan: I was here. I just Stepped out of line for a minute to get some cash. Suzanna: Yeah, right. I don’t remember you being in line Ahead of me. Ivan: Come on. Let’s do this. We’ll Flip for it. If it’s Heads, I win […]...
37. Saving and Spending Money In my family, there are Penny-pinchers and Spendthrifts, and Everything in between. My brother Frank has the Reputation for being Stingy with money. He likes To save up and only Spend when he has to. I bet he has a lot Stashed away. He’s Careful with money but he does spend it when he thinks […]...
38. Making a Presentation I don’t normally get Stage fright, but the thought of getting up in front of my colleagues to give a presentation always Gives me butterflies. But I have no choice; my boss asked me to do it, so I will. I set up my Projector and PowerPoint program on my laptop. Clearing my voice, I […]...
39. Getting and Making Threats Ruth: I’m really glad you’re getting so much support from the public. Look at all of these bags of Fan mail. Carl: Only about half of that is fan mail. The rest is Hate mail. Ruth: Hate mail? Who would send you hate mail? Carl: Lots of people. People who are Disgruntled write to me […]...
40. Making Peace Vladimir: We need a Ceasefire. The Violence is Escalating and we need to put a stop to this. Hilary: I agree, but do you think our Enemies will agree to a Truce? Vladimir: They’re as Embattled as we are. They may welcome a Suspension of Hostilities until we can agree on a Peace treaty. Hilary: […]...