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Значение идиомы count heads

[count heads] or [count noses] {v. phr.}, {informal} To count the number of people in a group.

On the class picnic, we counted heads before we left and when we arrived to be sure that no one got lost.

The usher was told to look out into the audience and count noses.


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  30. That Time Europe Air-Dropped Vaccine-Loaded Chicken Heads to Bait Rabid Foxes The events that led teams of helicopter-borne vets to pelt the Swiss countryside with vaccine-impregnated chicken heads began in 1939. Two things were then sweeping through Poland: the Nazis, and an epidemic of rabies carried by red foxes. Every year, the wavefront of disease advanced southward and westward by several dozen kilometers, hitting country after […]...
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  32. Перевод слова picnic Picnic – пикник Перевод слова Picnic ground – поляна для пикника picnic lunch – пикник picnic hamper – корзина с провизией для пикника an ideal spot for a picnic – идеальное место для пикника Shall I pack us a Picnic? Мне упаковать все необходимое для нашего пикника? We Picnicked on the grass. Мы устроили пикник […]...
  33. A man lay sprawled across three entire seats A man lay sprawled across three entire seats in the posh theater. When the usher came by and noticed this, he whispered to the man, “Sorry, sir, but you’re only allowed one seat.” The man groaned but didn’t budge. The usher became impatient. “Sir, if you don’t get up from there I’m going to have […]...
  34. Значение идиомы on the dot [on the dot] also [on the button] {adv. phr.}, {informal} Exactlyon time; not early and not late. Susan arrived at the party at 2:00P. M. on the dot. Ben’s plane arrived on the dot....
  35. Значение идиомы third class [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 magazines and newspapers that are published regularly, andpackages that are not sealed and weigh less than a pound. Thecompany uses third […]...
  36. Значение идиомы see beyond one’s nose [see beyond one’s nose] or [see beyond the end of one’s nose] {v. phr.} To make wise judgments about questions of importance to yourselfand others; act with farseeing understanding. Used in negative, conditional, and interrogative sentences. He couldn’t save money ormake plans for the future; he just never saw beyond the end of hisnose. People […]...
  37. Значение идиомы on one’s high horse [on one’s high horse] {adj. phr.}, {informal} 1. Acting as if youare better than others; being very proud and scornful. Martha waschairman of the picnic committee, and at the picnic she was on herhigh horse, telling everyone what to do. Mrs. Jones asked to see aless expensive hat. The salesgirl got up on her high […]...
  38. Значение идиомы no picnic [no picnic] {n. phr.} Something arduous; something that requiresgreat effort to accomplish. It is no picnic to climb MountEverest. Contrast: A PIECE OF CAKE, A CINCH, EASY AS APPLE PIE....
  39. Перевод слова audience Audience – публика, зрители Перевод слова An audience of 20,000 – двадцать тысяч зрителей private audience – частная аудиенция audience room – зал для приемов The Audience applauded. Публика аплодировала. You took the whole Audience. Вы полностью покорили зрителей. The Audience broke into applause. Аудитория взорвалась аплодисментами. Интересные факты Слово ‘audience’ иногда переводится как созвучное […]...
  40. Значение идиомы round robin [round robin] {n. phr.} 1. Something written, especially a requestor protest that is signed by a group of people. – Often used like anadjective. The people in our neighborhood are sending a round robinto the Air Force to protest the noise the jet planes make flying overour houses. 2. A letter written by a group […]...
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