Pack rat - a person who saves lots of unnecessary things тот, кто не выбрасывает старые ненужные вещи
pay attention - be attentive обратить внимание
pick a fight - start a quarrel начать ссору
pick up - take, get подобрать, взять
play one's cards right - choose the right steps in doing something сыграть правильно
potluck supper - a surprise meal, where nobody knows what dishes other guests will bring ужин вскладчину, никто не знает, что принесут другие
pull oneself together - brace oneself, summon your strength cобраться с силами
pull the wool over someone's eyes - deceive, mislead someone обмануть, ввести в заблуждение
put a damper on – discourage охладить пыл
put in a word for someone - say positive things about someone замолвить словечко
put off – postpone откладывать
put one's foot down - object strongly решительно воспротивиться
put one's foot in it - do the wrong thing, make a fool of oneself сделать/сказать глупость
put up with - accept, tolerate мириться с, терпеть
quite a bit of - much, a lot of много
quite a few - many, a lot of много
rack one's brain - try hard to think напрячь мозги
read between the lines - find or understand the implied meaning читать между строк
remember me to - say hello to передать привет от
right away – immediately сразу же, немедленно
ring a bell - remind someone of something familiar /half-forgotten напоминает что-то знакомое
rock the boat - make the situation unstable раскачивать лодку, вести к нестабильности
rub shoulders with - meet with близко общаться с
rub someone the wrong way - irritate, annoy, make angry раздражать, злить кого-то
run into - meet by chance случайно встретить
save face - try to change the negative impression produced спасать репутацию
save one's breath - stop useless talk не трать слова попусту
scratch the surface - study something superficially изучать поверхностно
see about - make arrangements for позаботиться о чем-то
see eye to eye – agree сходиться в мнении
serve someone right - get what someone deserves поделом
serve one's purpose - be useful to someone for his purpose отвечать цели
show promise - be promising подавать надежды
show up – appear появиться
size up - evaluate someone оценить, составить мнение
sleep on it - postpone a decision till next morningо тложить решение до следующего утра
a slip of the tongue - a mistake обмолвка (ошибка)
slip (from) one's mind – forget забыть
smell a rat - suspect something подозревать недоброе
so far - up to now до сих пор, пока
so much the better - it's even better еще лучше
spill the beans - tell a secret проболтаться
stand a chance - have a chance нет шансов
stand out - be noticeable выделяться
stand to reason - be logical логично, что
straight from the shoulder - speak frankl yчестно, откровенно
take a dim view of something - disapprove of something не одобрять
take a break - stop for rest сделать перерыв
take advantage of - use for one's own benefit, to profit fromвоспользоваться возможностьюWe took advantage of the low prices and bought a computer and a monitor.
take after - be like one of the parentsбыть похожим на родителей (родителя)Tom takes after his father in character, and after his mother in appearance.
take a stand on something - make a firm opinion/decision on smth.занять четкую позицию, мнениеPeople need to take a stand on the issue of nuclear weapons.
take care of - look after, protect, see that smth. is done properlyпозаботиться о ком-то, чем-то, присмотреть заCan you take care of my dog while I’m away? Tom takes good care of his car.
take hold of something - take, holdвзять, держатьTake hold of this rope and pull.
take into account - consider smth.принять во вниманиеYou must take into account her old age.take it easy - relax, be calmне волнуйсяTake it easy, everything will be OK.
take (it) for granted - accept as givenпринимать как должноеMother's love is always taken for granted by children.
take one's breath awayзахватить духThat great view took my breath away.
take one's time - do slowlyделать не торопясьDon't hurry. Take your time.
take one’s word for it - believeповерить на словоTake my word for it, he won’t go there.
take pains - try hard to do it wellприлагать усилияHe took pains to make his report perfect.
take part in smth. - participate inпринять участиеMary is going to take part in the show.
take place - happenиметь место, случитьсяThe accident took place on Oak Street.
take someone's mind off things - distract from fixed ideas/thoughtsотвлечь от навязчивых мыслейGo to a concert or a movie to take your mind off things.
take steps - take action /measuresпринимать мерыWe need to take steps against it.
take the words right out of one's mouth - say the same before somebody else says itсказать то же самое чуть раньше, чем другой говорящийI was about to say the same! You took the words right out of my mouth.
take time - take a long timeзанять много времениIt takes time to get used to a new place.
take time off - be absent from workвзять отгулHe took time off to attend the wedding.
take turns - alternate doing something one after anotherделать по очереди, меняться местамиWe went to Minsk by car. We didn't get tired because we took turns driving
talk back - answer rudelyдерзитьDon't talk back to the teacher!
talk it over - discussобсудить с кем-тоI'll talk it over with my family.
tell apart - see the differenceразличить, отличить отCan you tell the twins apart?
That's just the point. - That's it.В этом-то и дело.That's just the point! I hate this job!
the writing on the wall - a sign of future events (usually, trouble)предзнаменование (обычно, беды)The plane crashed. Tim said he saw the writing on the wall about this flight.
not think much of - think lowневысокого мненияI don't think much of her cooking.
think over - consider carefullyобдуматьThink over your answer. Think it over carefully.
till one is blue in the face - try hard стараться до посинения
to make a long story short - in short короче говоря
to say the least - to make the minimum comment about smth. самое малое, что можно сказать
try on - put on new clothes to test them for size or look примерить одежду (перед покупкой)
try one's hand at something – try попробовать себя в
turn on / off - switch on / off включить/выключить
turn out to be - result/end this way оказаться