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наглядный пример того, как один и тот же глагол может быть правильным и неправильным, и как это влияет на общий смысл.

1. как неправильный (hang - hung - hung) в обычном значении «вешать что-то»;

2. как правильный (hang - hanged - hanged) в значении «повесить кого-то», то есть казнить.
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- to go to town = to do something in a detailed and enthusiastic way, especially by spending a lot of money
- не на шутку разойтись/энергично взяться за дело/оторваться/кутить/броситься во что-либо очертя голову etc.
[Wake Up Dead Man, 2025]

🕵️‍♂️ Father Brown — герой детективных рассказов и романов Гилберта Кита Честертона, католический священник и детектив-любитель
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- light-fingered = having a habit of stealing things
- нечистый на руку
[Sherlock, 2010]
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- head start = an advantage that someone has over other people, for example in something such as a competition or race
- фора/преимущество
[Stranger Things, 2025]
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- to spike = to add alcohol or drugs to a drink
- подмешать алкоголь/наркотики
[Wake Up Dead Man, 2025]

stash
to stash
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- surf and turf = a meal that combines seafood and meat, typically lobster or shrimp and steak
- морепродукты и мясо
[Heated Rivalry, 2025]

🦞🥩 букв.: прибой и дёрн
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- to sleep on it = to wait before making a decision
- отложить до утра/решать проблему утром на свежую голову/переспать с этой мыслью etc.
[Sherlock, 2012]
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- valedictorian = a student who has the highest grades in their graduating class in high school and who makes a speech at the graduation ceremony
- лучший выпускник, которому предоставляется честь произнести прощальную речь на церемонии вручения дипломов
[Stranger Things, 2025]

🏛 valedīcere — прощаться
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- to level with someone = to tell someone the truth about something (informal)
- быть честным с кем-то/говорить начистоту
[Nobody Wants This, 2025]
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- oscillation = repeated movement from one position to another
- колебание
[Sherlock, 2014]
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- tramp stamp = a tattoo on a woman's lower back, stereotypically said to label her as promiscuous (derogatory, slang)
- татуировка на пояснице (букв.: клеймо шлюхи)
[Nobody Wants This, 2025]
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- bubkes/bupkis/bupkus = nothing, or only a very small amount
- ни шиша/ни черта/кукиш
[Pluribus, 2025]

🐐 пришло из идиша (вероятно, сокращение от kozebubkes, что значит «козий помет»)
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- Ponzi scheme/pyramid scheme = a way of deceiving investors by using the money they give to pay interest to existing customers rather than investing it
- финансовая пирамида
[Nobody Wants This, 2025]

🤹‍♂️ Чарльз Понци — аферист, создавший одну из самых хитроумных и оригинальных финансовых пирамид
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- low-tar = (of cigarettes) containing less tar than average
- лёгкие сигареты
[Sherlock, 2014]

🚬 tar — смола
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- like two peas in a pod = very similar, especially in appearance
- как две капли воды/два сапога пара/одного поля ягода
[Nobody Wants This, 2025]

🫛 букв.: как две горошины в стручке
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- to pivot (to) = to avoid talking about something by talking about something else
- сменить тему/съехать на другую тему
[Emily In Paris, 2025]
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- flophouse = a cheap, usually dirty, hotel
- клоповник
[If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, 2025]
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- to nitpick = to find faults in details that are not important
- придираться/цепляться к мелочам
[One Battle After Another, 2025]
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- to walk on eggshells = to be very careful not to offend or upset someone
- ходить на цыпочках/осторожничать/быть очень деликатным
[Emily In Paris, 2025]

🥚 букв.: ходить по скорлупе
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- duh = used to show that you think a person or statement is stupid, or that something is obvious
- да неужели/а то/да что вы/ещё бы/прикинь/ясен пень etc.
[If I Had Legs I'd Kick You, 2025]
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- contingency plan = a plan that is made for dealing with an emergency, or with something that might possibly happen and cause problems in the future
- запасной план/план на случай непредвиденных обстоятельств
[Emily In Paris, 2025]
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