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- to break in = to train a horse to be tame so that it can be ridden or used to pull a vehicle
- объезжать (лошадей)
[Barry Lyndon, 1975]
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- to break something in = to wear new shoes for short periods to make them more comfortable
- разносить (об обуви)
[The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1, 2011]
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- tomboy = a girl who acts and dresses like a boy, liking noisy, physical activities
- пацанка/девочка-сорванец
[Sharp Objects, 2018]
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- caterwauling = a high unpleasant noise like a cat, made by a person or animal
- кошачий концерт/вой/вопли
[Django Unchained, 2012]
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- a dog in the manger = someone who keeps something that they do not want in order to prevent someone else from getting it
- собака на сене
[Wuthering Heights, 2026]
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- allotment = a small piece of ground in or just outside a town that a person rents for growing vegetables, fruits, or flowers
- городской огород
[Another Year, 2010]
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- to chastise = to criticize someone severely (formal)
- отчитывать/распекать/порицать/подвергать суровой критике
[Wuthering Heights, 2026]
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- the boot/shoe is on the other foot = the situation is now the opposite of what it was, especially because someone who was weak now has power
- роли поменялись местами/соотношение сил изменилось/теперь перевес на другой стороне/ответственность лежит на другом
[Another Year, 2010]
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- smidgen/smidgeon = a very small amount
- капелька/малость/чуточка
[Another Year, 2010]
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- lewd = sexual in an obvious and socially unacceptable way
- непристойный
[English Teacher, 2024]
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- to snub = to insult someone by not giving them any attention or treating them as if they are not important
- относиться пренебрежительно
[Wuthering Heights, 2026]
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- circumcision = the act of cutting the protecting loose skin off a boy's penis, for medical, traditional, or religious reasons, or an occasion when this is done
- обрезание
[Licorice Pizza, 2021]
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- to zone out = to stop paying attention and not hear or see what is around you for a short period of time
- отключиться/ выпасть/залипнуть/зависнуть
[Annihilation, 2017]
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- to keep your ear to the ground = to pay attention to everything that is happening around you and to what people are saying
- держать ухо востро/иметь ушки на макушке

- keep your nose to the grindstone = to work very hard for a long time
- работать без продыху/работать не покладая рук
[English Teacher, 2024]
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- bereavement = the death of a close relation or friend
- тяжёлая утрата/потеря близкого человека
[Annihilation, 2017]
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tar — это и битум, a black substance, sticky when hot, used especially for making roads, и смола, one of the poisonous substances found in tobacco (см пример с сигаретами law-tar).

Tarmac — искусственный строительный материал на основе битума, запатентованный в Великобритании, который используется в том числе для покрытия взлётно-посадочной полосы.
[Licorice Pizza, 2021]
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- to fill in for someone = to do someone else's work for them because they cannot or will not do it themselves
- замещать/подменять
[English Teacher, 2024]
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- hitherto = until now or until a particular time (formal)
- до тех пор/доселе/до этого момента/прежде
[Barry Lyndon, 1975]
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- judge not, lest ye be judged = one should not criticize others if one is not prepared to be criticized in return
- не судите, да не судимы будете
[Twin Peaks, 2017]
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- to draw and quarter = to severely punish or criticize someone
- сурово наказать/распекать/вздрючить/разносить
[Bridgerton, 2026]

☠️ hanged, drawn and quartered — тип казни, существовавший в Англии и включавший в себя повешение, потрошение и четвертование
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