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- lucidity = the quality of being able to think clearly, especially when this is temporary
- ясное сознание/ясность
[Partenope, 2024]
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- to let your hair down = to allow yourself to behave much more freely than usual and enjoy yourself
- перестать себя сдерживать/расслабиться/раскрепоститься
[Black Mirror, 2014]

💃 букв.: распустить волосы
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- maverick = a person who thinks and acts in an independent way, often behaving differently from the expected or usual way
- индивидуалист/белая ворона/одиночка
[Sweetpea, 2024]

🐮 происходит от имени Сэмюэла Мэверика — техасского предпринимателя и политика XIX века, известного, в частности, тем, что, в отличие от других фермеров, он отказывался клеймить свой скот
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- (from) soup to nuts = from the beginning to the end; including everything
- от начала до конца
[The White Lotus, 2025]

🏛 вероятно, восходит к латинскому выражению ab ovo usque ad mala (с яиц по яблоки), которое, в свою очередь, происходит от обычая римлян подавать яйца к началу трапезы, а яблоки к её концу, на десерт
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- up your street = the type of thing that you are interested in or that you enjoy doing
- по твоей части/идеально тебе подходит/как раз то, что тебе нужно
[Black Mirror, 2016]
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бонус: скрин с русскими субтитрами (оказывается, у «Чёрного зеркала» тот ещё перевод)
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- to nip= to go somewhere quickly or be somewhere for only a short time (UK informal)
- заскочить/забежать/заглянуть
[You, 2025]
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- to discharge = to allow someone officially to leave somewhere, especially a hospital or a law court
- выписывать
[Black Mirror, 2016]
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- with/against the fur = in/against the direction of hair growth
- по/против шерсти
[The 10th Kingdom, 1999]
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- to keep someone/something at bay = to prevent someone or something unpleasant from harming you
- удерживать/сдерживать/держать на расстоянии/не подпускать etc.
[You, 2025]
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- peer pressure = the strong influence of a group, especially of children, on members of that group to behave as everyone else does
- давление со стороны сверстников/общественное воздействие
[Sex Education, 2019]
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- to give something/someone a wide berth = to avoid a person or place
- держаться подальше/обходить за километр/избегать
[Black Mirror, 2017]
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- wash = an event or situation in which positive and negative things balance each other
- то на то (и выходит)/ничья
[The Last of Us, 2025]
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- at loose ends = not knowing what to do, especially because of an upsetting change
- без дела/незанятой/неприкаянный/без определенных планов
[The 10th Kingdom, 1999]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/423
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- to knock something on the head = to prevent something from happening, or to finally finish something
- покончить с чем-то/положить конец
[Black Mirror, 2017]
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- to scarf down = to eat something quickly (informal)
- уплетать/лопать/уминать
[You, 2025]
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- the birds and the bees = the basic facts about sex and how babies are produced
- пестики и тычинки/откуда дети берутся
[The Last of Us, 2025]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/900
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- a leopard can't/doesn't change its spots = a person's character, especially if it is bad, will not change, even if they pretend that it will
- горбатого могила исправит/сколько волка ни корми, он всё в лес смотрит/чёрного кобеля не отмоешь добела
[The 10th Kingdom, 1999]

🐆 букв.: леопард не может изменить свои пятна
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- snafu = a situation in which nothing has happened as planned
- неразбериха/путаница
[You, 2025]

acronym from situation normal: all fouled (or fucked) up
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- knob - a way of addressing or referring to a person that you think is very stupid or unpleasant, usually a man
- кретин/придурок/болван/олух/осёл etc.
[Sweetpea, 2024]
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- square = just, fair
- честный/прямой
[The Bear, 2024]
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