- to break up - if someone who is talking on a mobile phone is breaking up, their voice can no longer be heard clearly
- прерываться/пропадать
[The Office, 2008]

- 101 = showing the most basic knowledge about a subject
- азы/основы/для чайников/вводный курс
[Black Doves, 2024]

🎓 101 — индекс для учебного курса начального уровня в системе единого каталога курсов колледжей США.

- to elope = to leave home secretly in order to get married without the permission of your parents
- сбежать с возлюбленным
[The Office, 2008]

💘 elopement
🏃‍ on the lam

- crib notes = a piece of paper that contains notes or information to help someone remember something, especially one used for cheating during an examination
- шпаргалка
[Black Doves, 2024]

- kerfuffle = noise, excitement, and argument
- суматоха/суета/галдёж
[The Thursday Murder Club, 2025]

- better safe than sorry = take action in order to avoid possible unpleasant consequences later, even if this seems unnecessary
- береженного бог бережет/лучше перебдеть, чем недобдеть/перестраховаться
[The Office, 2008]

- let bygones be bygones = you should forget about unpleasant things that happened in the past, and especially to forgive and forget something bad that someone has done to you
- что было, то прошло/кто старое помянет, тому глаз вон
[Black Doves, 2024]

- a furtive look = a glance that is secretive, stealthy, or sly, indicating a desire to avoid being noticed or to keep something hidden
- взгляд исподтишка
[The Studio, 2025]

- to wing it = to perform or speak without having prepared what you are going to do or say
- импровизировать/придумывать на ходу/действовать по наитию
[The Office, 2008]

- run-of-the-mill = ordinary and not special or exciting in any way
- посредственный/заурядный/средней руки/не бог весть какой
[The Studio, 2025]

👨🏻‍🌾 выражение изначально обозначало продукцию, которая производилась на мельнице без предварительной сортировки по качеству, то есть была обычной и однотипной.

- through thick and thin = despite any bad conditions or circumstances
- сквозь огонь и воду/и в горе, и в радости/несмотря ни на что/неизменно/и в богатсте, и в бедности etc.
[Black Doves, 2024]

- to dine and dash = to eat a meal in a restaurant and then leave without paying
- уйти не заплатив
[The Office, 2008]

- a hill to die on = an issue that a person has very strong convictions about and will resolutely defend, whatever the cost
- то, за что готов биться насмерть/то, за что готов умереть
[The Studio, 2025]

- dogsbody = a person who has to do all the boring or unpleasant jobs that other people do not want to do
- мальчик на побегушках/принеси-подай
[Black Doves, 2024]

- tit for tat = actions done intentionally to punish other people because they have done something unpleasant to you
- око за око/зуб за зуб/оплата той же монетой
[The Studio, 2025]

- to soldier on = to continue doing something although it is difficult
- не сдаваться/не отступать/крепиться/держаться
[Weapons, 2025]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/534

- the end justifies the means - said about a situation in which the final aim is so important that any way of achieving it is acceptable
- цель оправдывает средства
[The Office, 2008]

- to pry = to try to find out private facts about a person
- совать нос в чужие дела/вмешиваться
[The Phoenician Scheme, 2025]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/747

- here goes nothing = used when one is about to try doing something new, difficult, or unpleasant
- была не была/будь что будет/терять нечего/погнали/что ж, рискну etc.
[Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi, 1983]

не могу не поделиться

- motherlode = a place that has very large supplies of a mineral or other natural resource
- залежь/кладезь/золотая жила/богатый источник
[The Office, 2008]