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английский язык в видеоцитатах
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- bedpan = a flat dish used as a toilet by people who are too ill to get out of bed
- судно
[Bugonia, 2025]
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- avuncular = friendly, kind, or helpful, like the expected behaviour of an uncle
- дядюшкин/отеческий/свойственный доброму дядюшке/по-отечески заботливый
[Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, 1990]
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- beamer/beemer/bimmer = a BMW vehicle (cars or motorcycles)
- бумер
[Stranger Things, 2025]
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- to put a spoke in someone's wheel = to disrupt, foil, or cause problems to one's plan, activity, or project
- вставлять палки в колёса
[Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, 1990]

🛞 другой вариант: to put a stick in someone's spokes
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- head over heels = completely in love
- по уши влюблённый
[The Holiday, 2006]
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- to sidebar = to have a private conversation between two people while one or more other people are already speaking (informal)
- отойти на пару слов/поговорить в стороне
[Emily In Paris, 2025]
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- thingamajig = a thing, the name of which has been forgotten
- штуковина/как там его/штукенция/как бишь её etc.
[Stranger Things, 2025]
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- to rub off on someone = to become part of someone because that person has been in a place where it was present
- передаваться/сказываться/отражаться/влиять
[Emily In Paris, 2025]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/1055
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- gherkin = a small type of cucumber that is often pickled
- корнишон
[Bridget Jones's Diary, 2001]
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- to get a grip (on oneself) = to make an effort to control your emotions and behave more calmly
- взять себя в руки
[Love Actually, 2003]
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- whisperer = a person who can control and train a particular type of animal just by using the voice and gentle body movements, and without using force or threats
- заклинатель
[Emily In Paris, 2025]
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- Pollyanna = a person who believes that good things are more likely to happen than bad things, even when this is very unlikely
- неисправимый оптимист
[Stranger Things, 2025]

👧 «Поллианна» — книга детской писательницы Элиноры Портер о девочке, умевшей находить причины для радости в самых бедственных ситуациях
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- to egg someone on = to strongly encourage someone to do something that might not be a very good idea
- подначивать/науськивать/подстрекать
[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002]
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- woolly = confused, not clear, have not been considered carefully enough
- путанный/расплывчатый/неясный/непонятный
[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004]
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- to mull something over = to think carefully about something for a long time
- обдумывать/обмозговать/поразмышлять над чем-то
[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005]
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- peaky = slightly ill, often looking pale
- бледный/осунувшийся/измождённый
[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007]
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- money spinner = a product, business, or idea that makes a lot of money
- прибыльное дело/золотая жила/выгодный бизнес
[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009]
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- to crop up = to happen or appear, often unexpectedly
- неожиданно возникать/всплывать/выходить на поверхность
[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, 2010]
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- old wives’ tale = a traditional story or belief, especially one that is not true
- старое поверье/басни/небылицы
[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2, 2011]
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- locum = a doctor who does the job of another doctor who is ill or on holiday (mainly UK)
- временный заместитель
[Sherlock, 2010]

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