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английский язык в видеоцитатах
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- to piggyback = to use something that someone else has made or done in order to get an advantage
- использовать чужие достижения в своих интересах (букв.: кататься у кого-то на спине)
[Succession, 2018]

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- all square = mutually clear of all debts or obligations
- в расчёте/квиты
[Luther, 2019]
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- no strings attached = without any special conditions
- никаких обязательств/без каких-либо условий
[Shrek Forever After, 2010]
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- to know something like the back of your hand = to have very good and detailed knowledge of something
- знать что-то как свои пять пальцев
[The Devil Wears Prada, 2006]
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- doodad - you can refer to something, especially an electronic device, as a doodah when you do not know exactly what is called
- штуковина/безделушка/прибамбас
[Daria, 1997]
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- knock it off - used to tell someone to stop doing something that annoys you
- хватит/прекрати/завязывай
[Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, 2023]
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- to get cold feet = to suddenly become too frightened to do something you had planned to do, especially something important such as getting married
- струсить/сдрейфить/пойти на попятную
[You, 2021]
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- party pooper = someone who spoils other people's enjoyment by disapproving of or not taking part in a particular activity
- кайфолом/зануда (тот, кто портит веселье или первым уходит с вечеринки)
[Succession, 2019]
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- to split hairs = to argue about small details of something
- вдаваться в тонкости/спорить о мелочах/придираться
[Girls, 2012]
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- brown liquor = brown colored alcoholic beverages
- крепкие напитки (коричневого цвета)
[Emily in Paris, 2022]
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- bad blood = feelings of hate between people because of arguments in the past
- вражда/неприязнь
[13 Reasons Why, 2019]
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- Dundee cake = a traditional Scottish cake containing dried fruit, usually with almonds on the top of it
- кекс «Данди» (кекс с большим количеством цукатов и сухофруктов, с традиционным узором из очищенного миндаля)
[Enola Holmes 2, 2022]
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- to LARP = to take part in a live-action role play (= a game in which players dress as particular characters and act out their parts in the game)
- принимать участие в ролевой игре
[The White Lotus, 2022]
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- break a leg! - used for wishing someone good luck, especially before a performance
- ни пуха ни пера!
[Pearl, 2022]

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- hen night = a party for a woman who is going to get married, to which only her female friends are invited
- девичник
[Doctor Who, 2013]
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- to chug = to swallow a drink completely without stopping to breathe
- выпивать залпом
[Succession, 2021]
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- last call = the time when the customers in a place where drinks are sold (such as a bar) are told that they can order one more drink before it closes
- последний заказ (до закрытия заведения)
[Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 2022]
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- a penny for your thoughts - said when you want to know what another person is thinking, usually because they have been quiet for a while
- о чем думаешь?/о чем задумался? (букв.: плачу пенни за твои мысли)
[Why Women Kill, 2019]
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- to be hung up on (somebody/something) = to be extremely interested in or worried by a particular subject and spend an unreasonably large amount of time thinking about it
- сохнуть (по кому-то)/зациклиться (на ком-то/чем-то)
[Sex Education, 2020]
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- to be on one's own page = to have a different plan or agenda or have no intention to follow anyone else's plan
- быть на своей волне
[Avengers: Infinity War, 2018]
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