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английский язык в видеоцитатах
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- BO = body odour (an unpleasant smell on a person's body that is caused by sweat)
- запах пота
[The Office, 2005]
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- a feather in one's cap = an achievement to be proud of
- предмет гордости/достижение/знак отличия
[Succession, 2023]

🪶 считается, что выражение восходит к обычаю воинов добавлять новое перо к своему головному убору за каждого поверженного врага
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- to purloin = to steal something (formal or humorous)
- похитить/присвоить/умыкнуть
[Bridgerton, 2022]
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- to gripe = to complain continuously about something in a way that is annoying
- ворчать/жаловаться/ныть
[Alien, 1979]
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- what's the damage? - used to ask how much you have to pay for something
- на сколько я попал?/на сколько встрял?/сколько с меня? (букв.: каков ущерб?)
[The Office, 2006]
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- to come out of one's shell = to become more interested in other people and more willing to talk and take part in social activities
- раскрепоститься/стать более общительным (букв.: выйти из своей скорлупы)
[White Noise, 2022]
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специальная рубрика "дискусьон"

snitches get stitches буквально значит "стукачи получают швы", то есть речь идёт об угрозе физической расправы для тех, кто доносит на других. в комментариях можно написать свой вариант того, что предлагали сделать со стукачами в вашем дворе 🪡
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- bottom line = the main or essential point
- суть дела/главное
[Stranger Things, 2016]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/22
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- to stand someone up = to intentionally fail to meet someone when you said you would, especially someone you were starting to have a romantic relationship with
- продинамить (не прийти на встречу)
[Ripley, 2024]
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- run-ins = arguments (informal)
- тёрки/стычки
[The Office, 2006]
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- flyleaf = an empty page at the beginning or end of a book next to the cover
- форзац
[The French Dispatch, 2020]
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- angina = a condition that causes strong chest pains because blood containing oxygen is prevented from reaching the heart muscle by blocked arteries
- стенокардия
[The Bear, 2024]

🏥 а вот «ангину» носители рекомендуют называть «tonsillitis»
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- lickspittle = a person who praises and tries to please people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them
- лизоблюд/подхалим
[House of the Dragon, 2024]
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- to see red = to become very angry
- выходить из себя/прийти в ярость/рассвирепеть
[Downton Abbey, 2010]
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- poaching = the act of persuading someone who works for someone else to come and work for you
- переманивание (чужих сотрудников)
[The Bear, 2024]

🐾 первое значение слова — браконьерство
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- shanty = a song that sailors sang in the past while they were working on a ship
- матросская песня
[Our Flag Means Death, 2022]
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- to get off lightly/to be let off lightly = to experience less serious punishment, injury, or harm than you might have expected
- легко отделаться
[Alien³, 1992]
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- a stone’s throw (away) = a short distance
- в двух шагах/рукой подать
[House of the Dragon, 2024]
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- RSVP = répondez s’il vous plaît/please reply (used at the end of a written invitation to mean that you should tell the people who invited you whether or not you are coming)
- просьба ответить на приглашение/подтвердить участие (письменные приглашения с просьбой уведомить, появится человек на мероприятии или нет)
[The Bear, 2024]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/560
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какую идиому сгенерировал AI?
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- hair of the dog (that bit me) = an alcoholic beverage consumed as a hangover remedy
- лекарство от похмелья

[Bodkin, 2024]

🐩 выражение связано с практикой средневековых медиков посыпать место укуса бешеной собаки пеплом её же шерсти — клин клином вышибали
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