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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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- harebrained = (of plans or people) silly or not practical
- безрассудный/глупый/опрометчивый
[Bridgerton, 2024]
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- long in the tooth = old, often too old to do something
- в годах/не первой молодости/песок сыплется
[Bodkin, 2024]

🦷 вероятно, связано с практикой определять возраст лошади по зубам
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- to look up to someone = to admire and respect someone
- смотреть с восхищением/равняться на кого-то
[Sex Education, 2021]
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какую идиому сгенерировал AI?
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- go bananas = to become extremely angry or excited
- сойти с ума/спятить/рехнуться/обезумить etc.

[Emily In Paris, 2021]
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- to slack off = to stop working hard or putting effort into something
- сачковать/лениться/отлынивать
[You, 2021]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/299
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- to pout = to push the lower lip forward to show you are annoyed, or to push both lips forward in a sexually attractive way
- дуться/надувать губы
[House of the Dragon, 2024]
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