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английский язык в видеоцитатах
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- make hay while the sun shines = make good use of an opportunity while it lasts
- куй железо, пока горячо/коси коса, пока роса (🌾букв.: коси сено, пока солнце светит)
[MaXXXine, 2024]
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- to embellish = to add or change some details of a story, usually to make it more interesting or exciting
- приукрашивать/привирать
[Sex and the City, 2002]
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тот случай, когда можно не искать аналог в русском языке
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Literary translation of a Russian proverb by gorgeous Willem Dafoe
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- to have the nerve = to do something bold, daring, or impudent
- иметь наглость
[Kinds of Kindness, 2024]
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- to run out the clock = to use all the time that is still available
- тянуть время (преимущественно о спорте)
[The Office, 2005]
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- puddle-jumper = a small passenger airplane, typically used for shorter connecting trips to smaller airports
- кукурузник/маленький самолёт (✈️ букв.: прыгун через лужи)
[Isle of Dogs, 2018]
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- the more the merrier = an occasion will be more enjoyable if a lot of people are there
- чем больше, тем веселее/в тесноте, да не в обиде
[Beef, 2023]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/50
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- rigmarole = a long set of actions or words without any real purpose
- канитель/волокита/пустая болтовня/пустозвонство
[Bridgerton, 2022]
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- per diem = an amount of money paid for each day that an employee works away from their home or their office, used to pay for food, travelling, etc.
- командировочные/суточные (🏛 букв.: в день)
[The Office, 2006]
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- hand-me-down = things, especially clothes, which have been used by someone else before you and which have been given to you for your use
- подержанный/поношенный/доставшийся от кого-то
(🧦 используется в значении «донашивать за кем-то»)
[Sex and the City, 2001]
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- lights-out = a great performance (sports slang)
- блестящий/безукоризненный/выдающийся
[The Bear, 2024]
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- thespian = connected with acting and the theatre (a somewhat humorous or pretentious term)
- трагический актёр/лицедей/трагик/актёришка (🎭 Феспис считается первым актёром в истории)
[The New Pope, 2020]
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- look what the cat's dragged in - said when someone arrives to express your dislike or disapproval of them, or as a light-hearted way of greeting them
- смотрите, кто пожаловал/кого нам ветром занесло (🐈 букв.: кого кошка притащила)
[The Office, 2006]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/525
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- at/in one sitting = during one limited period of time, without stopping
- за/в один присест
[Sex and the City, 2002]
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- shortcut = a quicker way of doing something in order to save time or effort
- короткий путь/лёгкий путь
[The New Pope, 2020]
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- good-time Charlie = a carefree and convivial person given to frequent pursuit of fun and amusement
- гуляка/повеса/прожигатель жизни
[The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, 2011]

- Norman/Billy No-Mates = a person, usually a man, regarded as friendless
- один-одинёшенек/один как перст etc.
[Saltburn, 2023]

- Jack of all trades = someone who can do many different jobs
- мастер на все руки/и швец, и жнец, и на дуде игрец
[Bridgerton, 2022]
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- to break out = to become affected with an eruption or inflammation of the skin
- высыпать (о коже)/покрыться сыпью или прыщами
[Jennifer's Body, 2009]

👠 а вот тут неочевидное значение глагола break in: https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/552
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- hunch = an idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof
- предчувствие/наитие/чутьё
[Emily In Paris, 2024]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/854
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