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английский язык в видеоцитатах
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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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- high-maintenance = tending to cause problems or demand attention : extremely sensitive, demanding, or temperamental
- с большими запросами (о человеке, требующем к себе много внимания)
[The Office, 2006]
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фан факт: вот два варианта перевода из русских субтитров (второй, наверное, не так уж плох, но те, кто смотрели сериал, помнят, что Келли требовала от парней не каких-то дорогих подарков, а постоянного внимания к себе)
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- the birds and the bees = the basic facts about sex and how babies are produced
- пестики и тычинки/откуда дети берутся
[Gone Girl, 2014]

🐝 обычно в контексте, когда родители рассказывают детям о «птичках и пчёлках»:
He dreaded having to explain about the birds and the bees to his son.
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- spick and span = very clean and tidy
- чистый/опрятный/без единого пятнышка etc.
[Notting Hill, 1999]
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- petty = having little or no importance or significance
- мелкий/незначительный/пустячный
[Her, 2013]
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- THE shit = something considered to be excellent or the best of its kind
- офигенный/охренительный (💩 обязательно с артиклем the)
[Jennifer's Body, 2009]
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- AWOL = absent without leave (used to say that a member of the armed forces is away without permission)
- самоволка
[The Penguin, 2024]
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- freeloader = a person who uses money, food, a room in a house, etc. given by other people, but who gives nothing to them in exchange
- халявщик/нахлебник
[The Office, 2006]
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- suave = (esp. of men) very polite, pleasant, and usually attractive, often in a way that is slightly false
- изысканный/изящный/учтивый/обходительный
[Her, 2013]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/709
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- subterfuge = deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
- увиливание/уловка/увёртка/отговорка
[House of the Dragon, 2024]
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