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- nepotism = the act of using your power or influence to get good jobs or unfair advantages for members of your own family
- блат/кумовство
[Easy A, 2010]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/392
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- keepsake = a small present, usually not expensive, that is given to you by someone so that you will remember that person
- подарок/сувенир на память
[Conclave, 2024]
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- potayto, potahto/tomayto, tomahto = a distinction without a difference
- те же яйца, только в профиль/та же песня/один чёрт etc.

🥔/🍅 выражение восходит к песне Let's Call the Whole Thing Off, в которой два лирических героя предлагают не обращать внимания на мелочи, которые отличают их друг от друга (например, на то, как они произносят одни и те же слова), чтобы сохранить их прекрасный союз:

You say either and I say either
You say neither and I say neither
Either, either
Neither, neither
Let's call the whole thing off.
You like potato and I like potahto
You like tomato and I like tomahto
Potato, potahto,
Tomato, tomahto.
Let's call the whole thing off
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- snitch = someone who secretly tells someone in authority that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble
- стукач/доносчик/ябеда
[Maniac, 2018]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/377
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- splinter = a small, sharp, broken piece of wood, glass, plastic, or similar material
- заноза/щепка/обломок
[The Office, 2005]
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- to fix someone up = to find a romantic partner for someone
- свести/познакомить/сосватать
[Bridget Jones's Diary, 2001]
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- over my dead body - if you say something will happen over your dead body, you mean that you will do everything you can to prevent it
- только через мой труп
[Love Actually, 2003]
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- hash factory/foundry = a cheap café or restaurant, a ‘greasy spoon’
- забегаловка/рыгаловка
[The Holdovers, 2023]
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- callous = unkind, cruel, and without sympathy or feeling for other people
- чёрствый/бессердечный/бесчувственный
[Scenes from a Marriage, 2021]
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- wimp = a person who is not strong, brave, or confident
- тряпка/нытик/размазня/слабак etc.
[Home Alone, 1990]
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- to hit on someone = to show someone that you are sexually attracted to them
- подкатывать/клеиться/приударить (за кем-то)
[Eyes Wide Shut, 1999]

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/424
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- show out = to go to the door of the building with someone who does not live or work there, when they are leaving
- проводить (к выходу)
[Love Actually, 2003]
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- verbose = using or containing more words than are necessary
- многословный/пространный/растянутый etc.
[Saltburn, 2023]
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- not give a tinker's cuss/curse/damn = to not be interested in or worried about something or someone (old-fashioned informal)
- наплевать/совершенно не интересовать/ни в грош не ставить
[Phantom Thread, 2017]

🔑 выражение, скорее всего, объясняется любовью лудильщиков, tinkers, к сквернословию
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- ish - used for saying that something is not completely true or exactly right
- типа/примерно/как бы/вроде как/отчасти

https://news.1rj.ru/str/for_instance_eng/436
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- to be off the hook = to escape from a difficult situation
- выкрутиться/избежать неприятной ситуации/освободиться от обязательств/выйти из затруднительного положения etc.
[The Holiday, 2006]

🪝 букв.: сорваться с крючка
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- gig = a single performance by a musician or group of musicians, especially playing modern or pop music, or by a comedian
- выступление/концерт
[Eyes Wide Shut, 1999]
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- to pay the piper = to pay for one's pleasures or bear the consequences of one's actions
- платить по счетам/расплачиваться (за плохие или неправильные действия)
[Shrek Forever After, 2010]

🐀 выражение восходит к легенде о Гамельнском крысолове (дудочнике), которого наняли, чтобы тот избавил город от крыс; когда крысолов выполнил свою работу, а ему отказались за неё заплатить, он увлёк всех детей из города под звуки своей музыки, после чего те безвозвратно пропали
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- calling card = something that describes or shows a person's typical qualities
- визитная карточка
[Home Alone, 1990]
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14 декабря я открыла независимый книжный в Ростове-на-Дону.
малыша назвали Буревестник.
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