Все Английские слова с переводом на Русский язык - страница 3

idiom

Praise

Примеры использования:

You’ve done a great job, and you deserve a pat on the back .

idiom

Praise

Примеры использования:

You’ve done a great job, and you deserve a pat on the back .

phrase

Used to ask someone what they are thinking about.

Примеры использования:

I haven't heard anyone say that for years - a penny for your thoughts.

idiom

I would like to know what you are thinking

Примеры использования:

You haven't said very much – a penny for your thoughts.

idiom

Something you say that means it is wise to save money

Примеры использования:

I'd advise anyone to put aside a proportion of their earnings - a penny saved is a penny earned.

idiom

Used to refer to a woman as a sexually attractive object

idiom

To earn a large amount of money

Примеры использования:

He made a pile selling computers and retired by the time he was 40.

noun

A number of things lying on top of each other

Примеры использования:

A pile of newspapers, after dinner there is always a pile of dishes to be washed., i’ve got piles o…

verb

To arrange objects into a pile

Примеры использования:

We piled plenty of logs up next to the fire., please pile your homework books neatly on the table a…

idiom

To not completely believe something that you are told, because you think it is unlikely to be true

Примеры использования:

You have to take everything she says with a pinch of salt, because she tends to exaggerate.

idiom

To be very expensive

Примеры использования:

That coat must have cost you a pretty penny!

idiom

Unfair treatment or arrangements

Примеры использования:

He felt he had gotten a raw deal but didn’t complain.

idiom

To annoy someone

Примеры использования:

Steve always manages to get a rise out of me with his racist jokes.

idiom

A place to live

Примеры использования:

It is hard to keep a roof over your head and food in the fridge when you get paid $6.50 an hour.

idiom

Usually

Примеры использования:

As a general rule, we don’t allow children in here.

noun

A timid person.

Примеры использования:

We contemptuously called them scaredy-cats

noun

English as taught to people whose main language is not english and who live in a country where english is an official or main language

phrase

An attempt or opportunity to do something.

Примеры использования:

The team had victory snatched from their grasp, and could well have had their last bite at the cherry

idiom

Another opportunity to do something

Примеры использования:

He missed a medal in the 100 metres, but will get a second bite of the cherry in the 400 metres.

noun

Darkness and cooler temperatures caused by something blocking the direct light from the sun

Примеры использования:

[ u ] the truck was parked in the shade., [ c ] the lamps had matching shades., he painted the room…

verb

To prevent direct light from shining on something

Примеры использования:

Shade your eyes i shaded my eyes from the glare of the sun., the broad avenues are shaded by splend…

idiom

If you do something on a shoestring, you do it with a very small amount of money

Примеры использования:

The film was made on a shoestring.

idiom

Something that has a sudden, strong, positive effect on something

Примеры использования:

Winning this award has been a big shot in the arm for the students.

phrase

A person or thing that one is extremely pleased or relieved to see.

Примеры использования:

The mighty cairngorms are a sight for sore eyes in any rambler's book

idiom

Someone or something that you are happy to see

Примеры использования:

After twenty hours of driving, my family was a sight for sore eyes.

idiom

Said to emphasize that every difficult or unpleasant situation has some advantage

verb

To slide suddenly and without intending to

Примеры использования:

He slipped on an icy sidewalk and broke his hip., the blanket began to slip off my shoulders., [ i …

phrase

Small and thin, usually because of being young

Примеры использования:

Slip of a girl i knew her when she was a slip of a girl., you think that mere slip of a child can d…

idiom

An amount of money that seems to be a lot

Примеры использования:

Getting the car fixed will cost a small fortune.

phrase

No chance at all.

Примеры использования:

The scheme has a snowball's chance in hell of being accepted

idiom

To have no chance of succeeding

Примеры использования:

If he can't afford a good lawyer, he doesn't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the case.

noun

An offensive word for an unpleasant man