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балаболка балаболка // пустозвон // треп¬ ло (болтун) be all mouth and trousers (inf) W The accompanist banged out the melody on the piano. барахлить (работать с пере¬ боями) be on the blink // be on the fritz // act up (inf) // play up W He'll talk all night about your problems and how to solve them, but he won't actually do anything to help. His trouble is that he's all mouth and trousers. балдежный // потрясный bang-up (adj inf) W John did a bang-up job painting the house. W We had a bang-up time at your bash. «балдеть» // сходить с ума от к-л/ч-л be nuts about smb/smth W I think the photocopier's on the blink. W We had to have the washing done at the laundry because our machine was on the blink. W The car acted up because the spark plugs were dirty. W Her friend arrived by cab, which meant the old Ford was on the fritz again. W My car's been playing up again. W Our phone is playing up. баснословные/заоблачные цены sky-high prices W Otto is nuts about boats. W I'm nuts about her. балласт // мертвый груз (не¬ нужный человек, вещь) a dead wood // a dead weight W This worker is a deadwood and we'll give him the boot. W It's time we brought these files up to date. We'll start by throwing out all the dead wood. W She is just a dead weight on the business at the moment. W Too many members of the school team are simply dead weight. баловаться курением smoke off and on W The prices in that shop are sky-high. башка a block (n inf) // a noddle (n inf) W I bumped my block against the beam. W He got hit on the noddle. башня из слоновой кости an ivory tower W Mark was eleven and had been smoking off and on for two years. бальзам по сердцу/на душу be music to smb's ears W How much of the research done by academics in their ivory towers is ever read or published? W Living in your ivory tower at Oxford, you can't imagine, can you, what it's like to go hungry? бег с препятствиями an obstacle race W The news of his resignation was music to my ears. барабанить/бренчать (на роя¬ ле) // тарабанить (на рояле) bang out (inf) W We don't need this obstacle race every day. I'm going to quit driving to work. бегать за юбками chase skirts // womanize (v) W He was banging out 'Au Clair de la Lune' for all he was worth. 10 W He was given to much skirt chasing in his day. W Her