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загнуться that pays less. W The government is digging itself into an even deeper hole by refusing to admit it made a mistake. загнуться // приказать долго жить bite the dust (inf) machine. W I will give you a real tongue-lashing if you ever do that again. W A customer complained about one of the waiters so the manageress came and gave him a good telling-off. задать темп set the pace for W Three hundred more people lost their jobs in the same region when another firm bit the dust. W The company finally bit the dust and sold all its assets. заговорить до смерти // умо¬ рить разговором talk t h e b a c k / h i n d legs off a donkey // bend smb's ear (inf) W Her experiments set the pace for future research. задать тон set the tone W My wife can talk the hind/ back legs off a donkey. W Don't let her bend your ear about how overworked she is. W She bent my ear for over an hour with all her problems. загреметь/рухнуть (упасть) come a cropper W His obvious boredom at the entire proceedings set the tone for what promised to be a remarkably cheerless Christmas dinner. задворки // медвежий угол be the armpit of the world/universe For some people it's an exciting big city - for others it's the armpit of the universe. задетый/уязвленный be cut up (inf) W Supermodel Naomi Campbell came a cropper last week on the catwalk of a Paris fashion show. загрузиться (о компьютере) boot up W She's really cut up about getting a D in maths. W John was badly cut up when Susie gave him back his ring. задеть за живое // уязвить hit/touch a (raw) nerve // hit smb where it hurts (most) // cut smb to the quick W The PC took a couple of minutes to boot up. задаваться/воображать be stuck up (inf) // be toffee-nosed W Mary is very stuck up, and w i l l not speak to the poor children in her class. W What is she so toffee-nosed about? задать перцу/взбучку/жару // устроить выволочку/разнос/ головомойку give smb a dressing-down/a tongue-lashing/a telling-off W She suddenly looked distressed and I knew I ' d touched a raw nerve. W I f you want to hit her where it really hurts, tell her she's putting on weight again. W Tom's sharp words to Mary cut her to the quick. з а д е т ь струну (вызвать от¬ клик) strike/touch a chord W The boss gave Fred a real dressing-down for breaking the 74 W That poem strikes a chord in all those touched by the