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земля обетованная W I know it's a good company. I just want to get a foot in the door and with any luck I can work my way up. W The only way to get your foot in the door with that company is to know someone who works there. зациклиться/помешаться (иметь навязчивую идею) be hung up on (inf) W When I discovered I was pregnant, I wanted to shout it from the rooftops. звонкая монета (наличные деньги) hard cash // cold cash (n Am) W We gave him half the money in hard cash and wrote a cheque for the rest. W Mr Jones bought a new car and paid cold cash for it. звякнуть (позвонить по теле¬ фону) give smb a tinkle (old-fash inf) // give smb a buzz/jingle (Am inf) W For years the FBI was hung up on communist spies. W The girl is really hung up on that musician. зачахнуть на корню wither/die on the vine W Plans to create cheap housing for the poor seem doomed to wither on the vine. з а ш и б а т ь деньгу // «рубить капусту» make/turn a fast/quick buck (inf) W Okay then, I ' l l give you a tinkle when I get home. W Give him a buzz/jingle after five, he'll be in then. здравый смысл horse sense (old-fash) W Has he got enough horse sense not to get into debt? зевака a rubberneck (n sl) W Times are hard - you have to make a fast buck wherever and however you can. W During the summer season, ice-cream sellers on the sea front turn a quick buck. заядлый курильщик a chain smoker W In London in summer you can't go anywhere without bumping into a crowd of rubbernecks. зеленая стоянка (make) a pit stop (Am inf) W M r Jones is a chain smoker. заяц (безбилетный пассажир) a fare-dodger/fare dodger W Clean toilets and a nice place to eat are what drivers are looking for when they make a pit stop. з е л е н е н ь к и е ( д о л л а р ы ) // баксы greenbacks (n inf Am) // smackers (n Am sl) // bucks (n Am sl) W With the ticket prices rising what can you do about fare dodgers? звезд с неба не хватает // по¬ роха не выдумает smb will not set the Thames on fire W He'll never set the Thames on fire but he'll do quite well at his job. з в о н и т ь во все к о л о к о л а // кричать на всех углах shout smth from the rooftops W He dropped this pack of greenbacks in her lap. W Don't waste your hard-earned smackers like that. W The concert tickets cost 25 bucks each. земля обетованная the promised land (bibl) W Her ambition was always to come to England, which 83