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облегчить ношу hand it to him. He managed to get his law degree while working full time. нюня // плакса // рева // глаза на мокром месте a cry-baby (inf) badly burned speculating in oil shares. обжираться make a pig of oneself (inf) W Don't be such a cry-baby - I hardly touched you. W I made a real pig of myself at Christmas so I ' m on a diet again. обзываться call smb names О обветшалый (о здании) d o w n - a t - h e e l (adj) // d o w n - a t the-heel (Am) W The new foreman is unpopular because he calls everyone names. обижаться на весь мир have a chip on one's shoulder W Tom's house needs paint. It looks down-at-heel. W The play was set in a down-at-the-heel hotel in post-war Germany. обдираловка a rip-off (n sl) W Steven has had a chip on the shoulder ever since he was thrown out of the army. W He had a huge chip on his shoulder because he had not been to university. обкатка // прогон (пробное ис¬ пытание) a dry/dummy run W Did you hear how much the garage charged Ben for his car repairs? It was a rip-off! «обезьяна» a copy-cat (n) W Billy is such a copy-cat. He bought a coat just like mine. обжегшись на молоке, дуешь на воду // пуганая ворона кус¬ та боится once bitten, twice shy W The organizers of the procession made a dry run the week before to ensure that all would go smoothly on the day. W Before putting the new magazine into circulation, we did dummy runs of two editions. облегчить душу get smth off one's chest (inf) W After he left her, she refused to go out with anyone else for a long time - once bitten, twice shy, I suppose. обжечься (особенно в финан¬ совом отношении) burn one's fingers // get one's fingers burnt/burned W I f you've got a problem you might as well get it off your chest. W It's been on my conscience for a long time but, now I've got it off my chest, I feel a lot better. облегчить ношу/участь lighten smb's/the load W He invested a lot of money in the stock market without professional advice and burned his fingers. W He got his fingers W Anyway, we'll be getting a temp in next month to do some of this work so that should lighten your load. 145