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перебиваться пародия a send-up // a spoof (n) первая/юношеская любовь calf love // puppy love W The play is a send-up of the 18th-century monarchy. W His play is a hilarious spoof of the King Arthur story. паршивая овца the black sheep (of the family) // the rotten apple W Before he met Anneliese, all the other girls had just been calf love. W At the time I was sure I would marry him when I grew up, but of course it was just puppy love. первопроходец a trail-blazer (n) W Alex started taking drugs at college, failed his exams and has been jobless for the last three years. He's certainly the black sheep of the Spencer family. W Most students are polite and hard working, but there are a few rotten apples. пасть (рот) a trap (n sl) W He will be remembered as a trail-blazer in cancer research. первый звонок (предупреж¬ дение) a wake-up call W The World Trade Center bombing has served as a wakeup call to the FBI on terrorism. первым бросить камень cast the first stone W Shut your trap! пачкать/марать руки dirty one's hands/get hands dirty (inf) one's W Don't criticize. You've done it yourself, so you shouldn't cast the first stone. перебежать дорогу к-л steal smb's thunder W The royal family don't usually dirty their hands with politics. W Unlike other bosses, he's not afraid to get his hands dirty and the men like that in him. пекло (летняя жара) the dog days W He was looking forward to telling his family the news and was annoyed to find that his cousin had phoned them and stolen his thunder. перебеситься (в молодости) sow one's wild oats W At times, during the dog days of summer, the stream dries up completely. пелена с глаз упала the scales fell from smb's eyes (lit) W When I saw his photograph in the paper, the scales fell from my eyes and I realized I ' d been coned. W It was only at that point that the scales finally fell from his eyes and he realized he made a dreadful mistake. W The students sowed their wild oats before leaving university to become teachers, doctors, etc. W He's sown his wild oats now and he wants to get married and settle down. п е р е б и в а т ь с я (с х л е б а на квас) // едва сводить концы с концами live (from) hand to mouth // scrape along/by W I can scrape along on a reduced income for a short 159