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пойти на попятный
подыграть к-л play up to smb (inf)
W Did you think the professor's joke was really funny or did you laugh just to play up to him? W I played up to his vanity.
поживем-увидим wait and see
W Rival firms reduced their prices, but we went one better by offering easy credit terms. W He set the world record last year. This year he would like to go one better by beating his own record.
пойти/отправиться на боко¬ вую (лечь спать) turn in (inf)
W Do you think they'll raise taxes? - We'll have to wait and see.
п о ж и н а т ь п л о д ы // п о ж а т ь бурю reap a/the harvest/the whirlwind (Am)
W Before turning in for the night he asked for an early morning call. W I turned in early last night.
пойти на все (быть на все спо¬ собным) go to any length(s)/to great lengths
W Homelessness is rising. We are reaping the harvest of a lack of investment in housing and social services. W Having fired some of his best reporters he's now reaping the whirlwind with rapidly declining sales.
позолотить ручку (для гадания) cross smb's palm with silver
W Bill will go to any length to keep Dick from getting a date with Mary. W He'll go to any lengths to get that j o b , including bribery.
пойти на мировую (помирить¬ ся) make up (with)/make it up
W Cross my palm with silver and I ' l l tell you something you'll be pleased to hear.
поймать с поличным catch smb with smb's fingers in the till
W After the quarrel the two young lovers kissed and made up. W I heard you made up with an old enemy of yours. W The feuding families have made it up.
пойти на попятный (не сдер¬ жать слова) go back on one's word
W Senior officials who get caught with their fingers in the till must expect to be punished very severely.
пойти в к-л // идти по стопам к-л take after
W The boy's father told him not to go back on his promise.
пойти на попятный (струсить) chicken out (of doing smth) // bottle out
W The boy takes after his father, he has the same red hair, big feet, and quick temper. W Bill took after his uncle and began working as a volunteer for the Red Cross.
пойти дальше go one better (than)
W He didn't want to look as if he was chickening out. W In the end I chickened out and took the easier route down the mountains. W She'll bottle out when she sees the other competitors. W She was going
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