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фиговый листок pop music cassettes and sweet papers lying all over the place. фиговый листок a fig leaf фокус-покус (мошенничество) // махинации/жульничество hanky-panky (n) W Are the peace talks simply providing a fig leaf for the continuing aggression between the two countries? ф и н г а л / ф о н а р ь под глазом (синяк) a shiner (n Am) W The kilometer reading on that car's clock is far too low; I bet there's been some hanky-panky at the dealer's garage. Фома неверующий a doubting Thomas (bibl.) W Someone had obviously given him a couple of shiners. финишная прямая the home straight I I the home stretch W And I didn't believe in those flying saucers till I saw one with my own eyes. - You're a bit of a Doubting Thomas, what? фрукт (странный тип, субъект) a queer fish (old-fash) W Is there much more to do on this database? I've had enough of it. - Don't worry. Only two hundred more addresses. We're on the home straight. W We've been working on the project for six months, but we're in the home stretch now. фирма платит (оплачивает счет в ресторане, гостинице и т.д.) be on the house (adv inf) W I knew his father and he was a queer fish too. X халтурить (подрабатывать на стороне) moonlight (v) W I don't earn money as a nurse so I moonlight as a waitress in the evening! халтурный slapdash (adj) W To celebrate Jim's birthday, drinks and refreshments are on the house tonight. W Afterdinner coffee is on the house tonight. фишка/трюк (придумка для привлечения внимания) a gimmick (n) W It looks like a really slapdash job to me - I think you should ask for your money back. халява // на халяву buckshee (n sl) W Petrol companies are fond of such gimmicks as gift-vouchers and free mugs to boost sales. W The current programme began in 1989 as promotional gimmick expected to last six months. W This movie has only one gimmick though, and after a while it begins to wear thin. 250 W I was about to pay for the drinks when I learnt it was all buckshee. халявщик a dead beat (sl) II a sponger II a free loader W Her housemate knew she was a dead beat, shirking her share of the chores. W He's a sponger, don't count on getting that