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ц е п л я т ь с я / п р и д и р а т ь с я (к мелочам) pick on
W You're always picking on me. W He says that this particular teacher is always picking on him.
цепь/череда неудач be a chapter of accidents (formal)
become ill. W Although the boy had lived in his new country for three years, he was still pining for his homeland.
чего там только нет // чёрта в ступе and whatnot
W The whole trip was a chapter of accidents. W The chapter of accidents began when we missed the plane in Geneva.
W The luxury house has ten bedrooms, a swimming pool and whatnot.
чемоданное настроение // охо¬ та к перемене мест (have) itchy feet (inf)
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чаевые // на чай a tip (n)
W The woman gave me a dollar tip.
час настал/пробил (пришло время) the time is ripe for smth
W Why've you got all these travel brochures? Do you have itchy feet? W Many 19th century pioneers in North America travelled West not in order to find gold or riches, or even new farmland, but rather because they were suffering from itchy feet.
чепуха на постном масле // чушь собачья stuff and nonsense
W British socialists were convinced that the time was ripe for fundamental social change.
час расплаты day of reckoning
W I hadn't done any work for weeks, and the day of reckoning was getting closer.
частник (нелегальное такси) // «бомбила» (нелегальное так¬ си) a gypsy cab/taxi
W The team you are now watching is the best football team in the country! - Stuff and nonsense! The children from the local school could beat them easily.
через край have smth coming out of one's ears (inf)
W He's going to have money coming out of his ears i f this deal comes off.
через мой труп over one's dead body (adv)
W When in Moscow I always flag down 'gypsy cabs', people who make a few rubles picking up rides.
чахнуть/сохнуть (тосковать) pine for
W They will get Penbrook Farm only over my dead body.
через ч-л голову (действо¬ вать) over smb's head (adv)
W We always have to take the dog with us on holiday, or he would pine for his master and
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W He went over the departmental manager's head and reported the