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a c a s h cow resignation blue. was a bolt from the a bright s p a r k ( e s p about c h i l d r e n , pupils) светлая голова; умница • At school I wasn't one of the bright sparks that went on to higher edu¬ cation. a bug жучок (подслушивающее уст¬ ройство) • Specialists were called in to clean the Embassy of bugs. a buildup «раскрутка» (реклама) • The new television series was given a terrific buildup by the popular press. a burning issue злоба дня • Entry or non-entry into the European Common Market was one of the burning issues in British politics in the early 1970s. a busybody кумушка, сплетница; совать нос; лезть в чужие дела • Don't be a busybody! It's none of your business. • Mr Heath said that Britain should not be an interfering busybody. a can of worms (inf) ящик Пандоры! (источник бед/ несчастий) • Once you start mak¬ ing concessions to individual mem¬ bers of staff, you really open up a can of worms. a carbon copy точная копия • He's a carbon copy of his father. a cash cow «дойная корова» • I guess we 7 a bone of contention камень преткновения (спорный/ трудный вопрос); яблоко раздора • We've fought for so long that we've forgotten what the bone of contention is. a boozer (inf) алкаш • I used to be a boozer for years during the war. a bottleneck узкое место (проблема) • The strike has created a bottleneck in the assembly department. a brain like память как the key to admitted that a sieve. a sieve решето • He lost his Ferrari but his brain was like a brainwave блестящая идея • While in the bath, Archimedes had a brainwave for calculating the volume of irregu­ lar-shaped solids. a brat (derog) щенок; сопляк; выродок • Mrs Estrupp's children are all brats. a bread heel горбушка хлеба • She saves bread heels for the birds. a breath of fresh air глоток свежего воздуха • After all the criticism, his positive com¬ ments came as a breath of fresh air.