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a silver-tongued orator a scapegoat козел отпущения • The com¬ pany director claimed that with his dismissal he had been made a scapegoat for the financial mis¬ management of other members of the board. a s e a dog морской волк • I'm no sea dog, I always feel ill on boats. a send-up пародия; пасквиль • The play is a send-up of the 18th-century monarchy. a second wind (fig) второе дыхание • I've been awake for twenty hours, but I'm beginning to get my second wind, so I don't feel tired. a shady character темная личность • He's certainly a shady character; don't have any¬ thing to do with him. a shaggy dog story тягомотина (затянутый анекдот, шутка с глупым концом) •My grandad insists on telling these shaggy dog stories which nobody finds funny except him. a shiner (Am) ф и н г а л / ф о н а р ь под глазом (синяк) • Someone had obviously given him a couple of shiners. a shoot-out (Am inf) разборка; перепалка; перестрел¬ ка • He was wounded during a shoot-out with the police. 21 a short cut кратчайший путь; напрямик • I know a short cut to the station, which takes 10 minutes less than the usual route. a short memory девичья память • Sometimes she doesn't remember handing in her work because she has such a short memory. a shot in the dark наобум; наугад • The detective admitted that his decision to check the factory had just been a shot in the dark. a shotgun marriage/wedding брак вдогонку (вынужденный брак) • I think theirs was a shot¬ gun wedding - the bride was cer¬ tainly pregnant at the time. a shoulder to cry on тот, кому можно поплакаться в жилетку • My father had just died and I needed a shoulder to cry on. • For a lot of new mums the health visi­ tor becomes a real friend, full of sound advice and the perfect shoulder to cry on when it all gets too much. a shrinking violet святая невинность • I wouldn't exactly describe him as a shrink¬ ing violet. a shut-out/shutout (Am) игра с «сухим» счетом • It was another shutout. a silver-tongued orator златоуст • He was a (lit) silver-