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pot play to the gallery работать/играть на публику • Politicians these days are more in¬ terested in playing to the gallery than exercising real influence on world events. play truant прогуливать уроки • Of the five missing pupils, the teacher reck¬ oned that two were ill and three were playing truant. played out как выжатый лимон; едва на ногах держаться; измочаленный • She was busy spring-cleaning all day, and by the evening she was played out. plonk (on) the piano бренчать на рояле/пианино • After a few drinks in the bar she usually starts plonking on the piano and we sing a song or two. plough (v) зарубить, завалить (на экзаме¬ не) • Ten students were ploughed in Physics this year. pluck up one's courage набраться храбрости; собраться с духом • Come on, Ann, make the dive. Pluck up your courage, do it. pocket one's pride спрятать гордость в карман • But he needed the aid and compan¬ ionship of his wife. Pocketing his badly damaged pride, he hurried to the door of Madam's locked room. poke fun at потешаться над к-л/ч-л • James poked fun at the new pupil be¬ cause her speech was not like the other pupils'. poke one's nose (derog inf) совать нос (в чужие дела) • He is always poking his nose into my affairs. poles apart как небо и земля (отличаться); диаметрально противоположны • They are poles apart in their atti¬ tude to education. polish the apple прогнуться; подмазаться (под¬ халимничать) • Susan is the teacher's pet because she always polishes the apple. pooh-pooh (v) отмахнуться; отогнать (мысль) • I asked my parents if I could go to Australia with my friends but they pooh-poohed the idea. poor-mouth (Am inf v) прибедняться • He often poormouthed his chances of winning the election. post-mortem/post mortem (fig Lat) «разбор полетов» (анализ собы¬ тия) • After every case is wrapped up, the District Attorney and his staff always conduct a post¬ mortem to see if they could've done a better job. pot (n) травка (наркотик) • He some¬ times smokes pot. 123