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sweet papers sweet papers фантики • Young Andrew's bed¬ room was a mess, with dirty socks, pop music cassettes and sweet papers lying all over the place. sweeten the pill подсластить пилюлю • The gov¬ ernment have cut income tax to sweeten the pill of a tough budget. sweet-talk smb зубы заговаривать (уговари¬ вать) • I didn't want to help her, but she sweet-talked me into it. sweltering (adj) знойный; душегубка (о жаркой погоде) • The weather's been sticky and sweltering through much of the northern United States. s w i m a g a i n s t the c u r r e n t / stream/tide плыть против течения • Bob tends to do what everybody else does. He isn't likely to swim against the tide. • The boy who tries to succeed today without an education is swimming against the stream. • I'm voting for him even if that is swimming against the cur¬ rent. swim like a brick плавать как топор • I'm not go¬ ing out of my depth - 1 swim like a brick! swim with the tide плыть по течению • In politics it's sometimes wiser to swim with the tide than to take an individual course. T take a back seat уйти в тень/на вторые роли/на задний план • I had done the best I could, but it was time to take a back seat and let someone else run things. take a dim view of косо смотреть (не одобрять) • John's father took a dim view of his wanting to borrow the car. take a drop пропустить рюмочку/стаканчик • He's taken a drop to keep the cold out. take a fancy to положить глаз; приглянуться • He bought that house because his wife took a fancy to it. take a powder (si) смотать удочки; смыться • He's not the first, and won't be the last, to take a powder after getting a young woman pregnant. take a shot at (Am inf) пробовать себя/свои силы; рискнуть • He's proven himself to be a talented actor, and now he's taking a shot at directing his first play. take a sledgehammer to crack/ break a walnut/nut стрелять из пушек по воробьям • Three men spent all day yester¬ day mending my telephone. One man could have done the job in half an hour. It was like taking a sledge¬ hammer to crack a walnut. 148