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talk at cross-purposes take the edge off притупить; ослабить; смягчить (остроту чувств) • Her kind manner took the edge off her refusal. • His apology took the edge off her anger. take the heat off/out of smth успокоить страсти; сгладить остроту момента (снять напряже¬ ние) • They hoped that a period of calm would take the heat off the political situation. take the plunge сделать решительный шаг; ре¬ шиться на ч-л • Fred and I had been going together for over two years before he asked me to marry him. I thought he was never going to take the plunge. • Mum had fin¬ ally taken the plunge and bought a mobile phone. take the rough with the smooth принимать жизнь как она есть; быть ко всему готовым; фило¬ софски относиться к неудачам и неприятностям • I don't like liv¬ ing in the town, but with a new job you have to take the rough with the smooth. • As a vegetable gar¬ dener, you must take the rough with the smooth and not be dis¬ heartened by a year of drought or pests. take the trouble брать на себя труд • I wish I had taken the trouble to study this mat¬ ter more carefully. take the wind out of smb's sails выбить почву из-под ног • She was about to tell him her secret when he took the wind out of her sails by saying that he already knew it. take the words out of s m b ' s mouth читать чужие мысли • I was just going to mention that, but you took the words right out of my mouth. take to smb/smth in a big way сильно привязаться к к-л; очень увлечься к-л/ч-л • Mary has taken to him in a big way. • We have taken to the new house in a big way. • She has taken to skiing in a big way. take to smth like a duck to water легко освоить(ся) • She's taken to skiing like a duck to water. take up the cudgels against взяться за топоры; встать на тропу войны (выступить против) • Environmental groups have taken up the cudgels against multinational companies. talk a blue streak (Am) говорить как заведенный; тре¬ щать как пулемет • She talked a blue streak and we just had to listen. talk a mile a minute трещать как сорока/пулемет • Most men would say that women talk a lot, but Harry beats the lot. He can talk a mile a minute. talk at cross-purposes говорить на разных языках; не понимать друг друга • I think we've been talking at cross-purposes. • 151