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lay out knock up (inf) 1. с в а р г а н и т ь , приготовить, сообразить (о еде) • Do you want me to knock up a meal for you? • What sort of a meal do you expect me to knock up in ten minutes? 2. заколачивать (деньги) • Jim's father knocked up over $10,000 last year. knuckle down засучить рукава • It's high time you knuckled down to some hard study. • The professor insisted that we knuckle down and get our papers in by Friday. knuckle under (inf) плясать под ч-л дудку; сдаться; подчиниться • He refused to knuckle under and was asked to leave. • We all had to knuckle under to the director's order. заться, не отходить от к-л • My talkative neighbour latched on to me throughout the party - 1 couldn't get away. • Just as he was about to leave, he was latched on to by a girl he'd met that morning. 2. ухватить, понять, уловить (смысл) • Carol quickly latched on to how the sewing machine works. • The teacher makes a lot of jokes to amuse his students, but they rarely latch on to them. lay into smb напуститься, наброситься на к-л (с кулаками или руганью) • She knew that Annie had laid into Brian for his tactlessness. • I was going to lay into her but the other two girls grabbed my arms. lay off (inf) 1. оставить в покое, кончать, перестать • They had warned him to lay off, but he'd kept cutting in just the same. • Lay off, can't you! Can't you see he's had enough? 2. снять, отстранить от работы, уволить • 500 workers were laid off when the factory was closed after the fire. • The company lost the contract for making the shoes and laid off half its workers. lay out (inf sl) 1. отчитать, отругать • The di¬ rector laid Jim out for being late again. • She laid me out for break¬ ing the vase. 2. выкладывать (деньги), раско¬ шелиться • Some people might be too hard up midweek to lay out large sums. • How much did you have to lay out for your new car? L land with (inf) нагрузить, навязать, навесить на к-л • I've been landed with the con­ ference organization! • You landed us with that awful Hector whom I'd never seen in my life. lap up (inf) поглощать, жадно впитывать; упиваться • The singer laps up ad¬ miration from the public. • William is interested in rockets and space, and he laps up all he can read about them. latch on to (inf) 1. таскаться за к-л, прицепить¬ ся, прилипнуть, пристать, увя- 211