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lead smb on 3. вырубить (свалить с ног силь¬ ным ударом) • With one blow he laid his attacker out. • Three of the enemy were laid out at once. lead s m b on (inf) морочить голову, дурачить, во¬ дить за нос • She's just leading him on. She has a serious boy¬ friend at home. • Ted led us on to believe that he was a world travel¬ ler, but we found out that he had never been outside our state. lead up to клонить, подводить к ч-л • I know what he's leading up to. He wants you to lend him some money. • Be careful how to lead up to men¬ tioning a possible pay rise with your employer. leak out просочиться (об информации) • News of their engagement leaked out just before Christmas. • The news of his appointment leaked out before it was officially made known. lean on smb (inf) 1. нажать, надавить на к-л • Film production is an enormously competitive business, so the pro¬ ducers lean on the writers. • The gangsters were leaning on store¬ keepers to pay them protection money. • I would gladly do what you ask if you only stopped lean¬ ing on me so hard! 2. рассчитывать, полагаться • He's leaning on me for help. • You have to make your own way in the world, and not lean on your father for the rest of your life. leave out опускать, пропускать, исключать (из планов и т.д.) • I'm aware that we've had to leave out much inter¬ esting and important work. • This sentence doesn't make sense; a key word has been left out. let/leave alone оставить в покое • The plant will grow much better if you let it alone. • Let that bag alone! It's not yours! • When Joel gets mad, just leave him alone. let down подставить к-л, подвести, бросить в беде • You're so silly. You regularly let yourself down, don't you? • I was depending on him but he let me down. • Never let your friends down. let on (inf) 1. разболтать, выдать секрет, при знаться • Don't let on to Doris that we are going to the movies tonight. • Don't let on we went to that dance. 2. сочинить, придумать, при¬ врать, притвориться • He's not as rich as he lets on. • He got the job by letting on that he had a lot of experience. let out (inf) 1. выпустить (сделать одежду длин¬ нее, свободнее) • Mary's mother had to let out her dress because Mary is growing so tall. • This coat needs to be let out across the shoulders. 2. наброситься (с кулаками или руганью) • Jim let out in all direc¬ tions but his attackers were too strong for him. • Once he gets angry, he lets out at anyone who opposes him.
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