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look for 3. проговориться, проболтаться • I'll never tell you another secret if you let this one out. • I thought it was a secret - who let it out? let smb in for впутать(ся), обречь на ч-л • You don't realize, darling, what you've let me in for. • We stood in front of this awful hotel and thought, what have we let ourselves in for? let up сойти на нет, стихнуть, ослабеть, спасть • It has rained for three days without letting up. • Day followed day and still the heat did not let up. • Mother thought the pain would never let up. lie in валяться в постели • On Sunday mornings I always lie in. • It's so nice at the weekends to have a chance to lie in. light on/upon набрести, наткнуться, случайно обнаружить • John was delighted to light on a new solution to the problem. • We were following the path when suddenly we lit upon a cave. live down загладить, искупить, заслужить прощение • Sandra called her prin cipal the wrong name at the banquet, and she thought she would never live it down. • I'm afraid I'll never live down that tactless remark I made. live it up жить на широкую ногу, кутить; прожигать жизнь • After receiv ing a large inheritance, Bob and Alice began to live it up. • She used to live it up, but since she lost all her money all she can afford is window-shopping. live off smb сидеть на шее • Roland had not worked for two months when I met him, and had been living off his mother. • Although Eric is 40 years old, he has no job and con¬ tinues to live off his elderly parents. live up to оправдать (надежды, ожида¬ ния); быть на уровне • It was clear that the lazy student would never live up to his family's expectations. • So far as he could, John had al¬ ways tried to live up to the example he saw in Lincoln. look after присматривать, ухаживать, заботиться • If you look after your new shoes, they will last longer. • Who will look after the children while we go out to work? look down on/upon смотреть свысока, относиться презрительно, высокомерно; не одобрять • Mary looked down on her classmates because she was better dressed than they were. • Women have grown tired of being looked down on by employers. с The school looks down on such behaviour. look for 1. искать • Fred spent all day looking for a job. • The police and
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