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polish off the table, all the children pitched in without waiting to be invited. plank down раскошелиться, выложить день¬ ги не раздумывая • He planked down the money and called for drinks for everyone. • Few people can afford to plank down the whole cost of a house. play down умалять, преуменьшать (роль, значение, важность) • The doc¬ tors thought it kind to play down the serious nature of her illness. • Because it was important, he wished to play it down. play up 1. раздувать (придавать значе¬ ние), поднимать шумиху, под¬ черкивать • If the press hadn't played it up so much, the affair would have been forgotten long ago. • Newspaper reports play up the few accidents and injuries which do occur. 2. барахлить (о механизме) • My car's been playing up again. • Our phone is playing up. 3. проказничать, беситься • If the children start playing up, just send them out to the park. • I hope the children don't start playing up when the guests arrive. play up to (inf) выслужиться перед к-л; поды¬ грать к-л • Did you think the pro¬ fessor's joke was really funny or did you laugh just to play up to him? • I played up to his vanity. play with подумывать о ч-л, прикидывать (в уме) • I played with the idea of going to work abroad, but I think I'd miss home too much. • He had played with the idea of moving her to an apartment of her own. plonk down плюхнуть(ся) • She plonked down in an armchair and lit a ciga¬ rette. • The workman plonked down his heavy bag of tools. plug away at (Am) вкалывать, корпеть над ч-л • If you keep plugging away at your bio¬ logy, you can't help but succeed. • John kept plugging away at the trumpet until he became pretty good at it. • If you keep plugging away at it, the painting will soon be done. plug in (Am inf) въехать, врубиться(понять) • I didn't plug in to what she was talking about. plump down плюхнуться, рухнуть • On ar¬ riving home from work, Helga would plump down into an armchair with a glass of sherry. • Clara plumped herself down on the bed. polish off (inf) 1. смести подчистую (съесть); закончить в два счета • Don't polish off all the food before we get there! • It didn't take the children long to polish off the rest of the cream cake. 2. разделаться с к-л/ч-л, быстро расправиться • You have to polish off three experienced players before 221