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polish up you can win the prize. • If every¬ one helps, we can polish off this job today. • She polished off the rest of the typing in no time. polish up отточить, отшлифовать (улучшить) • The content of the essay is fine. Just polish up the style a bit. • Ann was polishing up her classical Greek. pop in (inf) заскочить, зайти по дороге • He popped in for a moment and then left. • If you're passing by, you should pop in for a chat some time. pop off (Am inf) 1. срываться, катить бочку, на¬ орать на к-л • She's always popping off about her husband's relatives. • Don't keep popping off at me. It's not my fault that he's not here. 2. сыграть в ящик (умереть) • No one expected her to pop off like that. prey on (inf) 1. греть руки на к-л/ч-л, грабить • Gangsters preyed on business of many kinds while the sale of liquor was prohibited. • The rich have been preying on the poor for centuries. 2. терзать, мучить, угнетать • Poor health had preyed on him for years. • Business worries preyed on his mind. psych out (sl) вычислить к-л, раскусить, разга¬ дать • Sue sure has got Joe psyched out. • He was trying to psych out her intentions. • I psyched him out at once. puff up (inf) приукрасить, расхвалить (неза¬ служенно) • I think the news¬ papers have puffed up her perform¬ ance; she wasn't all that good. pull down снести, разрушить • Why did they pull all those houses down? • The council said it would close the flats and pull them down. pull for болеть за к-л • Whenever I watch a movie, I'm always pulling for the underdog. • I can't be at the game to cheer for you, but you know I'm pulling for you. pull in прибыть, подойти (о поезде) • As the 4.30 to Newcastle pulled in, there was a mad scramble to get on. pull off (inf) провернуть (о сделке), удавать¬ ся • Much to our surprise, he pulled off the deal. • I never thought we'd ever stage this play, but somehow we pulled it off. pull (oneself) together взять себя в руки • He had taken some minutes alone in his room to pull himself together. • I'll be all right as soon as I can pull myself together. pull out 1. выйти из игры, дать задний ход • I don't like the latest deve¬ lopments in the plan, so I'm going to pull out before it's too late. • A good businessperson senses 222