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Jackpot
order could be taken and prepared. Quick service made the new location very popular. But the success came to a halt in the 1990s because of two main factors: the national recession of 1990–91 and more importantly, the E. coli (Escherichia coli, a bacterium that can cause serious infections) incident of 1993, in which four children died and hundreds of others became sick after eating undercooked and contaminated meat from Jack in the Box.
Jackass – осёл (обыкн. самец ); осёл, болван, дурак A jackass is a male donkey. A foolish or stupid person, a blockhead, a person who lacks good judgment: Hey, I’m going to run before I make more of a jackass. Jackass is an American reality series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002, featuring people performing various dangerous, crude, ridiculous, self-injuring stunts and pranks. Jackboot – сапог выше колена; (ист.) ботфорт; кованый сапог; грубое давление, грубая сила, насилие; человек, использующий грубую силу A stout military boot that extends above the knee; a person who uses bullying tactics, especially to force compliance; arbitrary, cruel, and authoritarian rule or behavior.
(A) Jackdaw in peacock’s feathers – ворона в павлиньих перьях A jackdaw, puffed up with foolish pride, picked up some peacock feathers and put them on trying to join the lovely peacock flock, scorning his fellow jackdaws. The peacocks, however, tore the feathers off him and pecked him until he went away. He sadly returned to his own folk, but he was cast out once again and suffered the pain of public humiliation. That is how Aesop teaches us to live our own lives (“Aesop’s Fables”).
Jackpot // Hit the jackpot – (карт.) джекпот, банк; выигрыш всех монет в игральном автомате; лучший результат, которого можно добиться; главный приз,
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