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[at one's door] или [at one's doorstep]  {adv. phr.}

1. Очень близко; совсем рядом с местом, где вы живете или работаете.

* /Johnny is very lucky because there's a swimming pool right at his  […]

[at one's elbow]  {adv. phr.}

Рядом с вами; поблизости.

The President rode in an open car with his wife at his elbow.

* /Mary practiced for several years to become a champion swimmer and her mother was always at her elbow to help  […]

[at one's feet]  {adv. phr.}

Под чьм-либо влиянием или во власти.

She had a dozen men at her feet.

Her voice kept audiences at her feet for years.

Ср.: [THROW ONESELF AT SOMEONE'S FEET].

[at one time]  {adv. phr.}

1. В один и тот же момент; вместе, одновременно;

Let's start the dance again all at one time.

Mr. Reed's bills came all at one time and he could not pay them.

Син.: [AT THE SAME  […]

[at sea] (1)  {adv.} or  {adj. phr.}

1. В морском круизе; в путешествии на корабле.

They had first met at sea.

2. В море; вдали от берега.

By the second day the ship was well out at sea.

*  […]

[at sea] (2)  {adj. phr.}

Не представляющий что делать; растерянный; потерянный.

The job was new to him, and for a few days he was at sea.

* /When his friends talked about chemistry, Don was at sea,  […]

[at swords' points]  {adj. phr.}

Готовый начать бой; сильно настроенный против всех остальных; враждебный; ссорящийся.

* /The dog's barking kept the Browns at swords' points with  […]

[at the point of]  {prep.}

Очень близко к (ч.л.); практически на пороге (при-), в состоянии, едва, чуть.

When Mary broke her favorite bracelet, she was at the point of tears. — Мэри едва  […]

[at the tip of one's tongue] или [on the tip of one's tongue]  {adv. phr.}

 {informal}

1. Почти высказанное; на грани того чтобы что-то сказать.

* /It was at the tip of my tongue to tell him, when the phone  […]

[at times]  {adv. phr.}

Не часто; не регулярно; не каждый день; не каждую неделю; от случая к случаю; иногда.

At times Tom's mother lets him hold the baby.

* /You can certainly be  […]