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Американские идиомы на букву "W"
Русский перевод (значение), часть речи, примеры использования, видео-уроки, произношение
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В разделе W:
[wade through] {v. phr.}
Прочитать до конца нечто длинное и трудоемкое.
It took John six months to wade through Tolstoy's War and Peace in the original Russian.
[wait on] или [wait upon] {v.}
1. обслуживать.
Sue has a summer job waiting on an invalid.
The clerk in the store asked if we had been waited upon.
2. {formal} Посещать из вежливости или по делу.
* […]
[walk on air] {v. phr.}, {informal}
Чувствовать себя счастливым, быть в приподнятом настроении.
Sue has been walking on air since she won the prize.
* /His father's compliment left Jed walking on […]
[walk on eggs] {v. phr.}
действовать с крайней осторожностью, находясь в шатких условиях.
Tom has been walking on eggs ever since he started working for a new boss in Cincinnati.
[walk the chalk] или [walk the chalk line] или [walk the chalk mark]
Действовать именно так, как ты должен; вести себя подобающе; подчиняться.
* /That new teacher really makes the […]
[walk the floor] {v. phr.}
Бродить туда-сюда, снова и снова; расхаживать.
Mr. Black walked the floor, trying to reach a decision.
The sick baby had his mother walking the floor all night.
* /Mrs. Black's […]
[war baby] {n.}, {informal}
Рожденный во время войны.
War babies began to increase college enrollments early in the 1960s.
The war babies forced many towns to build new schools.
одежда для […]
[warm up] {v.}
1. Разогревать готовую еду.
Mr. Jones was so late that his dinner got cold; his wife had to warm it up.
When the children had left for school, their mother warmed up the breakfast coffee.
2. […]
[warm-up] {n.}
Разминка при подготовке к игре или другому мероприятию.
During the warm-up the baseball players were throwing the ball around and running up and down the side of the field.
* /Before the […]
[wash one's hands of] {v. phr.}
Отказываться от чего-либо или отказываться от ответственности за что-либо.
We washed our hands of politics long ago.
* /The school washed its hands of […]