Flow Flashcards

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Выделить/превосходить

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Excel at

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2
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Превзойти себя

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Outdid yourself

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Превзойти свои личные ожидания

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Surpass my own expectations

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4
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Быть довольным собой

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Chuffed with myself

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5
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Отвлечься

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Get side -tracked

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Неустойчивость внимания

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Short attention span

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7
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Испытывать спад

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Have a slump

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8
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Второе дыхание

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Have a second wind

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9
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The proper or necessary outlook, mood, or attitude.

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Be in the right frame of mind

I always take a 15-minute walk in the morning. It helps put me in the right frame of mind before I start work

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10
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Тревога

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Alert

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11
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Попробовать выпивку

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Try booze

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12
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To suddenly or immediately materialize in one’s mind.

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Springs to mind

A: “What would you like to have for dinner?” B: “I’m not sure, nothing’s really springs to mind.

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13
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Чувства более обостренные

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Senses seemed heightened

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14
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Крутой/ крутая

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Shit-hot

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15
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Быть в ударе

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Be on a roll

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16
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Наполовину (спустя рукава)

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Half-arsed

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17
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Делать что-то хорошо

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Playing a blinder

18
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Expend a lit of one’s energy or try very hard doing smth
изнурять

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Knock out

I’d like to get these reports done before the weekend, but I’m not going to knock myself out.

19
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Мимолётная причуда

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A passing fad

20
Q

Полная чушь

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A load of poppycock

21
Q

To earn a large profit

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Made a killing

22
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запрещенный, неразрешенный

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Off-limits

23
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To refuse or decline to do something or take further action.
разграничить

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Draw the line at doing smth.

I’m not opposed to cleaning our apartment, but I draw the line at washing your dirty dishes for you

24
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Спец ( в чем-либо)

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To be a dab hand in

25
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To criticize, judge, or disapprove of someone (for something).

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Give someone a stick

My parents gave me a lot of stick for my decision to study art in college, instead of law or medicine.

26
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Отключиться/ отвлечься от работы

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Switch off and disconnect from work

27
Q

Оставляет ожидать лушчего

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Leaves a lot to be desired

28
Q

Очень жарко

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Sweltering/ boiling/ roasting hot

29
Q

сорвать с языка, предвосхитить (чьи-л.) слова, сказать то, что хотел сказать другой

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Take the words right out of my mouth

30
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Ужасно болен

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Gravely ill

31
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несчастье моей жизни, проклятие моей жизни

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The bane of my life

32
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вдохнуть новую жизнь

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Give a new lease of life

33
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A situation in which danger or problems are barely avoided. Used literally, it usually refers to a potential collision of some kind.

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A near miss

It was a near miss when that deer jumped out in front of my car! Luckily, I swerved in time and managed to avoid hitting it.

34
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Уступить

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Cave in

35
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не в курсе событий

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Out of the loop

36
Q

сделать что-то поспешно, необдуманно

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Knock sth out quickly

37
Q

Поразить, привести в восторг

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Knock your socks off

38
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Экономить ( to be exceptionally frugal)

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Stretch money

39
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Отвлечься от мыслей

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Take your mind off things

40
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Стойко переносить превратности судьбы

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Take the rough with the smooth