Lesson 3 Flashcards

(18 cards)

1
Q

Smth extra you get because of your job in addition to your pay

A

Fringe benefits

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2
Q

To be amazed by smth so good ( performance, a piece of music)

A

To be blown away by

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3
Q

Быть на одной волне

A

To be on the same wavelength

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4
Q

Взять себя в руки

A

To get your act together

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5
Q

Have to work on a plan from the beginning again

A

To be back to square one

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6
Q

Быть неотъемлемой частью чего-то

A

To be part and parcel of something

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7
Q

To do something immediately

A

Right off the bat

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8
Q

You surprise smo with smth unpleasant and difficult to deal with

A

Throw smo a curveball

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9
Q

To do smth extremely well, better than you had hoped

A

To bat a thousand

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10
Q

Do smth stupid and careless ( Расслабиться)

A

Drop the ball

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11
Q

To sleep

A

To catch some z’s

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12
Q

To be just finished or sold all its supply

A

To be fresh out of smth

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13
Q

To have little or no value

A

To not be worth a dime

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14
Q

Smth that makes a good thing even better

A

The frosting on the cake

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15
Q

Argue violently all the time

A

Fight like cats and dogs

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16
Q

Hard, boring work

17
Q

Cry a lot ( informal)

18
Q

Усмехаться как чеширский кот

A

Grin like the cat that ate the canary