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- to frighten the horses = do something likely to cause public outrage or offence - дразнить гусей (бесцельно вызывать раздражение/затевать спор, который повредит собственной карьере) [A Bigger Splash, 2015]

- measure twice, cut once = plan and prepare in a careful, thorough manner before taking action - семь раз отмерь, один раз отрежь [The Killer, 2023]

- prenup = an agreement made between two people before marrying that establishes rights to property and support in the event of divorce or death - брачный договор [The White Lotus, 2021-2022]

- penny dreadful = a cheap, often lurid or sensational book or magazine - грошовые ужасы (серийные дешевые журналы об убийствах, монстрах и расследованиях, издававшиеся в XIX веке в викторианской Англии) [Downton Abbey, 2010]

- good call - used for saying that you think something is a good idea - хорошая идея/отличная мысль [Deep Water, 2022]

- to loom = to appear as a large, often frightening or unclear shape or object - маячить [Zodiac, 2007]

- no good deed goes unpunished = acts of kindness backfire on those who offer them - не делай добра, не получишь зла/инициатива наказуема (букв.: ни одно доброе дело не остается безнаказанным) [Spider-Man: No Way Home, 2021] https://t.me/for_instance_eng/111

- what gives? - used to ask the reason for something - ну как?/в чём дело?/что случилось? [The Two Faces of January, 2013]

- don't have a cow = you shouldn't be very worried, upset, or angry about something - не кипятись/не кисни [The Simpsons, 1989]

- to stay put = to remain in the same place or position - оставаться на месте [Amateur, 1994]

- john = a toilet - толчок/сортир [Succession, 2021] https://t.me/for_instance_eng/245

- dining car = a part of a train in which passengers are served meals - вагон-ресторан - compartment = one of the separate areas inside a vehicle, especially a train - купе [Strangers on a Train, 1951]

- to major in = to study something as your main subject at college or university - специализироваться/учиться по специальности [The Two Faces of January, 2013]

- bespoke = specially made for a particular person, organization, or purpose - сделанный на заказ [Barbie, 2023]

- trump card = an advantage that makes you more likely to succeed than other people, especially something that other people do no - козырь [Downton Abbey, 2010]

- buzz cut/crew cut = a hairstyle in which the hair is cut very short - ёжик/короткая стрижка (машинкой) [Stranger Things, 2016]

- peeping Tom = somebody who secretly watches other people, especially when those people are taking their clothes off - любопытная Варвара/вуайерист (подглядывающий Том — персонаж из легенды о леди Годиве, которой пришлось проехать обнажённой по улицам города, чтобы её супруг снизил налоги для его жителей. Том был единственным человеком, кто подглядывал за ней в окно, тогда как прочие жители предпочли закрыть окна из уважения к графине)

- peekaboo = a game played with very young children in which you hide your face, especially with your hands, and then suddenly take your hands away saying "peekaboo" - ку-ку [Shrek Forever After, 2010]

- to pan out = to develop in a particular way or in a successful way - удаться/выгореть [The Darjeeling Limited, 2007]

- to string someone along = to deceive someone for a long time about what you are really intending to do - водить за нос [The Talented Mr. Ripley, 1999] https://t.me/for_instance_eng/238