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- old wives’ tale = a traditional story or belief, especially one that is not true
- старое поверье/басни/небылицы
[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2, 2011]
- to crop up = to happen or appear, often unexpectedly
- неожиданно возникать/всплывать/выходить на поверхность
[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 1, 2010]
- money spinner = a product, business, or idea that makes a lot of money
- прибыльное дело/золотая жила/выгодный бизнес
[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009]
- peaky = slightly ill, often looking pale
- бледный/осунувшийся/измождённый
[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007]
- to mull something over = to think carefully about something for a long time
- обдумывать/обмозговать/поразмышлять над чем-то
[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005]
- woolly = confused, not clear, have not been considered carefully enough
- путанный/расплывчатый/неясный/непонятный
[Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004]
- to egg someone on = to strongly encourage someone to do something that might not be a very good idea
- подначивать/науськивать/подстрекать
[Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002]
- Pollyanna = a person who believes that good things are more likely to happen than bad things, even when this is very unlikely
- неисправимый оптимист
[Stranger Things, 2025]
👧 «Поллианна» — книга детской писательницы Элиноры Портер о девочке, умевшей находить причины для радости в самых бедственных ситуациях
- whisperer = a person who can control and train a particular type of animal just by using the voice and gentle body movements, and without using force or threats
- заклинатель
[Emily In Paris, 2025]
- to get a grip (on oneself) = to make an effort to control your emotions and behave more calmly
- взять себя в руки
[Love Actually, 2003]
- gherkin = a small type of cucumber that is often pickled
- корнишон
[Bridget Jones's Diary, 2001]
- to rub off on someone = to become part of someone because that person has been in a place where it was present
- передаваться/сказываться/отражаться/влиять
[Emily In Paris, 2025]
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- thingamajig = a thing, the name of which has been forgotten
- штуковина/как там его/штукенция/как бишь её etc.
[Stranger Things, 2025]
- to sidebar = to have a private conversation between two people while one or more other people are already speaking (informal)
- отойти на пару слов/поговорить в стороне
[Emily In Paris, 2025]
- to put a spoke in someone's wheel = to disrupt, foil, or cause problems to one's plan, activity, or project
- вставлять палки в колёса
[Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, 1990]
🛞 другой вариант: to put a stick in someone's spokes
- beamer/beemer/bimmer = a BMW vehicle (cars or motorcycles)
- бумер
[Stranger Things, 2025]
- avuncular = friendly, kind, or helpful, like the expected behaviour of an uncle
- дядюшкин/отеческий/свойственный доброму дядюшке/по-отечески заботливый
[Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, 1990]
- bedpan = a flat dish used as a toilet by people who are too ill to get out of bed
- судно
[Bugonia, 2025]
- Great Scott - an exclamation of surprise or amazement (old-fashioned)
- вот те раз/мать моя женщина/святые угодники/чёрт возьми etc.
[Stranger Things, 2025]
