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- morbid = causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer - мрачный/ужасный/отвратительный [Nosferatu, 2024]

- 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 [Starlet, 2012] ⭐ наконец закончила переводить фильм Шона нашего, Бэйкера

- third time's a charm - used to say that two efforts at something have already failed but perhaps the third will be successful - Бог любит троицу [Severance, 2025]

- on-brand = typical of a person - в духе/в стиле [The White Lotus, 2025]

- to stand someone up = to intentionally fail to meet someone when you said you would, especially someone you were starting to have a romantic relationship with - продинамить [Daria, 1999] https://t.me/for_instance_eng/831

- good egg = a likeable person (somewhat old-fashioned) - славный малый [Severance, 2025]

- palimony = an amount of money that a court of law orders a person to pay to his or her partner after they end their relationship, when they were not married - алименты (в незарегистрированном браке) [The White Lotus, 2025] значение freeloader: https://t.me/for_instance_eng/905

- under your breath = quietly so that other people cannot hear exactly what you are saying - себе под нос/еле слышно/вполголоса [Heretic, 2024]

- to come at someone = to move toward someone in a threatening or aggressive way - напасть/наброситься/налететь [Severance, 2025]

- to splurge = to spend a lot of money on buying goods, especially expensive goods (informal) - шиковать/кутить/транжирить/бросаться деньгами [The White Lotus, 2025]

- mercurial = changing suddenly and often - непостоянный/переменчивый [Emilia Pérez, 2024]

- to chip in = to give some money when several people are giving money to pay for something together - скинуться [The Office, 2008] https://t.me/for_instance_eng/933

- unsolicited = not asked for - непрошеный (о мнении или совете) [Severance, 2025]

- second wind = a return of strength or energy that makes it possible to continue in an activity that needs a lot of effort - второе дыхание [The White Lotus, 2025]

- lookie-loo = a person who goes somewhere and stops to look at something (such as the scene of an accident) - зевака [The Office, 2008]

- mountebank = someone who pretends to be someone or something that they are not, or to be able to do something that they cannot - шарлатан/жулик/обманщик [Severance, 2025] 🇮🇹 от итальянского montimbanco (залезающий на скамейку) — слово, которым называли шарлатана, торгующего на ярмарке «лекарствами» (зельями и любовными напитками), стоя на скамейке

- to dabble (in) = to take a slight and not very serious interest in a subject, or try a particular activity for a short period - заниматься чем-то поверхностно/по-любительски [Heretic, 2024] 💧первое значение слова: плескаться/барахтаться

- to throw in the towel = to stop trying to do something because you have realized that you cannot succeed - сдаться/признать поражение/капитулировать [Sex and the City, 2002] 🥊 фраза пришла из бокса: выброшенное на ринг полотенце указывает на готовность боксёра сдаться

- shotgun marriage/wedding = a marriage that is arranged very quickly and suddenly because the woman is pregnant - брак/свадьба по залёту [The Office, 2008] 👰🏻‍♂️ «брак под дулом дробовика»: фраза гиперболически описывает сценарий, в котором отец беременной девушки прибегает к применению силы (угрожая дробовиком, например) для того, чтобы заставить парня жениться на забеременевшей от него девушки.

- to make goo-goo eyes at someone = to look at someone with an enamored or flirtatious expression - строить глазки/смотреть влюблёнными глазами/бросать томные взгляды [Severance, 2025]