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английский язык в видеоцитатах

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- serfdom = the social and economic system by which the owners of land had serfs - крепостное право/крепостничество [The French Dispatch, 2020]

- meticulous = very careful and with great attention to every detail - аккуратный/педантичный/осторожный [Anatomie d'une chute, 2023]

- a lush = a person who regularly drinks too much alcohol (slang) - алкаш [Staged, 2020]

- call it quits = to stop doing something or to end a relationship - покончить с этим/расстаться/считать, что всё кончено etc. [Sex Education, 2021]

- page-turner = a book that is so exciting that you want to read it quickly - книга, которая читается на одном дыхании/книга, от которой невозможно оторваться [Inside Out, 2015] https://t.me/for_instance_eng/550

- to moot = to suggest something for discussion (formal) - дискутировать/ставить вопрос на обсуждение [Staged, 2020]

- to go by = to be known or referred to by - быть известным под именем [A Murder at the End of the World, 2023]

- to nitpick = to find faults in details that are not important - придираться/цепляться к мелочам [Anatomie d'une chute, 2023]

- to keep in the loop = to keep someone informed about something, such as a plan or project, especially that which involves or pertains to a specific group - держать в курсе дела [Sex Education, 2021]

- to pull something off = to succeed in doing something difficult or unexpected - справиться/одолеть [The Crown, 2023]

- bull’s-eye = the center inside a number of circles that you want to hit when shooting or playing particular games, or the shot or throw that hits this inner circle - яблочко (мишени) [Daria, 1999]

- (as) fit as a fiddle = very healthy and strong - как огурчик/здоров как бык/в добром здравии (букв.: стройный как скрипка) [Killers of the Flower Moon, 2023]

- sham = something that is not what it seems to be and is intended to deceive people, or someone who pretends to be something they are not - обман/лицемерие/притворство/фикция etc. [A Murder at the End of the World, 2023]

- to be stuck on someone = to be strongly attracted to someone (informal) - втрескаться/втюриться [The Panic in Needle Park, 1971]

- blister = a painful swelling on the skin that contains liquid, caused usually by continuous rubbing, especially on your foot - мозоль [Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret., 2023]

- you can't make an omelette without breaking eggs = it is hard to achieve something important without causing unpleasant effects - лес рубят — щепки летят (букв.: нельзя приготовить омлет, не разбив яйца) [Fight Club, 1999]

- to catcall = to make a loud shout or whistle expressing disapproval, or a loud, sexually suggestive call or comment directed at someone publicly - освистывать/свистеть вслед/приставать (крича вслед или делая неприличные комментарии) [Sex Education, 2020]

- dibs = the right to have something before anyone else - чур я первый [Puss in Boots: The Last Wish, 2022] https://t.me/for_instance_eng/450

- to get tanked = to get drunk - накачаться/набраться [The Two Faces of January, 2013]

- one man's meat is another man's poison - said to emphasize that people like different things - что русскому хорошо, то немцу – смерть (букв.: что для одного человека мясо, для другого – яд) [The Gilded Age, 2022]