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hide one's light under a bushel (to conceal one’s positive qualities or talents) verb [UK: haɪd wʌnz laɪt ˈʌnd.ə(r) ə ˈbʊʃ.l̩] [US: ˈhaɪd wʌnz ˈlaɪt ˈʌnd.r̩ ə ˈbʊʃ.l̩] | зарывать свой талант в землюverb |
hinge on (to depend upon) verb | зависетьverb |
hit on (to approach somebody seeking love, sex, etc.) verb [UK: hɪt ɒn] [US: ˈhɪt ɑːn] | заигрыватьverb клеитьсяverb подбивать клиньяverb подкатыватьverb приставатьverb приударятьverb увиватьсяverb ухаживатьverb ухлёстыватьverb флиртоватьverb |
hit the nail on the head (identify something exactly) verb [UK: hɪt ðə neɪl ɒn ðə hed] [US: ˈhɪt ðə ˈneɪl ɑːn ðə ˈhed] | а в глазverb попасть в точкуverb |
hoist by one's own petard (be hurt by one's own plot) adjective | попасть в свою же ловушкуadjective |
hold on (to hold, grasp, or grip) verb [UK: həʊld ɒn] [US: hoʊld ɑːn] | держатьсяverb |
hold on (to keep; to store something for someone) verb [UK: həʊld ɒn] [US: hoʊld ɑːn] | подержатьverb |
hold on (wait a minute) verb [UK: həʊld ɒn] [US: hoʊld ɑːn] | повременитьverb подождатьverb |
hold one's breath (to hold one's breath) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz breθ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈbreθ] | затаить дыханиеverb |
hold one's horses (idiomatic: to be patient) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz ˈhɔː.sɪz] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈhɔːr.səz] | попридержи конейverb придержи конейverb |
hold one's liquor (to have a considerable tolerance to alcohol) verb | уметь питьverb |
hold one's own (demonstrate oneself to be capable) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz əʊn] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈoʊn] | постоять за себяverb |
hold one's tongue (refrain from talking about something, see also: shut up) verb [UK: həʊld wʌnz tʌŋ] [US: hoʊld wʌnz ˈtəŋ] | держать язык за зубамиverb молчать как рыбаverb молчать как рыба об лёдverb набрать воды в ротverb придержать языкverb |
hot on someone's heels (close behind) adjective | дышать в затылокadjective на хвостеadjective наступать на пяткиadjective |
icing on the cake (something that intensifies the appreciation of something else) noun | вишенка на тортеnoun |
if and only if (implies and is implied by) conjunction [UK: ɪf ənd ˈəʊn.li ɪf] [US: ˈɪf ænd ˈoʊn.li ˈɪf] | тогда и только тогдаconjunction |
if only (signifies a wish) conjunction [UK: ɪf ˈəʊn.li] [US: ˈɪf ˈoʊn.li] | будьconjunction если быconjunction если бы толькоconjunction кабыconjunction хотелось быconjunction |