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down the toilet (wasted, squandered; irretrievable) preposition | коту под хвостpreposition псу под хвостpreposition |
drag through the mud verb | смешать с грязьюverb |
draw a line in the sand (to create a real or artificial boundary or distinction between) verb | |
dressed to the nines (very fancily or formally dressed) adjective [UK: drest tuː ðə naɪnz] [US: ˈdrest ˈtuː ðə ˈnaɪnz] | одетый с иголочкиadjective разодетый в пух и прахadjective расфуфыренныйadjective |
drink someone under the table (drink more alcohol than) verb | перепитьverb |
drive-through (establishment providing drive-through service) noun | автокафеnoun драйв-инnoun драйв-сруnoun |
drop in the bucket (an effort or action having very little influence, especially as compared to a huge problem) noun [UK: drɒp ɪn ðə ˈbʌkɪt] [US: ˈdrɑːp ɪn ðə ˈbʌkət] | капля в мореnoun |
dyed-in-the-wool (firmly established in a person's beliefs or habits) adjective [UK: ˌdaɪd ɪn ðə ˈwʊl] [US: ˌdaɪd ɪn ðə ˈwʊl] | бескомпромиссныйadjective закоренелыйadjective |
ear to the ground (the practice of carefully gathering information) noun | |
easier said than done (easy to propose, but difficult to accomplish) adjective [UK: ˈiː.zɪə(r) ˈsed ðæn dʌn] [US: ˈiː.ziər ˈsed ˈðæn ˈdən] | проще сказатьadjective чем сделатьadjective |
eat the rich (expression of contempt towards the rich, capitalism and widespread poverty) phrase | ешь богатыхphrase |
eight thousand (cardinal number) noun [UK: eɪt ˈθaʊz.n̩d] [US: ˈeɪt ˈθaʊz.n̩d] | восемь тысячnoun |
eight-thousander (a mountain extending more than 8000 metres above sea level) noun | восьмитысячникnoun |
eighty-three (83) numeral [UK: ˈeɪ.ti θriː] [US: ˈeɪ.ti ˈθriː] | восемьдесят триnumeral |
electroconvulsive therapy [electroconvulsive therapies] (biomedical therapy using electrical current) noun | электросудорожная терапияnoun |
elephant in the room (problem that is obvious but ignored) noun | не видеть леса за деревьямиnoun скользкая темаnoun |
empty vessels make the most sound (proverb) phrase | |
end of the world noun [UK: end əv ðə wɜːld] [US: ˈend əv ðə ˈwɝːld] | конец мираnoun конец светаnoun |
endosymbiotic theory (the theory that concerns the origins of mitochondria and chloroplasts) noun | |
enemy of the people (a political or class opponent of the subgroup in power within a larger group) noun | враг народаnoun |
enemy of the state (person accused of crimes against the state.) noun | враг государстваnoun |
Eurasian three-toed woodpecker (Picoides tridactylus) noun | желтоголовый дятелnoun трёхпалый дятелnoun |
even though (although) conjunction [UK: ˈiːv.n̩ ðəʊ] [US: ˈiːv.n̩ ˈðoʊ] | хотяconjunction |
every man is the architect of his own fortune (each person is the chief cause of their success or failure) phrase | |
evolutionary theory (theory of evolution) noun | теория эволюцииnoun |
exception that proves the rule (occurrence of counterexample) noun | исключениеnoun подтверждающее правилоnoun |
eye of the storm (region of calm weather) noun [UK: aɪ əv ðə stɔːm] [US: ˈaɪ əv ðə ˈstɔːrm] | глаз буриnoun |
face the music (to accept or confront the unpleasant consequences of one's actions) verb [UK: feɪs ðə ˈmjuː.zɪk] [US: ˈfeɪs ðə ˈmjuː.zɪk] |