мог ляпнуть такое?
— I don’t know. It kind of slipped out. / Не знаю. Просто сорвалось.
dumb down
разжевывать, делать простым
• Stacey sits next to me in the office, and I have to dumb down all the work for her. / Стейси сидит рядом со мной в офисе, и мне
приходится разжевывать ей все, что надо сделать.
dump on
критиковать, осуждать
• — Why are you dumping on him? / Чего ты его ругаешь?
— He didn’t show up for my birthday and didn’t apologize. I invited him though. / Он не пришел на мой день рождения и не извинил-
ся. А я его приглашал.
• — What are you? Four? Forget it! / Тебе что, четыре года? Вы-
брось из головы!
Exercises
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1. The woman in the pharmacy who offered me water to wash down the painkiller made my day.
a) made me feel good; b) told me to get out; c) was not polite to me 64
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2. This program will definitely make a difference to the way I work.
a) improve; b) increase; c) worsen
3. Talking dirty can be fun sometimes.
a) saying mean things; b) saying sex related things; c) saying cuss-words
4. When you finish something, you say:
a) Good job! b) Done! c) Have a nice day!
5. When you kindly ask someone to help, you say:
a) You’ve got to help me. b) Could you do me a favor? c) Help me.
6. Dave is a weak man. He lets everyone treat him like ... .
a) a king; b) a doormat; c) a boss
7. He’s nice, but he’s a dope. He always says something that doesn’t make any sense.
a) mean and vengeful person; b) stupid or silly; c) very intelligent man 8. When your friend dreams of something that is unlikely to happen, you say:
a) Cheers! b) Happy New Year! c) Keep dreaming!
9. The driver ... near the bookstore where I was supposed to meet my real estate agent.
a) picked me up; b) dropped me off; c) stopped and said hello 10. Larry dropped out of high school because he got a dream job.
a) finished high school with honors; b) did not finish highs school at all; c) skipped school for a year
11. I don’t understand it. It’s too complicated. Can you ... for me?
a) write it down; b) translate it; c) dumb it down
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12. Jerry is always dumping on his boss. That’s almost a natural thing to do. Who likes their boss?
a) criticizing; b) bragging about; c) trying not to mention
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play it by ear
импровизировать (в буквальном и переносном смысле),
действовать по ситуации
• — What do you think would be best to say to the students? / Как
ты думаешь, что лучше всего обсудить со студентами?
— Just play it by ear.