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to be at odds with someone | быть в ссоре, спорить с кем-либо | I have been at odds with her for years over the inheritance. |
to make no odds | быть безразличным, неважным | My bad behavior makes no odds to my parents because they love me. |
an oddball | чудак | A lot of people think that I'm a bit of an oddball but I don't care. |
odd man out/odd one out | третий лишний; сильно отличающийся от других | When they were to play I was the odd man out. In this test you have to decide which of these three objects is the odd man out. |
odds and ends | разные мелочи | We have moved all our furniture to our new house - we just have to collect odds and ends. |
over the odds | чересчур, сверх ожидаемого, необходимого | Нe talks too much and sometimes talks rather over the odds. |
what's the odds? | какая разница? (в смысле неважно, безразлично) | I didn't get the A grade but what's the odds? |
to be on to someone | раскусить кого-либо, раскрыть уловку | The teacher was on to him and caught him cheating. |
to bring something out into the open | огласить, сделать достоянием общественности | The officials don't like to bring their mishaps out into the open. |
to come out into the open | высказывать свое мнение | He hates lie and always frankly come out into the open. |
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to lay oneself open to something | подставляться | If you give him a gift in return for his help, you'll be laying yourself open to charges of corruption. |
open and shut | простой и понятный | It was an open and shut quiz. |
an open secret | что-либо известное всем, хотя должно было быть тайной | It's an open secret that he is having an affair with the boss' wife. |
with open arms | с распростертыми объятиями | They received their guests with open arms. |
to be out and about | чувствовать себя достаточно хорошо чтобы заняться чем-либо (о человеке после болезни) | He was very ill for a while, but he is out and about again. |
out for something | отправляться за чем-либо, намереваться получить что-либо | She is out for a good time. |
out to do something | намереваться, решить сделать что-либо | He is out to win the game. |
Out with it! | Выкладывай! Рассказывай! | I think you are getting on the act that you don't know it - out with it, then! |
 
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