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to call someone names | обзывать | |
to clear someone's name | восстановить пошатнувшуюся репутацию | It took him several weeks to clear his name after it had been suggested that he had stolen the ring. |
to give someone/something a bad name | портить репутацию кого-либо, чего-либо | The meeting with that man can give us a bad name. |
in name alone/only | на словах, но не на самом деле | They are married in name only, since they have been living apart for years. |
to make a name for oneself | становиться известным, приобретать хорошую репутацию | Gagarin made a name for himself as a first human to fly to space. |
name-dropping | частое упоминание имен известных людей так, как-будто знаком с ними, с целью произвести впечатление на кого-либо | It seems that name-dropping isn't a good way to impress that people. |
the name of the game | ключевая, самая важная вещь | In business the name of the game is making right decisions. |
no names, no pack-drill | не будет имен, не будет виноватых | I just want to know what happened - no names, no pack-drill. |
to one's name | обладать, распоряжаться | This land is to my name. |
to be worthy of the name | заслуживать своего имени, положения | Any doctor worthy of the name would help him. |
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like looking for a needle in haystack | все равно что искать иголку в стоге сена | |
in good/reasonable nick | в хорошем, рабочем состоянии | My car is in a good nick. |
in the nick of time | в последний момент | I thought he would be late but he arrived in the nick of time. |
like nobody's business | очень сильно или энергично | She works like nobody's business. It was a dreadful day - it rained like nobody's business. |
to be nuts about something/someone | сходить с ума по чему-либо, кому-либо | He's nuts about her. He's nuts about basketball. |
to do one's nuts | сильно разозлить | I have crashed my father's car and he did his nuts on it. |
a hard nut to crack | крепкий орешек, очень сложная проблема | It will be a hard nut to crack to find the money for our project. |
in a nutshell | вкратце, коротко | I would like you to describe the problem in a nutshell. |
the nuts and bolts | важные детали чего-либо | The nuts and bolts of Java language. |
 
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