1) Castles in the air are all right until we try to move into them. (John OHara).
2) In my country you let sleeping dogs lie, but when they wake up and bite, you shoot them. (I. Fleming)
3) The trouble with blackmailers is that while they make their living out of skeletons which are in other peoples closets, they necessarily have to have a whole closetful of their own skeletons (E.S. Gardner).
4) Doctor: This is a very sad case. I must regret to tell you that your wifes mind is gone completely gone. Husband: I am not at all surprised. Shes been giving me a piece of it for fifteen years.
5) Women take to good-hearted men. Also from.
6) Guide: There is a leopard coming! Shoot him on the spot! Quick!
Tourist: Which spot? Be specific, man.
7) A committee is a body that keeps minutes but wastes hours.
8) A man in the house is worth two in the street. (Mae West)
9) Dick got up to Zurich on less Achilles heels than would be necessary to equip a centipede. (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
10) Youre the solid one, you do the work. Its a case of hare and tortoise and in my opinion the hares race is almost done. (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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One swallow doesnt make a summer.
You can lead a horse to water but you cant make it drink.
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
Never judge a book by its colour.
People who live in glass houses shouldnt throw stones.
Many hands make light work.
When the cat is away, the mice will play.
Let sleeping dogs lie.
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1. , ( ) : dress, caramel, white, year, to give, thick, brother, foot, kvass, moon, man, to have, to eat, umbrella, macho, blitz, yoghurt, to become, broad, wind, to follow, hand, fun, candle, window, odd, accuse, iceberg, sugar, danger. .
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3. - -: fruit, result, agony, talent, matador, carry.
4. : peso, cup, status quo, tête-à-tête, chauffeur, leisure, debris, unique, pseudonym, symbol, repertoire, analysis, scanty, big, myth, law, c est la vie, encore, chateau, bonsai.
5. , : captain; canal, shadow, off, gaol.
6. -: afternoon, honey-coloured, schoolgirl, monkish, happiness.
7. : absurd, dentist, bar, rodeo, dollar, corridor, secret, angel, period, theory.
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1. : likewise, lady, Monday, blackmailer, barefaced, pencil-lined, thin, child-friendly.
2. : wisdom, autumnal, mega-famous, flatlet, harmful, undivided.
3. : eye to eye, people to people, nurse to nurse, breakfast to breakfast, head to head, shelter to shelter.
4. : to diplome, hoity-toity, to squeal, fend, to boo, to insult insult, fab, Dr, Benelux, Swatch, postie, BA, feed, exams, spender, big-head, a no-good.
III.
1. , : a skyscraper, everything, manager-owner, groan, king, hardship.
2. , : steward, minister, snob, season, poison, girl.
3. : a flexible friend, out to lunch, biro, mackintosh, angora, champagne, to pass away, shadow economy, a foxy look, to beg a thousand pardons, the wing of a building.
4. : eye, n; ring, n.
5. , , : sent; rein; to drive; row; date; heal.
6. : to leave to abandon to desert to forsake; hard difficult arduous laborious; associate companion crony pal buddy; to chat to talk to say to tell to converse; shy bashful diffident modest coy timid; rest repose relaxation ease leisure.
7. . : long, dull, to take, to accept, truth, enemy.
IV.
1. , , - : to fall out of love, to fall down the stairs, to lose heart, to lose a key, keep the butter in the refrigerator, to keep an eye on a child.
2. ( .. , .. , .. , .. ): Hobsons choice, to lick ones wounds, to pay lip service, by hook or by crook, a tempest in a tea cup, good (goodness) gracious!, appearances are deceptive, to carry into effect.
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1. , ( ) : potato, rucksack, cash, bird, to see, to go, to let, arm, old, day, to make, thing, cradle, mill, till, take, crime, dinner, altar, potato, rucksack, cash, joy, daughter, nose, sky, kaftan, siesta, graffiti, easel, bed, good, wife. .
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3. - -: finish, serious, central, tone, tunnel, sonata.
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4. : both, want, minaret, prince, vis-à-vis, champagne, genre, debut, cuisine, conservatoire, memorandum, anarchy, hyphen, thesis, syllable, scout, post mortem, cul-de-sac, façade, tsar.
5. , : corpse; shirt; travel; cart; verb.
6. -: fire-place, short-legged, unreadable, successful, undertake.
7. : ambition, cursor, perfume, magic, ocean, sympathy, major, tobacco, veranda, mask.
II.
1. : handful, weekender, open-handed, woman, egomaniac, welcome, person, sugar-free.
2. : triumphantly, sweetie, quarrelsome, to outlive, polyglot, to shorten.
3. : milk to milk, discipline to discipline, shelf to shelve (the affair), park to park, elbow to elbow, journey to journey.
4. : to bellow, goody-goody, to ush, to wail, cute, to conduct conduct, intro, sgt, darl, Interpol, Crissy, WHO, to useuse, sculpt, strength, pale-blue, a show-off.
III.
1. , : click, a writer, town, housewife, half-darkness, root ( ).
2. , : ready, meal, clown, fond, hospital, sad.
3. : panama hat, pickled, the heart of the matter, satin, holland, vegetative state, cardigan, sharp mind, boycott, the way of all flesh, black drink.
4. : heart, n; stream, n.
5. , , : dye; through; to run; sow; bear; fast.
6. : to go to leave to quit to clear off/out to withdraw to depart to retire; proud arrogant overbearing haughty lordly supercilious disdainful; fat overweight stout plump tubby chubby horizontally challenged; smile grin smirk leer sneer; grateful thankful; panic flap.
7. . : right, light, sorrow, to please, to praise, evil.
IV.
1. , , - : the reverse side of the coat, the reverse side of the medal, blue stocking, blue book, to have green fingers, to have long fingers.
2. ( .. , .. , .. , .. ): Dutch treat, to rub smb the wrong way, a white elephant, head over heels, to fight like Kilkenny cats, draw it mild, all cats are grey in the dark, to have smth up ones sleeve.
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1. , ( ) : low, fit, cut, defend, taste, balcony, tornado, son, sea, house, to meet, to sit, to begin, glad, widow, incognito, to live, tory, mile, atlas, enough, face, cold, to say, to watch, steppe, romance, kaput, marmalade, ear. .
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3. - -: final, risk, climate, talent, silk, credit.
4. : die, get, coup détat, attaché, garage, depot, balloon, questionnaire, country, euphemism, synthesis, scold, harem, bacterium, persona non grata, carte blanche, entourage, criterion, tundra, chaos.
5. , : name; madam; shrew; major; frail.
6. -: arm-chair, fellowship, innocent-eyed, teaspoon, dukedom.
7. : arena, column, moment, clinic, parody, tourism, menu, pasta, diesel, soy.
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1. : gossip, heavy-footed, open-mouthed, crosswise, holiday, figure, shockproof, to bad-mouth.
2. : a minder (a celebritys bodyguard), sleeveless, archbishop, forgery, oversleep, visible.
3. : blacklist to blacklist, cradle to cradle, marshal to marshal, groom to groom, fish to fish, toy to toy.
4. : PM, A-line, Chunnel, to howl, to to contrast contrast, caps, mishap, to buzz, Gvt, barbie, roo, salesell, hand-picked, house-warm, nitty-gritty, unself-consciously, workshop.
III.
1. , : birthday, light-heartedness, splash, hard, a seedling, tongues (of flame).
2. , : rival, deer, woman, spinster, arrive, silly.
3. : a sweat (hard work; Cleaning windows is a real sweat), the bridge of the nose, tight, hooligan, wellingtons, cashmere, burgundy, a wolfish smile, golden heart, deceased, to burn with a desire.
4. : nose, n; glass, n.
5. , , : tale; might; to say; house; club; suite.
6. : to steal to pilfer to purloin to lift to thieve; impatient nervous nervy unquiet uneasy restless jumpy jittery; stupid dull dense crass dumb; to walk to stroll to saunter to wander; authentic genuine; imagination fancy fantasy.
7. . : friendly, warm, to reject, to laugh, darkness, love.
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1. , , - : red tape, red carpet, once in a blue moon, once a week, to ride a high horse, to ride a black horse.
2. ( .. , .. , .. , .. ): to give smb a false scent, angels visit, Aunt Sally; hear, hear; to and fro; to eat humble pie, dont put all your eggs in one basket, to go wrong.
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1. , ( ) : need, leg, young, mother, eye, fire, whiskey, wine, room, to do, to drink, to break, cotton, long, sharp, to know, wrong, guess, court, cognac, lobby, vermouth, algebra, to love, hunger, donor, verst, bravo, patio, dogma. .
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3. - -: industry, visit, energy, tyranny, alcohol, magazine.
4. : ad nauseam, happy, table dhôte, chic, coupe, fatigue, matinee, apostrophe, asylum, liaison, rich, scare, gun, sombrero, index, bon voyage, gourmet, archaic, medium, mufti.
5. , : tax; history; dean; shriek; hospital.
6. -: time-table, motionless, husband-seeker, purposefulness, single-handed.
7. : balance, captain, manner, idea, planet, skeptical, picnic, coffee, sandwich, chocolate.
II.
1. : friendless, cross-legged, honeymooner, to wide-eye, dairy, cupboard, trainee, go.
2. : mysterious, huntress, houseful, pseudo-intellectual, underestimate, friendship.
3. : sugar to sugar, husband to husband, brief to brief, skirt to skirt, trap to trap, pin to pin.
4. : to giggle, to benefact, to desert desert, mo, to fill full, prcht, U-turn, hazchem, prezzie, DIY, no-no, to bleat, walkie-talkie, roomful, oz, starlight, bathhouse.
III.
1. , : to mumble, foot, a paper-back, a spender, sun-filled, the coat (of a dog).
2. , : starve, camp, style, gossip, kidnap, tory.
3. : a suit (a respectable person wearing a suit), hooked on (addicted to), saxophone, bowler, gauze, Edam, with black heart, a short memory, musical ear, heaps of time, the tooth of a comb.
4. : foot, n; warm, adj.
5. , , : to play; use; fair; week; raise; Polish.
6. : intelligent clever quick-witted smart bright; shade shadow; loving affectionate devoted fond doting; to rob to plunder to loot to rifle to burglarize; affair business matter thing; to meditate to reflect to think to brood.
7. . : easy, convenient, to die, to open, health, courage.
IV.
1. , , - : a white lie, a white door, in a brown study, in a convenient study, to fish in troubled waters, to fish in the sea.
2. ( .. , .. , .. , .. ): to turn over a new leaf, Mexican wave, a skeleton at a feast, hold your horses, to pay through the nose, off and on, take care of the pence and the pounds will take care of themselves, to take steps.
