Idioms,phrasal verbs unit7

Fit like a glove

to be the perfect size or shape for somebody (сидить як влита)

Be on/off duty

to be working or not working at a particular time, especially when you are doing a job which people take turns to do, so that someone is always doing it

Keep it under your hat

to keep something secret and not tell anyone else (тримати в таємниці)

Wear the trousers

(especially of a woman) to be the person in a relationship who is in control and who makes decisions for both people (бути головним,керувати в сімʼї)

To be in someone’s shoes

to be in the situation, usually a bad or difficult situation, that another person is in ( поставити себе на чиєсь місце)

Lose your shirt

to lose a lot of money, especially as a result of a bet (= money risked when you guess the result of something)(втрачати все що маєш)

Lose my nerve

you suddenly panic and become too afraid to do something that you were about to do (злякати когось)

The name of the game

the most important aspect of an activity; the most important quality needed for an activity(суть всього)

Neither here nor there

not important (не мати ніякого значення)

Nearest and dearest

your family, especially those that you live with or are very involved with (найближчі, найрідніші люди)

Have a nose for sth

to be good at finding things of the stated type (завжди потрапляти в халепу)

Day and night

all the time; continuously (весь час)

Nose to tail

if cars, etc. are nose to tail, they are moving slowly in a long line with little space between them(машина за машиною у заторі)

let down

1) (of clothes) lengthen

2) disappoint (подовжити одяг, розчарувати когось)

let off

not punish (не карати)

let on

reveal a secret (розкрити секрет)

let out

= 1) release; 2) (of clothes) make larger(випустити, зробити одяг ширшим)

let up

to become less strong(слабшати)

look after

to be responsible for or to take care of somebody/something/yourself(піклуватися)

look back (on)

consider the past (згадувати минуле)

look down on

despise(зневажати)

look forward to

anticipate with pleasure(чекати з нетерпінням)

look in on sb

pay a short visit to(відвідати когось)

look into

investigate(розслідувати)

look on

observe (спостерігати)

look out

be careful(бути обачним

look out for

= be alert in order to see/find sb/ sth(бути напоготові, стерегти я когось)

look over

examine carefully; go through (уважно досліджувати)

look round

to inspect a place (оглянути місце)

look up

Look for sth in an appropriate book/list(шукати в словнику…)