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Taskmaster
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Brace yourselves | Get ready and prepare for something that’s about to happen. Приготовьтесь |
| Coven | A group of witches who meet together. Шабаш |
| I could pull that off | I can do that successfully. Я мог бы это провернуть |
| Talk me through this | Explain this to me step by step. Сообщи мне подробно обо всем, объясни шаг за шагом |
| Raring to go | Very excited and ready to start. Не терпится начать |
| Bold as brass | Very confident and not afraid to do something, even if it’s a bit rude. Смелый, наглый как танк |
| Hex me | Put a magical spell or curse on me. Проклятие |
| Find loopholes | Look for small mistakes or gaps in rules to get around them. Находить лазейки |
| Feeling chipper | Feeling happy and energetic. Чувствую себя бодро |
| Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious | extremely good фантастический, невероятный |
| With the weight of the world on your shoulders | Feeling a lot of pressure or responsibility. все (все проблемы мира) на своих плечах |
| Don't want to dilly-dally | Don’t want to waste time or delay. Не хочу медлить |
| No skin in the game | Not having any personal risk or involvement in something. не иметь личного интереса |
| Take down a few pegs | Make someone less proud or confident. Осадить кого-то, сбить спесь |
| Neck and neck | When two people or teams are very close in a competition. Ноздря в ноздрю |
| Play truant | Skip school without permission. Прогулять |
| Notoriously | Famous for something bad or well-known for a negative reason. Печально известный |
| Folly of youth | The mistakes or silly things young people often do. Ошибка молодости |
| Bend the rules | to break the rules in a way that you consider unimportant or not harmful нарушать правила |
| Flimsy | A flimsy argument, excuse, etc. is weak and difficult to believe неубедительный, неосновательный |
| Mind bending | extremely confusing or surprising, or having a strong effect on your mind Умопомрачительный |
| Hideous | Very ugly or unpleasant to look at. Отвратительный |
| Leave no stone unturned | Try every possible way to find something or solve a problem. Не оставлять камня на камне, испробовать все средства |
| Own up to it | Admit that you did something wrong. честно признаваться в |
| Guilty as charged | used to admit that what someone has been accused of is true, often when you think this is not really bad виновен по всем пунктам обвинения |
| Mayhem | Chaos or wild disorder. Хаос |
| Out of the loop | Not knowing about something that others do. не быть в круге посвященных; быть не в курсе, не знать |
| Retrace my steps | Go back over where you have been to find something or remember. возвращаться (по своим следам) |
| Christmas has come early (for me) | Something very good or exciting has happened sooner than expected. случилось что-то приятное, чего вы не ожидали |