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Словарь американских идиом: 8000 единицShe got the high sign and waited until the teacher had moved on before speaking./ [high-sounding]{adj.} Sounding important; said for showing off; too fancy. /The politicians speech was full of high-sounding words./ /Mr. Brown filled his son with many high-sounding ideas about life./ [high-strung]{adj.} Nervous; sensitive; tense. /Gary has been rather high-strung lately because of too much work at the office./ [high style] See: HIGH FASHION. [hightail it]{v. phr.}, {slang} To travel fast; move rapidly. /After school, Frank would hightail it home./ /The two men who held up the bank hightailed it out of town./ [high time]{adj. phr.}, {used predicatively} (stress on "time") Dire, necessary, and sufficient circumstances prompting action. /It is high time we sold the old house; it will fall apart within a year./ [highway] See: DIVIDED HIGHWAY or DUAL HIGHWAY. [highway robbery]{n. phr.} 1. A hold-up of or theft from a person committed on an open road or street usually by an armed man. /Highway robbery was common in England in Shakespeares day./ 2 ...» |
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