Phraseological Units and Idioms
Slang
Body
Reported Speech
Inversion
100

Вишенка на торте

Icing on the cake

100

Dude

Friend

100

Eyelid

Веко

100

"Yes, I'll give you a lift"

She agreed to give me a lift

100

no / under / will / more / circumstances / performance / I / attend / this

Under no circumstances will I attend this performance

200

Не разлей вода

joined at the hip

200

Chow

Food

200

Pupil

Зрачок

200

"Don't go near the oven"

She warned me not to go near the oven

200

hange / in / no / way / would / place / I / work / think / of / my / of.

In no way would I think of changing my place of work

300

Порочный круг

Vicious circle

300

Yuck

How unpleasant

300

Iris

Радужная оболочка

300

"I have a headache"

She complained to me of having a headache

300

 only / did / later / she / found / the / out / truth

Only later did she find out the truth

400

Было и прошло

Water under the bridge

400

Beat me

I don't know

400

Armpid

Подмышка

400

"I didn't take the money"

She denied that she had taken the money

400

never / I / ever / have / been / such / to / luxury / a / hotel

 Never have I ever been to such a luxury hotel

500

Предаваться веселью

Paint the town red

500

I'm history

I'm leaving

500

Knuckle

Костяшки

500

"I promise I'll call you"

She promised that she would call me

500

hardly / they / out / had / when / left / a / fight / broke

Hardly had they left when a fight broke out

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