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  • breathe easy/easier
    расслабиться, вздохнуть свободно (после стрессовой ситуации)
    Lola is able to breathe easy now; she has just found her lost passport.
  • breach of promise
    нарушение обещания или соглашения
    Mr. Paderevski was accused of a breach of promise when he broke the contract to buy the house.
  • by the dozens
    (покупать) дюжину = 12 штук
    In English shops eggs are sold by the dozens.
  • beat (someone) to the punch/draw
    обскакать кого-то (сделать работу прежде других)
    Susan beat Mark to the punch and completed the test ahead of him.
  • beat the living daylights out of (someone)
    душу выбить из кого-либо, сильно избить
    A group of men beat the living daylights out of a security guard at the bank.
  • by the book
    по правилам
    "I prefer to fill in documents by the book, so that nobody can find fault with me."
  • beside the point
    не иметь отношение к предмету спора
    "Stop talking about money; it's beside the point now."
  • bear (something) out
    подтверждать, подкреплять, поддерживать
    "Your laziness can only bear out the fact that you are not going to be a good worker."
  • blow (someone or something) off
    избегать кого-либо, пропустить что-либо
    Jennet couldn't blow off the chance to go to the Mediterranean with a group of scientists.
  • big of (someone)
    быть щедрым, добрым по отношении к кому-либо
    It is very big of you to let me use your books.
  • be to blame
    быть виноватым
    The boy said he was not to blame for the broken window; it was not his fault.
  • break fresh/new ground
    начать новое дело, прокладывать новые пути
    The scientists have been able to break new ground in their research for diabetes cure.
  • breach of the peace
    нарушение общественного порядка и спокойствия
    My neighbors were charged with a breach of the peace because they were playing loud music late at night.
  • build up to (something)
    сводиться к (о ситуации)
    As a matter of fact, things were building up to be a rather unpleasant situation.
  • blow (someone's) cover
    раскрыть чью-либо подлинную суть или цель
    I didn't know what Mark's intention was, but I hoped to blow his cover.
  • be that as it may
    будь, что будет
    "Be that as it may, I am not going to let you give up your career."
  • be game
    готовый сделать что-либо охотно, выражающий согласие сделать что-либо
    The majority of the children were game to go to the circus.
  • burst out laughing
    рассмеяться
    It was very difficult for her not to burst out laughing when he said this.
  • bring home the importance of (something) to (someone)
    втолковывать, доводить что-то до чьего-либо сознания
    He was unable to bring home to his son the importance of studying hard.
  • blow to smithereens
    разнести на кусочки, разрушить полностью
    The explosion was so strong that it blew the bus to smithereens.
  • by far
    значительно больше, на много больше
    Alma is by far the prettiest girl among her friends.
  • better off
    улучшить ситуацию или своё положение
    Elvira was much better off when she won a solid sum of money in a state lottery.
  • by hook or by crook
    любым способом, любыми средствами
    I believe Ron wants to get these disks by hook or by crook.
  • beyond measure
    быть неизмеримым (о чувствах)
    The girl's dread for her step-father was beyond measure.
  • be the case
    доподлинный случай или ситуация
    "It might have been the case before, but now we are going to act differently."
  • bowl (someone) over
    привести в замешательство, удивить
    The secretary talked nineteen to the dozen and it bowled me over.
  • build a fire under (someone)
    подогревать, стимулировать, подстёгивать кого-либо
    It's no use trying to build a fire under Robert; he is as lazy as can be.
  • bump into (someone)
    случайно встретить кого-либо, столкнуться с кем-то
    Eva bumped into her cousin at the station the day before yesterday.
  • by the way
    между прочим
    "By the way, are you absolutely sure he is going on a picnic with us?"
  • bear/hold a grudge (against someone)
    иметь зуб на кого-либо, быть сердитым на кого-то продолжительное время
    Margaret has born a grudge against her ex-boyfriend for years.
  • be the death of (someone)
    погибель, крах, серьёзная проблема
    "If you eat too many sweets, it may be the death of your teeth," my mother said.
  • bring (something) into question
    поднять вопрос о чём-то
    At the meeting the Chairman brought into question their interest in the case.
  • be curtains for (someone or something)
    конец кому-то или чему-то (крышка кому-то или чему-то)
    It was curtains for his old computer when it finally refused to work.
  • batten down the hatches
    готовиться к трудным временам (задраивать люк перед штормом)
    A big storm was brewing and the fishermen decided to batten down the hatches.
  • beside oneself (with something)
    быть вне себя (быть расстроенным, взволнованным)
    The man was beside himself with rage when he saw that his car had been stolen.