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• Davy Jone's locker
  могила на дне моря (Davy Jone – злой дух моря)

  This ship is going to be lost at sea; it will go to Davy Jone's locker.
• decked out in (something)
  быть нарядно одетым

  At the award ceremony all the women were decked out in beautiful dresses.
• deep-six (someone or something)
  выбросить что-либо, избавиться от кого-либо \ чего-либо

  I am going to deep-six all my exercise books at the end of the school year.
• die in one's boots
  умереть на своём посту, умереть сражаясь

  The soldiers of the Second World War died in their boots fighting the enemy.
• doubting Thomas
  человек, который во всём сомневается, "Фома неверующий"

  Fred is a doubting Thomas; he always needs a strong proof to believe something.
• decide in favor of (someone)
  решить в пользу кого-либо, признать кого-либо невиновным

  The jury needed little time to decide in favor of the prisoner, a young man named Leonard Vole who was charged with the murder of a wealthy elderly lady.
• date back to (a previous time)
  восходить относиться (к какому-либо времени)

  The document dated back to the fifties of the eighteenth century.
• drop the subject
  прекратить разговор на какую-либо тему

  I saw Steve didn't like my questions about his new job, so I dropped the subject.
• double check (something)
  перепроверить что-либо

  The boss wanted me to double check the price of the new product before it is put on the market.
• dash off (something)
  быстро набросать

  I must dash off a few letters before I go out.
• double-talk
  ничего не значащая, пустая болтовня

  Macklin gave me much double-talk, but I didn't understand what he was driving at.
• down on (someone)
  сердиться на кого-либо

  My teacher was down on me because I had missed a lot of classes.
• defeat a motion
  отклонить предложение (на собрании)

  The chairman defeated the motion to postpone the conference till next week.
• deadpan
  невыразительное лицо (лицо как маска)

  My mother always has a deadpan expression when she scolds me.
• dwell on (something)
  подробно останавливаться на чём-либо, вдаваться в подробности

  The teacher wanted me to dwell on the political situation in Italy before the Second World War.
• do the trick
  достичь цели, добиться своего

  They installed some new equipment, hoping that it would do the trick and solve their problem.
• divide (something) fifty-fifty
  разделить что-либо пополам

  Nancy bought a nice cake and divided it fifty-fifty between the two of us.
• die off
  умирать один за другим, отмирать

  The roses in our garden began to die off.
• dine out
  обедать в ресторане

  I didn't cook dinner because we are dining out tonight.
• do wonders
  творить чудеса

  Sandra began taking this medicine for her heart ailment and it did wonders.
• double up
  жить вдвоём в одной комнате

  Wilma had to double up in the dorm though she'd rather not to share the room with anybody.
• days running
  несколько дней подряд

  The circus came to the town and they gave performances for ten days running.
• die out
  вымирать

  Nobody knows for sure why dinosaurs died out.
• die laughing
  громко и весело смеяться

  The film was so funny that we almost died laughing.
• drop back
  отступать, отходить

  During the football match one of the players hurt his knee, and the coach told him to drop back and rest for a while.
• down to the last detail
  до малейшей детали

  Jim wrote down his business plan, describing everything in it, right down to the last detail.
• drop/dump (something) in (someone's) lap
  навязать что-либо кому-либо

  I didn't expect my boss to dump so much work in my lap that day.
• drop names
  вести себя раскованно, фамильярно

  "This is an informal gathering so let's drop names."
• double-cross (someone)
  обманывать, "обвести вокруг пальца"

  Don't trust Samuel Kortney, he is sure to double-cross you.
• due process (of law)
  должное исполнение закона

  Everybody is entitled to due process of law regardless of rank or power.
• do away with (something)
  покончить с чем-либо, разделаться

  Most of the deadly diseases were done away with long ago.
• desert a sinking ship
  покинуть тонущий корабль

  The company is about to go bankrupt that's why the employees are deserting the sinking ship.
• DNA
  Deoxyribonucleic Acid - дезоксирибонуклеиновая кислота, ДНК

  DNA varies from one individual to another.
• drop around
  прийти навестить

  I invited my friends to drop around to see my new computer.
• drum up (something)
  поощрять что-либо, поддерживать

  It is necessary for the government to drum up small businesses.