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• stick in (someone's) mind
  не забывать, застрять в чьей-либо голове

  The face of the dying woman stuck in my mind for many days.
• stick in (someone's) throat/craw
  неприятная, раздражающая ситуация; "застрять, как кость в горле"

  I failed my English exam last semester, and the failure sticks in my throat.
• stick one's head in a noose
  навредить себе, сунуть голову в петлю

  Bob borrowed a large sum of money thus sticking my head in a noose.
• stick one's neck out (for someone or something)
  рисковать ради кого-либо \ чего-либо

  "I am not going to stick my neck out for you."
• stick one's nose into (something)
  совать свой нос куда-либо, вмешиваться в чужие дела

  I wish that my roommate would stop sticking her nose into my private affairs.
• stick out like a sore thumb
  выделяться, быть хорошо видным

  "Don't you think you will stick out like a sore thumb if you put on this absurd attire?"
• stick to a story/the facts
  придерживаться повествования или фактов

  The police didn't believe Nick's story because he didn't stick to the facts.
• stick to one's guns
  не сдавать позиций, держаться стойко

  Gregory was man enough to stick to his guns.
• stick to one's ribs
  хорошо наесться, плотно покушать

  My mother is a wonderful cook; everything she cooks sticks to our ribs.
• stick together
  держаться вместе

  The teacher told the children to stick together when they went to the museum.
• stick up (someone or something)
  ограбить (с применением оружия)

  The robber had a knife and he tried to stick me up.
• stick up for (someone or something)
  защищать кого-либо \ что-либо, поддерживать

  "I am very grateful to you for having stuck up for me."
• stick with (something)
  продолжать что-либо, не прекращать

  I think I'll stick with my French lessons.
• stick-in-the-mud
  отсталый, не современный человек

  My Grandfather is an old stick-in-the-mud.
• sticky fingers
  склонность к воровству

  Little Bobby has sticky fingers, and his mother watches him all the time.
• sticky wicket
  затруднительный ситуация (досл. липкие воротца в крикете из-за дождя)

  The snow had made a sticky wicket out of the roads and there were a lot of accidents that day.
• stink to high heaven
  очень плохо пахнуть, вонять

  The meat must have gone bad; it is stinking to high heaven.
• stir (someone or something) up
  расшевелить кого-либо \ что-либо, разозлить

  Maida's strange story stirred up my curiosity.
• stir up a hornet's nest
  нажить много врагов, вызвать нарекания, "потревожить осиное гнездо"

  Mr. Galvani's speech at the shareholders' meeting stirred up a hornet's nest.
• stitch in time saves nine
  то, что делается во время, экономит много труда впоследствии

  "I think you should have the roof in your house fixed before it becomes worse. Remember, a stitch in time saves nine."
• stock up on (something)
  запастись чем-либо

  They stocked up on wood before making a camp fire.
• stone broke
  (быть) совершенно без денег

  I am afraid I can't afford to go on a holiday to Thailand; I am stone-broke.
• stone's throw away from (something)
  очень близко от чего-либо

  The post-office is a stone's throw away from the place of my work.
• stoop to (doing something)
  снизойти до чего-либо

  I will never stoop to gossiping about other people's private affairs.
• stop at nothing
  ни перед чем не останавливаться

  My friend is a very stubborn person; she will stop at nothing to get what she wants.
• stop by (somewhere)
  остановиться где-либо

  I am going to stop by my parents' house on my way home.
• stop dead
  резко остановиться

  On seeing me Pam stopped dead.
• stop in one's tracks
  внезапно остановиться, "встать как вкопанный"

  Having turned the corner Ron stopped in its tracks; he must have seen something unusual.
• stop off (somewhere)
  сделать остановку где-либо (на непродолжительное время)

  I had run out of sugar and milk, so I decided to stop off at the supermarket and do the shopping.
• stop over (somewhere)
  остановиться в пути, сделать остановку

  My friend met me at the airport at 10 p.m., so we decided to stop over in New-York and go on our way in the morning.
• stop short of (doing something)
  перестать, прекратить делать что-либо

  I stopped short of telling my brother to clear the mess in his den.
• stop, look, and listen
  быть осторожным при переходе через дорогу

  It is necessary to teach children to stop, look, and listen when they cross the road.
• stop-and-go
  двигаться с интервалами

  The traffic was stop-and-go during the evening rush hour.
• storm is brewing
  грядут неприятности, назревает буря

  I have lost my sister's disks and I am sure a storm is brewing.
• straight and narrow
  прямой жизненный путь, (быть честным и законопослушным)

  Ronald had the straight and narrow route through life.