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• swamped with (something)
  быть загруженным чем-либо, быть заваленным

  At present the firm is swamped with orders for their goods.
• slowly but surely
  медленно, но верно

  If you do something slowly but surely, it will be done properly.
• shoot out (something)
  выбрасывать вперёд

  Suddenly the man's hand shot out and cracked across Lanny's mouth.
• send (someone) up
  засадить кого-либо в тюрьму

  He had enough evidence to send Hobson up for quite a long time.
• sell (something) off
  распродать со скидкой, распродать по дешёвке

  They usually sell off winter clothes at the end of the season.
• shadow of oneself/itself
  (осталась) лишь тень от кого-либо \ чего-либо

  Gala has lost a lot of weight and now she is a shadow of herself.
• start up (something)
  создать что-либо, начать делать что-либо

  Steven started up a printing business not long ago.
• settle a score with (someone)
  отомстить, отплатить кому-либо той же монетой

  It's no use trying to settle a score with Mike for something that happened a few years ago.
• settle for (something)
  довольствоваться меньшим, чем хотелось бы

  I changed my job and for a while I had to settle for less than I had been paid before.
• sit in for (someone)
  подменить кого-либо, занять чьё-то место

  My co-worker asked me to sit in for him in the lab during an experiment.
• sport of kings
  скачки (спорт королей)

  Horse racing or the sport of kings is very popular in the U.K.
• sell (something) out
  распродать, продать всё целиком

  I went to the bookstore to get an English textbook, but the salesperson said they had sold them out.
• set forth (somewhere)
  отправляться куда-либо

  Stan set forth somewhere without saying where he was going.
• survival of the fittest
  выживание сильнейших

  The survival of the fittest means the continual existence of those animals and plants which are best adapted to their surroundings.
• sit in on (something)
  принимать участие в чём-либо

  Though he had no vote, he was allowed to sit in on the conference.
• spare (someone) (something)
  пощадить кого-то (чтобы не слушать что-либо)

  "I wish you could spare me your complaints; I am in no mood to listen to them."
• so far
  пока что

  Jill has been traveling around Europe; she has visited four countries so far.
• stand off (someone or something)
  держать кого-либо \ что-либо на расстоянии, отдалять

  They were not able to stand off the rival teams and as a result they lost the tournament.
• steal a base
  делать что-либо тайком, красться

  Jimmy Carter is one of the best baseball players; he can easily steal a base during the game.
• sit on its/their hands
  скупо аплодировать, встречать жидкими аплодисментами

  The performance of the clown was very poor, and the audience in the circus sat on their hands.
• shoot the breeze/bull
  болтать попусту

  Margaret and her friends like to shoot the breeze when they get together.
• sail into (someone)
  ругать или критиковать кого-либо, "наехать на кого-либо"

  As soon as David entered the house, his wife sailed into him for having come home very late.
• step on the gas
  нажать на акселератор, увеличить скорость

  "Please, step on the gas. I am late for work as it is."
• straight and narrow
  прямой жизненный путь, (быть честным и законопослушным)

  Ronald had the straight and narrow route through life.
• speak for (something)
  попросить что-либо, выразить просьбу

  It was very cold in the hospital ward, and the patients spoke for hot water bottles.
• suit oneself
  делать всё, что захочется

  "Can I do the kitchen while you are at work?" - "Suit yourself."
• sign up for (something)
  записаться на что-либо, присоединиться

  My friend and I signed up for a folk dance class.
• strike out at (someone or something)
  ударить или напасть на кого-либо \ что-либо

  Somebody struck out at me and snatched my purse.
• settle (something) out of court
  уладить что-либо во внесудебном порядке

  There was some controversy between the company and the union, but it was finally settled out of court.
• separate the men from the boys
  отделить более компетентных людей от менее компетентных

  I am not at all sure that joining the military is a good way to separate the men from the boys.
• sit back and let (something) happen
  ни во что не вмешиваться

  I decided to sit back and let things happen because I didn't want to interfere in their dispute.
• sweet nothings
  нежные, но ничего не значащие слова

  Jimmy whispered sweet nothings into my ear, but I ignored them.
• sunny-side up
  яичница, поджаренная только с одной стороны

  I like my eggs to be fried sunny-side up.
• sort (something) out
  прояснять, приводить в порядок

  I will have to sort out all my things before moving to a new apartment.
• shake up (something)
  перестроить что-либо

  The new sales manager decided to shake up the company in order to bring new energy into the department.