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Идиомы на букву S

• something about (someone or something)
  что-то (странное, особенное, любопытное) о ком-либо \ чём-либо

  There is something about the man's offer; it sounds very bizarre.
• square up to (someone or something)
  смело противостоять кому-либо \ чему-либо

  "It's time you learned to square up to difficulties and problems and sort them out yourself."
• smoke (someone or something) out
  выкурить кого-либо \ что-либо, избавиться

  They tried everything in order to smoke out hornets, but nothing helped.
• stack up (something)
  складывать что-либо

  I stacked up the used newspapers to throw them away.
• somebody up there loves/hates me
  кто-то на небе благоволит ко мне или ненавидит меня

  "Somebody up there hates me," he said, "I have been out of luck lately."
• so much
  столько-то, (так) много

  Jordan had so much to think about.
• squeak by (someone or something)
  еле-еле успеть; подступиться к кому-либо \ чему-либо

  Unfortunately I was not able to squeak by the deadline and submit my grant application on time.
• spout off about (someone or something)
  слишком много говорить о ком-либо \ чём-либо

  Pamela is fond of spouting off about her baby son.
• signal to (someone) to do (something)
  подать кому-либо сигнал сделать что-либо

  The teacher signaled to one of the boys to help her carry heavy textbooks.
• square off to do (something)
  принять боевую стойку, приготовиться (спорить или драться)

  The two dogs squared off to fight for their own territory.
• stoop to (doing something)
  снизойти до чего-либо

  I will never stoop to gossiping about other people's private affairs.
• skip bail
  не появиться в суде, не смотря на внесённый ранее залог

  "I cannot guarantee that the man won't run away; he may easily skip bail."
• speak one's piece/mind
  откровенно высказать кому-либо своё неодобрение

  I am going to speak my mind and tell my boss about the shortcomings in our work.
• squawk about (something)
  громко жаловаться на что-либо

  Mona is the type of person who likes to squawk about everything.
• smoke (something) out
  обнаружить, найти что-либо, выведать

  Steve decided to smoke out the reason why Richard had concealed important evidence from the police.
• soil one's diapers
  пачкать пелёнки

  Marion's baby soils its diapers almost every hour.
• something's up
  что-то происходит

  I do not know what is going on in the neighbor's apartment, but I am sure that something's up.
• size of it
  вот так то; вот, пожалуй, и всё

  "That's about the size of it," Jill said as she told me about her misfortune.
• somewhere in the neighborhood of (an amount of money or something)
  где-то в районе (количество денег или чего-либо ещё)

  There were somewhere in the neighborhood of two thousand people at the demonstration.
• smear campaign (against someone)
  клеветническая кампания (против кого-либо)

  I am sure someone is running a smear campaign against the president of our company.
• show (someone) to his or her seat
  провести на место

  The movie had already begun and I asked the usher to show me to my seat.
• spook (someone)
  пугать, испугать кого-либо

  My dog is afraid of thunder storms and they always spook him.
• slave to (someone or something)
  быть рабом кого-либо \ чего-либо

  Mr. Murdoch is a slave to his old car, which breaks down every few miles.
• strictly on the level
  быть честным, надёжным, заслуживающим доверия

  The bank clerks that the customers deal with are always strictly on the level.
• shuttle (someone) from place to place
  возить кого-либо взад-вперёд

  The ship was too big to dock at the port, so the boatmen shuttled the passengers from the ship to the shore all day.
• so mad that one could scream
  безумно злой

  Linda got so mad that she could scream when the secretary had made a lot of mistakes in the document.
• sign on with (someone)
  подписать соглашение с кем-либо

  Nancy has signed on with the Chief Executive of one of the pharmaceutical firms.
• strictly on the up-and-up
  честный, справедливый и прямой

  I never do business with anyone if everything is not strictly on the up-and-up.
• something else again
  что-то совсем другое

  Staying at home all day is OK, but staying at home when my siblings go to a movie is something else again.
• sock (something) away
  убирать, прятать что-либо в укромное место

  I have decided to sock my clothes away for the time when my daughter's kids can wear them.
• slated for (something)
  планировать, намечать

  The house is slated for restoration next month.