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• turn to (someone or something)
  обратиться к кому-либо (за помощью, советом), прибегнуть (к помощи чего-либо)

  The instructor turned to the boys for help.
• tin ear for (something)
  не иметь слуха, неспособность судить о чём-либо

  I think Cora has a tin ear for music and she is not able to judge the value of it.
• to be hung up on (someone or something)
  быть одержимым, увлечённым кем-либо \ чем-либо

  Sonia is hung up on playing computer games.
• take (something) to one's grave
  унести что-либо (тайну) с собой в могилу

  "It is not as if you would take all your money to your grave."
• top (someone or something)
  превосходить кого-либо \ чего-либо

  The young athlete topped everyone in the cross-country race.
• take the checkered flag
  закончить гонку первым

  The French racer took the checkered flag for the first time and was very proud.
• three sheets to the wind
  быть очень пьяным, нетвёрдо держаться на ногах

  I saw my neighbor walking down the street last night; he seemed to have three sheets to the wind.
• through thick and thin
  решительно поддерживать кого-либо, действовать стойко

  There were five hundred men to back him up through thick and thin.
• tag along with (someone)
  плестись за кем-либо

  I saw two little kids tagging along with their mother.
• trial and error
  (метод) проб и ошибок

  The only way I could solve the geometry problem was by the method of trial and error.
• think better of (doing something)
  передумать, изменить своё решение

  Mark was about to tell Edna about his feelings; then he thought better of doing it.
• take the starch out of (someone)
  сбить спесь с кого-либо, осадить

  I think Alice is too highbrow and arrogant; I wish someone would take the starch out of her.
• throw (something) into the bargain
  включить что-либо дополнительно (в качестве подарка) в покупку

  It was announced that the store would throw some computer games into the bargain if one buys a laptop.
• turn in (something)
  отдать что-либо

  When the football season was over, the players turned in their uniforms.
• to be hard on (someone's) heels
  следовать за кем-либо по пятам

  As I was going along the street, I noticed a stranger who was hard on my heels.
• throw in one's lot with (someone or something)
  принять участие в чём-либо, присоединиться к кому-либо

  I saw a peaceful demonstration and decided to throw in my lot with the marchers.
• turn off (somewhere)
  повернуть на другую дорогу, свернуть

  The car turned off on Main Street.
• talk out (a problem)
  обсудить (проблему) до конца

  I have decided to talk things out with Charles.
• That's all she wrote.
  вот и всё

  "I've told you everything I wanted to. 'That's all she wrote'," I said when I finished my story.
• thread (one's way) through (something)
  с трудом прокладывать себе дорогу, проталкиваться через что-либо

  The platform swarmed with people and Dave had to thread his way through the crowd to get to his carriage.
• throw (something) together
  сделать что-либо на скорою руку

  It was getting dark, so we had to throw our tents together and go to bed.
• time out
  перерыв (в игре, работе) таймаут

  Ann took some time out from studying to visit her friend.
• throw off (someone)
  сбивать с пути, запутывать, отделаться от кого-либо

  The runaway was able to throw off his pursuers.
• to lay over
  прервать путешествие

  They had to lay over in Moscow for a few hours before going to Warsaw.
• take a look for (someone or something)
  поискать кого-либо \ что-либо

  "Will you, please, take a look for the lighter that I had probably left in your house?"
• tell on (someone)
  рассказать о чьём-либо проступке

  Marcia told on her younger brother for having eaten all of the ice-cream.
• turn out (someone)
  выгонять кого-либо

  He was my guest and I couldn't possibly turn him out.
• turn out (something)
  вывернуть что-либо

  Samantha turned out her handbag looking for her cell phone.
• talk (someone) out of (doing something)
  убедить кого-либо не делать что-либо

  I tried to talk my husband out of buying a spots car, so far without any success.
• twist (someone) around one's (little) finger
  обвести кого-либо вокруг пальца

  Susan can twist any of the boys around her little finger.
• turn of the century
  на рубеже веков

  Cars were odd things to see at the turn of the century.
• trump card
  козырная карта; убедительный, веский довод

  There were several ways to persuade my friend to go to the party with me; my trump card was that John would be there too.
• touch a sore spot/point
  затронуть больное место

  I touched a sore spot when I asked Helen about her relationship with Tim Burk.
• take a fancy/liking to (someone or something)
  полюбить кого-либо \ что-либо, привязаться, увлечься

  Sam has a nice taste in wines, and he took a fancy to Tokay which is produced in Hungary.
• take a chance/risk
  рискнуть

  If I were you I would take a chance and find a better job.