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the plating and polishing shops плакировочный и полировочный цехи
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then you can have a free hand: the sense is that there will be complete freedom from any hindrance: the “hands” of the workmen will be “free”.
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That brings us to Thursday morning: note that idiomatic use of “bring” in such sentences as “That brings us to the next item to be discussed”.
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put it in hand: give instructions to have the job started, e.g. “I’ve got the job in hand”, which means that the job is either being done, or is about to be started.
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I’m not keeping you from anything: the meaning here is “I’m not preventing you from doing anything else (by talking to you)”.
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I do have: note the use of “do” here, making the verb emphatic. The effect of the emphasis is softened, however, by the following clause beginning with but.
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at your disposaclass="underline" prepared to carry on the conversation. A bit of business phraseology.
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carry on: continue. Contrast the colloquial use to mean “talk too much”, “make lengthy and tedious assertions”, as in “John is a nice chap, but he does carry on about his health”.
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outlet duct выходная труба
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think to inspect: more usually one would expect to find “think of inspecting”, but “think” may be followed by “to” plus the infinitive form of the verb instead of “of plus present participle, as in “I didn’t think to tell him” vs. “I didn’t think of telling him”.
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look, Mr Weston: note this rather informal use of the imperative ‘look” as a signal that the speaker wishes to call attention to a proposition or statement he is about to make.
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loadings нагрузка
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Fine: an informal exclamation of approval or agreement
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Not at alclass="underline" one of the very few ways in English of replying to someone who has just said ‘Thank you”. For some people it has faintly comic overtones, and these are stronger with the comparable formula “Don’t mention it”. Normally, no reply to “Thank you” is absolutely necessary, but many people feel happier if they say something like ‘That’s all right”, “Pleased to help”, “Glad to be of assistance”, etc.
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get things moving: an informal way of saying “order work to start”
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what with that and this: because of that and this
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up to my ears in it: overloaded with work
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round fortyish: around forty years old
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a little bit heavy-going: rather too serious or pompous
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got his head screwed on the right way: clever, intelligent
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on hand: available
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a bit short-handed: short of staff/workers
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on the packing side: in the packing department
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like the clappers: very quickly
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haven’t got round to: haven’t managed to do/begin
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a bit tricky: rather difficult
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a spot of: a little
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bung: put, throw
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all laid on: all arranged
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I’m very well, thanks: a slightly formal reply to the question “How are you?” than either ‘Tine, thanks” or “Oh, not so bad; you know”.
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I’m afraid: a common conversational way of introducing an apologetic note into what is being said
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there: in that respect
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organise: note this colloquial use of “organise” to mean “get, obtain” (by means of some kind of planning); e.g. “I feel hungry — I’m going to organise a sandwich for myself.”
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to do smth. the hard way: to have difficulties to overcome; e. g. ‘The manager came up the hard way — he started as an errand boy.”
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Great one for the open air: I have a strong liking for the open air. The phrase “a great one for” is sometimes used to indicate strong preferences, as in “Jimmy’s a great one for football”, etc. there often seems to be some humorous intent when the phrase is used.
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our lot: our family
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put up with: toletate. Note the difference of meaning with “put up” to mean “accommodate”, as in “They’ll put up noisy kids in that hotel”.
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give Charles a ring: note the numerous verbs which have to do with making a telephone call. Some of these, beginning with the more formal and ending with the less formal ones are: ‘Telephone X, Ring X, Give X a ring, Give X a tinckle”.
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a dead loss: someone or something completely useless
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scrabbling: combines the notions of crawling in and scratching about in (копаться, рыться)
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popping into: going into. The implication is that it would only be for a short time. “Pop in” is also used of an informal visit, e. g. “If you happen to be passing just pop in and see me, please”.
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