Сначала ссылка на предыдущие идиомы: https://cont.ws/@thyrise746/18...
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Так как я считаю, что самое важное в языке по многим параметрам - произношение - то я начинаю публиковать небольшие видео посвящённые ему на youtube.
Понятное дело, что видео это только вспомогательный элемент уроков программы "Английский как родной" - в ней и упражнения и дополнительные пояснения и т.д.
Но, если вы хотя бы позанимаетесь по видео - то уже улучшите и произношение и аудирование - в отличие от детей - для взрослых - при изучении иностранного языка - первично именно произношение - пока не научитесь произносить - не сможете услышать...
Итак, ссылка на первый ролик по произношению:
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А теперь вернёмся к идиомам...
Honesty and fairness (1)
above board
If a situation or business is above board, it is honest and legal.
Note: This expression comes from card games in which players place their bets on a board or table.
Actions above the table, where other players can see them, are probably fair.
Anyone who wants to inspect our books can see for themselves that we are totally above board.
not beat around the bush or not beat about the bush
If you don't beat around the bush or don't beat about the bush, you say what you want to say clearly and directly.
Note: In organized hunting, someone will drive birds or small animals out of the undergrowth by beating it with a stick. They may have to do this cautiously as they do not know exactly where the birds or animals are.
Let's not beat about the bush. I think these letters are worth a lot to you.
below the belt
If someone says something that is below the belt, they say something cruel and unfair.
Note: In boxing, it is against the rules to hit an opponent below the level of their belt.
He made a joke about her divorce which I thought was a bit below the belt.
by fair means or foul
If someone tries to achieve something by fair means or foul, they use any possible method to achieve it, not caring if their behaviour is dishonest or unfair.
They will do everything they can to win, by fair means or foul.
call a spade a spade
If you call a spade a spade, you speak honestly and directly about a subject even if it offends people.
Note: In a play by the Ancient Greek dramatist Menander, one of the characters says ‘I call a fig a fig, and a spade a spade’.
In the meantime, Whyte is an outspoken voice who is willing to call a spade a spade.
come clean
If you come clean about something, you tell the truth about it.
I had expected her to come clean and confess that she only wrote these books for the money.
fair and square
If someone wins a competition or does something fair and square, they do it without cheating or lying.
My father bought them fair and square fifty years ago. We've still got the receipts.
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Заговорите на английском не вставая с дивана, с помощью программы "Английский как родной": https://thyrise.com/ru/all-eng...
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