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[do the trick]  {v. phr.},  {informal}

Приводить к успеху в чем-л.; получать желаемый результат.

Jim was not passing in English, but he studied harder and that did the trick.

* /The car wheels slipped on  […]

[double date]  {n.},  {informal}

Свидание, на которое приходят две пары вместе.

[double-date]  {v.},  {informal}

Идти на "двойное свидание" ([double date]); встречаться своей парой с другой парой.

[down-to-earth]  {adj.}

Здравый; осуществимый, практичный.

The committee's first plan for the party was too fancy, but the second was more down-to-earth.

* /Mr. Jenkins never seems to know what is happening around him,  […]

[drag on] or [drag out]  {v.}

1. Тянуться очень долго.

The cold winter months dragged on until we thought spring would never come.

2. Затягивать; делать дольше.

* /The meeting would have been over quickly if  […]

[drag one's feet] или [drag one's heels]

Действовать медленно или с неохотой.

The children wanted to watch television, and dragged their feet when their mother told them to go to bed.

* /The city employees said the  […]

[drag race]  {n.},  {slang}

Автогонки на линейное ускорение или минимальное время преодоления участка трассы (обычно четверть мили).

* /Drag races are often held on  […]

[drag strip]  {n.},  {slang}

Место проведение автогонок "drag race".

Before the race Paul loaded his racer onto the trailer to take it out of town to the drag strip for the race.

Ср.: [DRAG RACE].

[draw in one's horns]

См.: [PULL IN ONE'S HORNS].

[draw to a close]  {v. phr.}

Заканчивать; прекращаться; подходить к концу (завершаться).