in one's good graces
in one's good books
Approved of by you; liked by someone.
Быть на хорошем счету или в милости у кого-либо.
Ruth is in her mother's good graces because she ate all her supper.
Bill is back in the good graces of his girlfriend because he gave her a box of candy.
I’m in my superior’s good book.
Я на хорошем счету у моего начальника.
keep books
To keep records of money gained and spent; do the work of a bookkeeper.
Miss Jones keeps the company's books.
know somethng like a book
know something like an open book
Знать что-либо очень хорошо.
My mother knows me like an open book.
Моя мама знает меня очень хорошо.
make book
To serve as a bookmaker taking bets on the horse races.
The police were out to prosecute anybody who made book illegally.
nose in a book
Busy interest in reading. Used with a possessive.
Mother can't get Mary to help do the housework; she always has her nose in a book.
one for the books
Very unusual; a remarkable something.
Что-то очень необычное, заслуживающее внимания.
The newspaper reporter fumed in a story that was one for the books.
Their trip through the Rocky Mountains was one for the books.
What happened with you is one for a books.
То, что случилось с тобой, заслуживает внимания.
read one like a book
To understand someone completely; know what he will think or do at any time.
Понимать кого-либо полностью; знать что человек будет думать в конкретной ситуации.
John's girlfriend could read him like a book.
Emily, who read her husband like an open book, pretended that she didn’t suspect anything.
Эмили, которая прекрасно понимала своего мужа, сделала вид, что она ничего не подозревала.
talking book
A book recorded by voice on phonograph records for blind people.
Billy, who was blind, learned history from a talking book.