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drive-in
A kind of movie theater, fast food restaurant, or church, where the customers, spectators, or worshippers do not leave their automobiles but are served the food inside their cars, can watch a motion picture from inside their cars, or can participate in a religious service in their cars.
Let's not waste time on the road; let's just eat at the next drive-in restaurant.
Max and Hilde go to a drive-in church every Sunday.
There is a drive-in theater not far from where we live.
drop a line
shoot a line
To write someone a short letter or note.
Написать короткое письмо или записку; "черкнуть пару строчек".
As soon as I get to Florida, I’ll drop you a line and tell you about my new job.
I always drop her a line to wish her a Merry Christmas.
Я всегда пишу ей письма, чтобы поздравить с Рождеством.
If you have time, drop me a line now and then while you’re traveling.
Please drop me a line when you get to Paris; I'd like to know that you've arrived safely.
drop in the bucket
A relatively small amount; a small part of the whole.
Our university needs several million dollars for its building renovation project; $50,000 is a mere drop in the bucket.
drop in
To make a short or unplanned visit; pay a call. Often used with on.
The Smiths dropped in on some old friends on their vacation trip to New York.
We were just sitting down to dinner when Uncle Willie dropped in.
drop into
To stop (somewhere) for a short visit or a short time.
I dropped into the drugstore for some toothpaste and a magazine.
We dropped by the club to see if Bill was there, but he wasn't.
dry behind the ears
Experienced; knowing how to do something. Usually used in the negative.
John had just started working for the company, and was not dry behind the ears yet.
dyed-in-the-wool
Thoroughly committed; inveterate; unchanging.
He is a died-in-the-wool Conservative Republican.
dying to
Having a great desire to; being extremely eager to.
Seymour is dying to date Mathilda, but she keeps refusing him.