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put their heads together
lay their heads together
To plan or consider things together; discuss something as a group; talk it over.
Совместно обсуждать дела или планы; обсуждать что-либо в группе.
They put their heads together and decided on a gift.
They put their heads together to discuss their plan of action.
Они обсудили план действий.
We laid our heads together and decided to have a picnic.
put to sea
To start a voyage.
In the days of sailing ships, putting to sea depended on the tides.
The captain said the ship would put to sea at six in the morning.
put to shame
To disgrace.
That filthy dump puts our town to shame.
The cleanliness of European cities puts our cities to shame.
To do much better than surpass.
Einstein put other physicists to shame when he proved his theory of relativity correct.
put two and two together
To make decisions based on available proofs; reason from the known facts; conclude; decide.
Прийти к верному заключению; сделать вывод; сообразить, что к чему.
He had put two and two together and decided where they had probably gone.
It was just a mater of putting two and two together: the facts seemed to permit only one decision.
She put two and two together in that difficult situation.
Она сообразила, что к чему в той сложной ситуации.
put up a brave fight
put up a good fight
To resist.
He put up a good fight but he was bound to lose in the end to the older, more experienced chess player.
put up a brave front
put up a good front
To act courageously, even though one is actually afraid.
When Joe was taken in for his open heart surgery, he put up a brave front, although his hands were shaking.
quaking in one's boots
Быть чем-то сильно напуганным; испугаться.
When he saw the crocodiles in the water, he started quaking in his boots.
Когда он увидел крокодилов в воде, то перепугался.
quarterback sneak
A football play in which the quarterback takes the ball from the center and dives straight ahead in an attempt to gain a very short distance.
Johnson took the ball over on a quarterback sneak for a touchdown.