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scrape together
To quickly assemble, usually from scanty ingredients.
We were so hungry we had to scrape together some lunch from all kinds of frozen leftovers.
scratch around for
To search randomly for something.
If you scratch around for a more reliable used car, maybe you'll feel more confident on the road.
scratch one's back
To do something kind and helpful for someone or to flatter him in the hope that he will do something for you. Usually used in the expression You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
Mary asked Jean to introduce her to her brother. Jean said, "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours."
scratch the surface
To learn or understand very little about something. Usually used with a limiting adverb (as only, hardly).
High school students have only scratched the surface of their subjects, and even after college graduation, they still find there is much more to learn.
We thought we understood Africa but when we made a trip there we found we had only scratched the surface.
scream blue murder
Кричать или очень громко жаловаться, как будто случилось что-то серьезное.
The crowd started screaming blue murder when the football match was interrupted.
Все в толпе начали причитать, когда футбольный матч был остановлен.
screw around
To hang around idly without accomplishing anything, to loaf about, to beat or hack around.
You guys are no longer welcome here; all you do is screw around all day.
screw up one's courage
pluck up one's courage
To force yourself to be brave.
The small boy screwed up his courage and went upstairs in the dark.
When his father came home in a bad mood, it took Pete some time to screw up his courage and ask him for a dollar.
screw up
make a mess of
To make a mess of, to make an error which causes confusion.
The treasurer screwed up the accounts of the Society so badly that he had to be fired.
To cause someone to be neurotic or maladjusted.
Her divorce screwed her up so badly that she had to go to a shrink.