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small talk
General idle conversation.
At the party there was the usual kind of small talk about the cost of living increase and the war in Africa.
small-time
Unimportant; minor; with little power or importance.
He has a job as a drummer with a small-time band.
It is a small-time business, but it may grow.
smart alec
Надоедливый, напористый человек, который старается пустить пыль в глаза свои интеллектом.
Don't be such a smart Alec.
Не надо так умничать.
Some smart Alec interrupted the game claiming that the answers were incorrect!
Какой-то умник прервал игру, заявив, что ответы были неправильные!
smash hit
A very successful play, movie or opera.
The school play was a smash hit.
smell a rat
To be suspicious; feel that something is wrong.
Быть подозрительным; чувствовать, что что-то происходит не правильно.
Detectives went to the hotel to meet the drug dealers, but the dealers must have smelled a rat, and they stayed away.
Детективы пошли в отель, чтобы встретиться с наркодилерами, но те, вероятно, почувствовали неладное и не пришли.
Every time Tom visits me, one of my ashtrays disappears. I'm beginning to smell a rat.
When the policeman saw a light go on in the store at midnight, he smelled a rat.
smoke like a chimney
To smoke very heavily and continuously.
"If you continue smoking like a chimney" the doctor told my uncle, "you'll wind up in the hospital with lung cancer."
smooth away
To remove; (unpleasant feelings) take away.
Mr. Jones' new job smoothed away his worry about money.
smooth somebody's ruffled feathers
Успокаивать.
Tom took the criticism badly, but James managed to smooth his ruffled feathers.
Том плохо воспринял критику, но Джеймсу удалось его утихомирить.