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baker's dozen

Thirteen.

Тринадцать.

"How many of the jelly doughnuts, Sir? " the salesclerk asked. "Oh, make it a baker's dozen."

I would like a baker’s dozen of donuts, please.

Мне, пожалуйста, тринадцать пончиков.

ball game

The entire matter at hand; the whole situation; the entire contest.

You said we can get a second mortgage for the house? Wow! That's a whole new ball game.

ball is in one's court

дословно: мяч на чьем-то поле
Ситуация в которой следующий ход, следующее действие остается за человеком, в отношении которого употреблено выражение.

We made an offer to buy the business and now the ball is in the owner's court to accept our offer or not.

Мы внесли предложение купить бизнес и теперь ход за владельцем, принимать наше предложение или нет.

ball of fire

A person with great energy and ability; a person who can do something very well.

He did poorly in school but as a salesman he is a ball of fire.

The new shortstop is a good fielder but certainly no ball of fire in batting.

ball up

To make a mess of; confuse. Often used in the passive.

Don't ball me up.

Hal balled up the business with his errors.

He was so balled up that he did not know if he was coming or going.

baloney

Nonsense, unbelievable, trite, or trivial.

"Will you marry Joe?" mother asked. "Baloney," Susie answered with a disgusted look.

Do you still believe all that baloney about socialism excluding free enterprise? Look at China and Hungary.

John brags that he's won the $10 million lottery, and I think it's just a lot of baloney.

banana oil

Flattery that is an obvious exaggeration; statements that are obviously made with an ulterior motive.

Cut out the banana oil; flattery will get you nowhere!

band together

To join a group to exert united force.

The inhabitants of the ecologically threatened area banded together to stop the company from building new smokestacks.