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be an open book

Дословно: быть "открытой книгой".
Быть ясным и понятным для.

I'm not interested in that woman anymore; she is an open book for me.

Мне больше неинтересна та женщина, она для меня открытая книга.

be at pains

To be extremely desirous to do something; to take the trouble to do something.

Страстно желать сделать что-либо; прилагать усилия (преодолевать трудности) что-бы сделать что-либо.

I could hardly refuse the gift after she had been at such pains to make it.

Едва ли я могла отказаться от подарка, зная, чего ей стоило сделать его.

The captain was at pains to see that everybody got safely into the lifeboats.

be back on one's feet

get back on one's feet

To once again become financially solvent; regain one's former status and income, or health.

Снова на ногах; снова стать платежеспособным; восстановить прежнюю форму, статус или здоровье; оправиться от какой-либо беды или несчастья.

Max got back on his feet soon after his open heart surgery. Tom's business was ruined due to the inflation, but he got back on his feet again.

My mother is back on her feet after being sick for two weeks.

Моя мама снова на ногах после двухнедельной болезни.

Our teacher was back on her feet shortly after the car accident.

Наша учительница была снова на ногах вскоре после аварии.

be game

To be cooperative, willing, sporting.

When I asked Charlie to climb Mount McKinley with us, he said he was game if we were.

be had

To be victimized or cheated.

The angry customer complained about being overcharged at the store, asserting that this was the third time that he had been had.

When the jeweler confirmed that the diamonds that the woman had purchased abroad were really fake, she exclaimed, "I’ve been had!"

be hard on

To be strict or critical with another; be severe.

"Don't be so hard on Jimmy," Tom said. "He is bound to rebel as he gets older."

be in a stew

To be worried, harassed, upset.

Al has been in a stew ever since he got word that his sister was going to marry his worst enemy.

be in labor

To be in parturition; experience the contractions of childbirth.

Vane had been in labor for eight hours before her twin daughters were finally born.