day by day
day after day
Gradually.
Постепенно; день за днем.
The patient got better day by day.
Day after day Sally has to do the same work.
Каждый день Салли вынуждена делать одну и ту же работу.
Day after day I waited for a letter from him, but one never came.
get after
To try or try again to make someone do what he is supposed to do.
Ann's mother gets after her to hang up her clothes.
To scold or make an attack on.
Bob's mother got after him for tracking mud into the house.
The police are getting after the crooks in the city.
go after
To try to get.
"First find out what job you want and then go after it," said Jim's father.
keep after
To speak to (someone) about something again and again; remind over and over again.
Some pupils will do sloppy work unless the teacher keeps after them to write neatly.
Sue's mother had to keep after her to clean her bedroom.
Lynn always has to keep after her children about cleaning up their rooms and doing chores around the house.
Lon is so forgetful that it’s necessary to keep after him about every little thing.
live happily ever after
С тех пор жить счастливо.
They got married thirty years ago and lived happily ever after.
Они поженились тридцать лет назад и с тех пор жили счастливо.
lock the barn door after the horse is stolen
To be careful or try to make something safe when it is too late. A proverb.
After Mary failed the examination, she said she would study hard after that. She wanted to lock the barn door after the horse was stolen.
look after
see after
To watch over; attend to.
John's mother told him to look after his younger brother.
When he went to Europe, Mr. Jenkins left his son to see after the business.
Grandma will look after the baby while we go to the lecture.
lust for
lust after
To physically yearn for; hanker after; want something very strongly.
Ed has been lusting after Meg for a very long time.