Идиомы и фразеологизмы английского со словом own. Страница двадцать пять

Словосочетания со словом own. Страница двадцать пять

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track down
To find by or as if by following tracks or a trail.
The hunters tracked down game in the forest.
She spent weeks in the library tracking the reference down in all their hooks on the subject.
trip down memory lane
Наслаждаться приятными моментами прошлого.
Every Christmas is a trip down memory for the family when our parents take out the photograph albums.
Каждое Рождество, когда родители достают фотоальбомы, для нашей семьи это воспоминания о прежних годах.
Every summer is a trip down memory lane when I was a child and spent the whole summer in the countryside.
Каждое лето напоминает мне о тех временах, когда целое лето я проводил за городом.
turn down
To reduce the loudness, brightness, or force of.
The theater lights were turned down.
Turn down that radio, will you?
The hose was throwing too much water so I turned down the water a little bit.
Please turn down the radio for me. It’s too loud while I’m studying.
To refuse to accept; reject.
His request for a raise was turned down.
If she offers to help, I'll turn her down.
Many boys courted Lynn, but she turned them all down.
Laverne wanted to join the military but the recruiting officer turned her application down because Laverne is hard of hearing in one ear.
turn thumbs down
To disapprove or reject; say no. Usually used with on.
The company turned thumbs down on Mr. Smith's sales plan.
The men turned thumbs down on a strike at that time.
under one's own steam
By one's own efforts; without help.
The boys got to Boston under their own steam and took a bus the rest of the way.
We didn't think he could do it, but Bobby finished his homework under his own steam.
unknown quantity
Someone or something whose value and importance are not known, especially in a certain situation, time or place; a new and untested person or thing.
What we would find if we could fly to the moon is an unknown quantity.
The new player is still an unknown quantity. We'll find out how good he is in the game.
ups and downs
Vicissitudes; alternating periods between good and bad times; changes in fortune.
He is now a wealthy stock trader, but at the beginning of his career he, too, had many ups and downs.
upside down
Overturned so that the bottom is up and the top is down.
The ladybug lay upside down in the sand and was unable to take off.
The problem with this company is that everything is upside down; we need a new C.E.O.
The accident caused one car to turn upside down, its wheels spinning in the air.
One of the students was only pretending to read her textbook; the teacher could see that the book was actually upside down.