несформировавшаяся психика
...must be laying in a stack of it.
Author’s comment
'Thought you might know who it was.' 'Not unless it's Mr Johnson. Dad said he was expecting him.' Mr Helm (the late Mr Helm; he died of a stroke the following March) was a somber man in his late fifties whose withdrawn manner veiled a nature keenly curious and watchful; he like to know what was going on. 'Which Johnson?' 'The insurance fellow.' Mr Hem grunted. 'Your dad must be laying in a stack of it. That car's been here I'd say three hours.'
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... он, должно быть, решил потратить целое состояние
translation added by grumblerGold en-ru
to talk smb off ledges
Author’s comment
уговорить кого-то не совершать самоубийство, прыгнув со здания? He isn't trained to talk people off ledges or muddle around in the dark corners of other people's minds.
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уговорить кого-то не совершать самоубийство, прыгнув со здания?
translation added by catchmedoingthat *
shanty
Author’s comment
'You shanty, Irishman, what do you know about cooking?
значение "лачуга" и "песня матросская" явно не подходят, а других я пока не нашла
to put a whack on smb
Author’s comment
When he got out (of prison) somebody put a whack on him.
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приказать или поручить кому-то убить кого-то
translation added by ⁌ ULY ⁍Gold en-ru - 2.
заказать кого-то
translation added by Tatiana GerasimenkoGold en-ru
1) to evoke slavery 2) integration
Author’s comment
By mentioning Bobby Kennedy and choosing words that would evoke slavery, Haggerty sought to appeal to a perceived Southern prejudice against Bobby Kennedy for his having put the Justice Department squarely behind integration and in support of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
back-to-back justice
Author’s comment
The Get Hoffa Squad was counting on back-to-back justice that would land Jimmy Hoffa in jail.
a proffesional jury adviser
pant cuffs
Author’s comment
One day I walked into the Horn and Hardart with string tied around both of my pant cuffs.
1) not get up there 2) run into a full regiment
Author’s comment
The next morning I got on Glimco, too, about his information. It was the same during the war. If a patrol went out and came back and said there was a squad of Germans up ahead, you better not get up there and run into a full regiment. Your ass is going to shit. I said to Joey, 'The next time you send me out to give a guy a message I better know how many you expect me to beat at one time.'