tepidness
Author’s comment
"Easier to let hers cool than watch Jane trying not to complain about the tepidness of her own drink."
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"тепловатость", не прохладность
translation added by Mariia M.Silver en-ru
in hock
Author’s comment
"This might ease fears that NS2 will leave parts of Europe in hock to the Russians for decades to come."
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в долгу
translation added by Иван ФедоровSilver en-ru
impetuousness
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порывистость
порывчатость
translation added by Иван ФедоровSilver en-ru
letterman
Author’s comment
a college sportsman who has achieved a set level of success in his sport and so has been awarded cloth letters of the initials of his college, to be displayed on an item of clothing
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a letterman jacket --школьная куртка с надписью (буквой) на ней
translation added by Талгат МырзахановGold en-ru
once and future
Example
Cultural psychology: A once and future discipline.
The once and future astronaut John Glenn, 77 years old now.
And no matter how his once and future rivals choose to address that in public, they have to like their chances better than usual this week.
How will insisting that our once and future students stand up and be counted better our attempts at minority inclusion?
Author’s comment
denoting someone or something that is eternal, enduring, or constant; from T. H. White's Once and Future King (1958). Выражение пошло от названия книги "Король былого и грядущего". Варианты перевода: проверенный временем, постоянный, верный. Есть еще идеи?
toe-curling
Example
But though my skin prickled with sensation, it was a toe-curling prickle of pleasure, not the electric-shock prickle of magic.
They showed the most toe-curling home videos.
I saw the worst comedy act I've ever seen last night - it was absolutely toe-curling!
He'd shack up with me, and we'd indulge in crazy, toe-curling sex marathons, barely leaving my bedroom.
He is subjected to horrific torture that Vargas Llosa describes in toe-curling detail.
Author’s comment
UK informal. Something that makes you feel very embarrassed, ashamed for someone else, because of being very bad or silly. Есть варианты "смущающий, шокирующий, пугающий, стыдливый". Подскажите, пожалуйста, более точные варианты перевода.
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Позорный, постыдный
translation added by Holy MolyGold en-ru
smarten up your act
Example
The company needs to smarten up their act if they are to keep customers.
Partnerships with non-insurers are another way for conventional insurers to smarten up their act.
Author’s comment
to improve the way you behave or do something; behave more wisely
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прикладывать больше усилий
translation added by Holy MolyGold en-ru