Command Me

Geneva Lee

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milenat16 сентября 2022 г.
Tousled - взъерошенный (о волосах).
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milenat16 сентября 2022 г.
Somber - мрачный (и о цвете, и о человеке, и о настроении).
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milenat16 сентября 2022 г.
Somehow he’d managed to pair the most expensive and the most boring elements of modern fashion into one garbled, but obviously costly outfit. A Rolex and Berluti loafers were combined with a Harris Tweed jacket straight out of the eighties. He looked as though he couldn’t decide if he was off for a day of hunting or business.
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milenat16 сентября 2022 г.
Despite Belle’s education, her family had placed her on the fast track to marriage, a rather archaic result of being titled.
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milenat15 сентября 2022 г.
Beckon - поманить кого-то.
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milenat15 сентября 2022 г.
“Need and want are two different things, love. Never confuse them.”
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milenat15 сентября 2022 г.
Swat = hit
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milenat15 сентября 2022 г.
Impish = mischievous
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milenat15 сентября 2022 г.
Furrow - межбровная морщина.
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milenat15 сентября 2022 г.
To have a chip on one's shoulder refers to the act of holding a grudge or grievance that readily provokes disputation.
This idiom traces its roots back to a custom that was known in North America since the early 19th century. The New York newspaper Long Island Telegraph reported on 20 May 1830 "when two churlish boys were determined to fight, a chip [of wood] would be placed on the shoulder of one, and the other demanded to knock it off at his peril".
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