The Christmas List

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milenat14 мая 2023 г.
The following summer, as a birthday present, Kier took Jimmy on a long overdue father-and-son excursion—a fishing trip to Alaska. They filled their freezer with enough salmon and halibut to last several years and created memories that would last a lifetime. The day after they returned home, Kier asked Jimmy and Juliet to come by the house where Kier surprised his son with his real birthday present—a one-thousand-square-foot art studio, stocked with the best art supplies money could buy, built in the basement of Kier’s home.
“I’ve heard that great artists need to suffer,” Kier told Jimmy at the studio’s unveiling, “and I can’t think of any better way to accomplish that than for you to move in with me.”
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milenat12 мая 2023 г.
Go off the deep end
INFORMAL
give way immediately to an emotional outburst, especially of anger.
"now don't go off the deep end—I've thought of an idea"
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go mad; behave extremely strangely.
"they looked at me as if I had gone off the deep end"
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milenat12 мая 2023 г.
Swindle
verb
use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions.
"a businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds"
noun
a fraudulent scheme or action.
"he is mixed up in a £10 million insurance swindle"
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milenat12 мая 2023 г.
Asphalt shingles — битумная черепица.
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milenat12 мая 2023 г.
Fallen heroes hit the ground hardest.
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milenat12 мая 2023 г.
Rossi had not only trusted, but admired him. He had even asked Kier to be the godfather to their newborn son; Kier had declined.
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milenat12 мая 2023 г.
“He left Kier’s office a broken man. As he walked out, Rossi’s last words were, “You’re a miserable excuse for a human being, Kier. You’re a bad man.”
“No, I’m just clever. There is no good or bad in business,” Kier said, “just smart and . . . you.”
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milenat12 мая 2023 г.
Smugly — in a way that shows excessive satisfaction or pride in oneself, самодовольно.
"I smiled smugly to myself"
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milenat12 мая 2023 г.
Nest egg — a sum of money saved for the future.
"I worked hard to build up a nice little nest egg"
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milenat12 мая 2023 г.
Tug at — to pull something quickly and usually with a lot of force.
“Tom tugged at his mother's arm.”
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