Чамриа - канал, посвящённый изучению английского языка

in the last resort - в крайнем случае, на крайний случай, в конечном счёте, на худой конец Last resort means the only choice that remains after all others have been tried.

be good at - быть способным к, быть сильным в Be good at means to be successful, or able to do something well. I'm good at learning Geometry.

Account for - вычислять, объяснять(ся), быть причиной, отвечать за To account for something means to explain the reason for something. How do you account for the accident?

Jack Sprat could eat no fat, His wife could eat no lean. And so betwixt the two of them, They licked the platter clean. *** Джек Худой не мог есть жирное, Его жена не могла есть постное, И поэтому между ними двумя, Они облизывали тарелку дочиста...

Beyond wildest dreams - сверх всяких ожиданий, за пределом мечтаний

In the rain - в дождь, под дождём In the rain means in the weather when there are drops of water from clouds. e.g. Don't go out in the rain, it will finish soon.

Call back - перезвонить, сделать обратный звонок, звонить ещё раз, посылать обратный вызов To call back means to phone again, or to phone somebody who called you earlier. I called her but she was busy, but she says she would call me back later...

She sailed away On a sunny summer day, On the back of a crocodile. "You see," said she, "He's as tame as tame can be, I'll ride him down the Nile." The croc winked his eye As she bade them all goodbye, Wearing a happy smile. At the end of the ride, The lady was inside, And the smile Was on the crocodile! *** Она уплывала В солнечный летний день На спине у крокодила...

Now I’m going to talk about how I revise vocabulary before an exam. At the moment, I don’t have any exams, but I can talk about how I revised them earlier, when I had a lot of exams. I cut paper cards, and on one side I wrote an English word, and on the other side – a Russian one. The words that I could remind immediately from English into Russian, I put aside, and those that I couldn’t remind I left, mixed, and repeated again. Then, I took all the cards again, and did the same, but from Russian into English...

In deep water - в сложной ситуации, в тяжёлом положении, в затруднительном положении, в беде, в неприятности To be in deep water means to be in or get into serious trouble.

By ... o'clock, by ... (month, year), by now, by the time By … o’clock – к … часам We must be there by 5 o'clock. by Monday - к понедельнику The parcel should arrive by Monday. by now - к этому времени She should be here by now! by the time - к тому времени (как, когда) By the time we get there, the shop will be closed...

Play down - преуменьшать, умалять, смягчить, уменьшить Play down means to make something seem less important or less bad than it really is: He tried to play the bad news down by saying that the situation would improve as soon as possible...