Моя жизнь по соседству (Хантли Фицпатрик) на английском – понравилась

Дочитала: My Life Next Door by Huntley Fitzpatrick (Publication Date: Jun 14, 2012. Print Length: 400 pages).
Только три слова: очень хорошая книжка. И звучит в душе мелодия:

Интересные слова/выражения:
Be poles apart = быть диаметрально противоположным (Everything about the two women profiled in the driveway is poles apart);
burn the midnight oil = работатьпоночамилизасиживатьсязаработойдопоздна (I trace the dark bluish shadow under his eye with a slow finger. “Are you burning the midnight oil?”);
due respect = должное, заслуженное уважение (Everything you say makes sense, sir. I guess it’s logical. But with all due respect, you’re out of your fucking mind);
DUI = driving under the influence = управление автомобилем в нетрезвом состоянии или под воздействием наркотических веществ (He has two DUIs);
EMT = emergency medical technician = фельдшер скорой помощи, медицинский работник, оказывающий первую помощь пострадавшему на месте происшествия (He was in a puddle when the EMTs got there);
for keeps = навсегда, окончательно, насовсем (“No creo que se pueda volver y recuperar su trabajo”, Felipe shaps, moved to his native Spanish. “you go out now, and you go out for keeps”);
hush money = взятка, плата за молчание (Mr. Garrett doesn’t want charity – or hush money);
ICU = intensive care unit = отделение интенсивной терапии (The ICU is on the fourth floor and we need passes to get up there);
pay phone = телефон-автомат (He called 911 from a pay phone nearby);
put the moves on someone = что-то типа «подкатывать», пытаться соблазнить (Stop putting the moves on my sister in our kitchen, Tim!);
quote, unquote = буквально, так называемый (“I want to go to college. I want to be… good enough”. He pauses. “For you. Not that guy from the quote-unquote wrong side of the tracks, Samantha”);
think of one’s feet = быстро соображать, отвечать сразу, выступать «без бумажки» (He’s always thinking on his feet).

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