Flying finish / Бурный финиш. Книга для чтения на английском языке. Дик ФрэнсисЧитать онлайн книгу.
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the barbs were securely in – (
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Your pigeon – (
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a prim, dim, sexless nothing – (
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Not my day – (
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Hospitals? – (
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the Serpentine – (
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steeplechases – лошадиные бега по пересеченной местности (с препятствиями)
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I’m fed up with it. – (
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while we are at it – (
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You can count me right out. – (
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to put on a plushy front – (
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I came as near to unbending with him as with anyone – (
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a bit of globe-trotting – (
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was earmarked – (
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taking him in – (
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was a foreign country – (
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but that’s not the point – (
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a travelling head groom – (
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Worth it to them in terms of trade – (
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when the brood mares come over – (
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Can I have the job? – (
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A job is what you make it. – (
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had coveted the promotion – (
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I had a fall and a winner – (
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aeroplanes being entirely against nature and usually fatal – (
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may be the top thing next year – (
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You won’t stick it – (
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I do all the spade work – (
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You’re a rum sort of chap – (
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Not a murmur. – (
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he might have wanted to duck someone – (
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That’s the size of it – (
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for a bit of a giggle – (
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I don't think I could face that nine-to-five routine ever again – (
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thrust upon me by the Stewards – (
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for money, not love – (
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round a private corner – (
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with a bit of luck – (
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do’s and don’ts – (
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the reception-cum-operations-cum-everything