| English | Russian |
| act as a guinea pig | быть подопытным кроликом (Andrey Truhachev) |
| act as a guinea pig | служить подопытным кроликом (Andrey Truhachev) |
| act on one's own | действовать самому (Andrey Truhachev) |
| act on one's own | действовать самостоятельно (Andrey Truhachev) |
| act out of spite | поступать назло (Азери) |
| act properly | грамотное решение (Komparse) |
| act the ape | придуриваться (VLZ_58) |
| act the ape | дурачиться (VLZ_58) |
| act the big shot | разыгрывать из себя важную птицу (Andrey Truhachev) |
| act the fool | валять дурака (LaFee) |
| act the goat | идиотничать (To behave comically or playfully, often to amuse others.) |
| act the silly goat | идиотничать (To behave comically or playfully, often to amuse others.) |
| act up | причинять неприятности (Interex) |
| be a warm-up act | служить для разогрева (перед основным номером pelipejchenko) |
| catch someone in the act | поймать за руку (GeorgeK) |
| clean up own act first | разобраться сначала в своём доме (Beforeyouaccuseme) |
| clean up own act first | разобраться сначала с собой (Beforeyouaccuseme) |
| do a disappearing act | слинять (VLZ_58) |
| do a disappearing act | раствориться (VLZ_58) |
| do a disappearing vanishing act | вильнуть хвостом (VLZ_58) |
| do a vanishing act | слинять (VLZ_58) |
| do the Dutch act | покончить с собой (After her daughter died, we were worried that Mary might be tempted to do the Dutch act.) |
| do the Dutch act | дать деру |
| do the Dutch act | удрать |
| do the Dutch act | дезертировать (Robert is likely to be court-martialed for doing the Dutch act while on active duty in Iraq.) |
| Dutch act | акт самоубийства |
| Dutch act | самоубийство (It was the Dutch act. He ate his gun. Anglophile) |
| get one's act together | сосредоточить усилия на деле (shergilov) |
| get one's act together | собраться (shergilov) |
| get in on the act | набежать (4uzhoj) |
| get in on the act | подключиться (Nasri then got in on the act, rounding off a counter-attack with a drilled finish that deflected off Jason Lowe.) |
| get in on the act | присоединиться (к какому-либо делу: And libraries have also been getting in on the act with book quizzes and other activities to help youngsters experience the magic of reading.) |
| get in on the act | понабежать (4uzhoj) |
| get in on the act | последовать чьему-либо примеру (особ. с целью заработать: After the award of large damages to a cancer sufferer, cigarette companies are afraid of other smokers getting in on the act. • Angry shareholders have also got in on the act – the company is facing potential class-action law suits in America and strong pressure to change its unique corporate-governance structure. adivinanza) |
| get in on the act | примазаться (к чьему-либо успеху и т.д.: One member said: ‘He has not got involved at all with this and just wants to get in on the act for publicity purposes to make it look as though he has helped resolve it.' Anglophile) |
| get in on the act | примазываться (к чьему-либо успеху и т.д. Anglophile) |
| get in on the act | не остаться в стороне (Scores of schools have celebrated National Book Day in a bid to instill a love of reading in youngsters – with many telling pupils to come to school dressed as a character from their favourite book. And libraries have also been getting in on the act with book quizzes and other activities to help youngsters experience the magic of reading. 4uzhoj) |
| get into the act | подключиться к делу (Liv Bliss) |
| get into the act | внести свою лепту (в какое-либо успешное начинание VLZ_58) |
| get into the act | пристроиться к какому-либо делу (В.И.Макаров) |
| get into the act | воспользоваться чьим-либо успехом (чтобы заработать: We started selling them last year, and now other stores are getting into the act. • Other publishers wanted to get in on the act and publish their own line of children's books.) |
| hard act to follow | пример, которому сложно подражать в силу его великолепия (Dessinee au The) |
| he is acting crazy | он ведёт себя совсем странно |
| he is acting crazy | у него едет крыша |
| read a riot act | отчитать (кого-либо Yeldar Azanbayev) |
| read someone the Riot Act | ругать (agoff) |
| riot act | см. read the riot act (отчитать, сделать строгий выговор (о родителях)) |
| the Act of Settlement | закон о престолонаследии в Англии (1701 г. Bobrovska) |
| the Act of Supremacy | закон о главенстве английского короля над церковью (1534 г. Bobrovska) |
| tough act to follow | трудный пример для подражания (речь, выступление, деятельность так превосходно исполненные, что идущему следом будет очень трудно превзойти это valentinakorea) |
