Implements of production див. М-970.

Imp ої the Perverse, the дух проти­ річчя; нахил до вередливості;

As it is, you will easily perceive that I am one of the many uncounted victims of the Imp of the Perverse (E. Poe).

Imp of the spigot див. Н-1231.

impress (something) in one's memo­ ry, to див. Е-І61.

imprint a kiss on (або upon) one's lips, to (тж. жарт, to imprint a chaste salu­ te) поцілувати, покласти поцілунок;

However, he did not let her fall, but took advan­tage of the support of the handrail lo imprint a kiss upon her lips (Th. Hardy).

imprint (something) in one's memory, to див. Е-161.

imprint on one's heart, to запасти в душу.

improve the occasion (060 opportuni­ ty, shining hour),to (тж. to make hey while the sun shines) використати нагоду, ско­ ристатися випадком, здобути користь (від чогось); див. тж. С-406 та S-2424;

With reluctance and regret he was a barrister who, while waiting for briefs which he thanked Heaven, and the solicitors of his acquaintace, for never sending him, improved the shining hour by drawing excruciatingly funny caricatures of his personal enemies (C. Hamilton).

They improved the shining hour at Dr. Strong's expense, like busy bees (Cli. Dickens).

impudent baggage розм. нахабниця.

impudent dog розм. нахаба;

Joe, you're an impudent dog (Ch. Bronte).

152. in a bad fix (первісна амєр.) [тж. in a (tight) box (або corner); in a cleft stick; in a fix (первісна амер.)-; in a close (або narrow, tight) place; in a strait; in deep water (або waters); in for it; in (great, hard) straits; in the briers; in the wrong box] в скрутному становищі, в прик­ рих обставинах (часто вжив, з дієсловами to be, to find oneself) [вираз in a cleft stick первісна вживався лише у відношен­ ні до плазунів, яких ловили з допомо­ гою роздвоєної палки]; див. тж. 1-331 та 1-716;

A fellow who got back sick and didn't have a home was in a bad fix (A. Mattz).

Did not Cowperwood himself confess that he was in great danger — that he was in a corner (Th. Drei­ser).

If he got in a very tight corner he would come to Butler again (Th. Dreiser).

Ha! I see. You have got me in a cleft stick (B. Shaw).

I saw I had spoken too sudden, and said too much, and was in a close place (M. Twain).

He has been telling me that he's in a rather tight place (Th. Dreiser).

I hope I would have done at least as much for any man in such a strait, and most of all for you (Ch. Dickens).

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With a cunning worthy of her cause, she waited till he was in deep water over British policies (J. Galsworthy).

"Now," he said solemnly, "courage. We're in for it" (Th. Dreiser).

We were in those hard-straits again (M. Twain).

The inspector made this latter remark with peculiar emphasis, so, as I suppose, that 1 might quite understand that if I meditated playing the law a trick I should pretty soon find myself in the wrong box (J. Greenwood).

in a bate сл. розлючений.

in a bee-line див. А-86.

in a big way у великому масштабі; див. тж. 1-192 та 1-274;

In other words, the U.S.A. is in the nickel market in a big way. All surpluses have been taken up (D, Carter).

156. in a body (тж. військ, in full force; військ, in full strength) у повному складі; всі,, як один; [єтим. in a body лат. in сог- роге]; див. тж. А-371;

They marched in a body down Cowpcn Street (A, Cronin).

The authorities were less sure of the ordinary sailors, who were supposed of leanings towards Chartism, and the Thames police were out in full force to disperse any clusters of sailors and to raise the alarm if necessary (/. Lindsay).

in a box див. Ї-152.