Есть такое выражение – to call a spade a spade, то есть называть вещи своими именами. Сегодня мы будем учиться этого НЕ делать. Поехали. TEND TO/HAVE A TENDENCY TO • He always acts like a spoiled brat. → He HAS A TENDENCY/TENDS to act unreasonably. SOMETIMES/OCCASIONALLY/AT TIMES • He always acts like a spoiled brat. → AT TIMES, he acts unreasonably. CAN BE • He always acts like a spoiled brat. → He CAN BE unreasonable. SEEM TO/APPEAR TO • He is acting like a spoiled brat. → He SEEMS/APPEARS to be acting unreasonably. SEEMINGLY/APPARENTLY (да, они однокоренные с SEEM и APPEAR) • He is acting like a spoiled brat. → He is being SEEMINGLY/APPARENTLY unreasonable. NOT VERY/NOT EXACTLY/NOT QUITE • He always acts like a spoiled brat. → He DOESN’T EXACTLY act reasonably. A BIT/A LITTLE/SLIGHTLY/SOMEWHAT/QUITE/RATHER/KIND OF/SORT OF • He always acts like a spoiled brat. → He acts SOMEWHAT unreasonably. A BIT ON THE SIDE • He always acts like a spoiled brat. → He’s A BIT ON THE UNREASONABLE SIDE. A BIT OF A • He always acts like a spoiled brat. → He’s A BIT OF AN UNREASONABLE PERSON. ON THE WHOLE/BY AND LARGE/GENERALLY SPEAKING/IN A WAY/AFTER A FASHION/TO SOME EXTENT/ • He always acts like a spoiled brat. → GENERALLY SPEAKING, he is unreasonable. SO TO SPEAK/SO TO SAY/AS IT WERE/IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING/IF YOU ASK ME • He always acts like a spoiled brat. → He is unreasonable, IN A MANNER OF SPEAKING. А теперь все вместе, насколько это возможно: • By and large, he doesn’t always seem to act very reasonably, so to say. He can be quite unreasonable at times. Apparently, he sometimes tends to be on the unreasonable side. He’s a bit of a motherfucking, mind-boggling, unbearably spoiled brat. =================== Что со всем этим делать? Делиться, конечно.