be after someone or something
- be after someone or something
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He's probably after you, not that I blame him — Он, вероятно, положил на тебя глаз, но я его не осуждаю
He had liked her well enough at the beginning, no doubt, though it was her money he was after all the time — Вначале она ему, без сомнения, нравилась, но прежде всего ему были нужны ее деньги
Новый англо-русский словарь современной разговорной лексики. - М.:«Русский язык-Медиа» .
Глазунов С.А. .
2003.
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