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• обхохочешься

  laughing out loud; it's so funny

• чудодейственный

  wonder-working, miraculous

• олух

  blockhead, dullard

• слыть

  to have a reputation (for); to be said / reputed to be somebody.

• свалить вину на другого

  to lay the blame at somebody else's door

• бой курантов

  bell rings; usually meant Kremlin bell that rings for the New Year

• опохмелка

  something you drink to relief the symptoms of hangover

• с него станется

  you can expect this from him

  The expression is used after describing an action that has a negative connotation. It implies that a decent and good person would not do such an action, but the person mentioned could easily do it.

  also:
  с тебя станется, с них станется, etc.

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