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• вообще говоря

  generally speaking, as a matter of fact

• меня бесит

  it drives me frantic, it infuriates me

• слышь

  comes from 'слышишь' = 'Listen!' or 'Do you hear me?'

• горит

  it is urgent

• ты что, в сказку попал(а)?

  Have you got into a fairy-tale? [A sarcastic question meaning "What the hell happened to you that it took you so long?"]

• раз плюнуть!

  It's a child's play! It's a snap!

• сдуреть

  to get cranky, to lose one's wits

• торчать (в очереди)

  to be stuck (in a queue)

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