Jazmina: комментарии

Prices – фамилия Люси!

run by – спросить разрешения.

brace oneself – steady oneself, prepare oneself

или pretend to do something by acting as if one was really doing it

go through the motions – to do something because you are expected to do it and not because you want to

да, точно.

исправила

Beats me – не знаю! без понятия!

steel oneself – собраться с духом

навести на лилию белила

Gild the lily – To apply unnecessary ornament – to over embellish. (слишком приукрасить)

given up on – отказаться от

Level playing field значит Fair competition, where no advantage is shown to either side., т.е. «равные условия»

get off on the wrong foot
(разг.) неудачно начать; произвести с самого начала плохое впечатление

Get off on the wrong foot – Meaning: Make a bad start to a project or relationship or to begin doing something in a way that is likely to fail

twiddle one's thumbs – бить баклуши

Out of left field – The phrase «out of left field» is popular vernacular meaning «wildly unrelated to the subject being discussed», and «out in left field» means «a little crazy».

first things first – начнём с начала

не нашла точного перевода totally choked

your neck of the woods – the area you come from or where you now live
Может стоит перевести просто: Как там у тебя погода?