1) Tell them you don’t want to do it anymore and don’t beat yourself (down/up) about it....

Question

1) Tell them you don’t want to do it anymore and don’t beat yourself (down/up) about it. 2) The drums were beating (off/out) a new rhythm. 3) Even in late autumn with the rain beating (down/out), it is nice and cosy. 4) He had been beaten (off/up) by some hooligans and looked terrible. 5) I kept beating myself (out/up) about the cruel words I had said. 6) We hardly managed to beat (off/up) the hungry seagulls. 7) The hot African sun was beating (up/ down) on our aching heads.

Answer 1

1) Tell them you don’t want to do it anymore and don’t beat yourself up(волноваться) about it.
2) The drums were beating out (отбивать)  a new rhythm
3) Even in late autumn with the rain beating down, it is nice and cosy.
4) He had been beaten up (избит) by some hooligans and looked terrible.
5) I kept beating myself up about the cruel words I had said.
6) We hardly managed to beat off (отбиться) the hungry seagulls.
7) The hot African sun was beating down (палило)on our aching heads.