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gear up
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- gear up а) ускорять (движение и т.п.) When you are going fast enough, you'll be able to gear up. б) готовить(ся) к чему-л. Are the players geared up for the game? I only feel geared up for work in the mornings....
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trickle away
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- trickle away а) вытекать тонкой струйкой, капать; There must be a small hole in the pipe, look at the water trickling away! б) исчезать; the crowd began to trickle away толпа начала постепенно расходиться...
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gobble up
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- gobble up а) поглощать в больших количествах The big old car gobbles up petrol. Some students gobble up information as fast as they receive it. б) побеждать It's difficult for a small firm not to be gobbled up by big business concerns....
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patter II 2. v.
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- patter II 2. v. 2) топотать, семенить, шлепать (тж. patter about, patter around); I'm sure I can hear a small animal pattering about in the bushes....
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rather adv.
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- rather adv. 3) до некоторой степени, слегка, несколько, пожалуй, довольно; а rather (rather - а) surprising result довольно неожиданный результат; I feel rather better today - мне сегодня, пожалуй, лучше; I know him rather well - я его довольно хорошо знаю...
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stiff 1. adj.
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- stiff 1. adj. 2) окостеневший; одеревенелый; stiff in death - застывший, окоченевший (о трупе); he has a stiff leg - у него нога онемела; I have a stiff neck - мне надуло в шею; I feel stiff - не могу ни согнуться, ни разогнуться...
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spur 2. v.
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- spur 2. v. 3) побуждать, подстрекать (to - к чему-л.; тж. spur up); Even a small success would spur me on to greater effort....
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holding noun
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- holding noun 1) участок земли (особ. арендованный) - small holdings...
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reliance noun
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- reliance noun 1) доверие, уверенность (upon, on, in); to place/have/feel reliance in/upon/on smb., smth. - надеяться на кого-л., что-л....
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cheap 1. adj.
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- cheap 1. adj. 4) predic. - feel cheap - hold cheap - make oneself cheap to appear on the cheap side - прибедняться Syn: see ignoble...
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bush out
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- bush out а) густо разрастаться If you don't cut off some of the branches, that tree will bush out sideways. б) обсаживать кустарником The men have gone ahead to bush out a safe way across the frozen lake; they can cut down some of the small trees growing on the shore and lay them on the ice to show us where to go....
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peckish adj.
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- peckish adj. coll. голодный; - feel peckish...
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pulse I 2. v.
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- pulse I 2. v. пульсировать, биться; His blood pulsed through his blood vessels faster and faster as he ran up the stairs. You can feel the nervousness pulsing through the crowd....
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plough under
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- plough under а) amer.; coll. разрушать, ликвидировать; All our hopes for winning the election were ploughed under when the votes were counted. б) запа- хивать; зарыть; When the forest was cleared, a lot of small branches were ploughed under....
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safe 2. adj.
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- safe 2. adj. 2) сохранный; в безопасности; now we are (can feel) safe - теперь мы (можем чувствовать себя) в безопасности...
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