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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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apropos fr. 2. adv.
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- apropos fr. 2. adv. 2) относительно, по поводу; что касается, возвращаясь к (обсуждаемому вопросу) apropos of this - по поводу этого apropos of our talk - в связи с нашим разговором apropos of nothing - ни с того ни с сего; ни к селу ни к городу...
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run away
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- run away а) убегать; вытекать (о жидкости) Don't run away, I want to talk to you. There's a hole in my bucket, and the water is running away. б) бежать, уклоняться (from - от чего-л.); избегать (from - чего-л.) He was so unhappy that he tried to run away from school. We can't run away from the facts. в) понести (о лошади); потерять управление (об автомобиле и т. п.) He was an inexperienced rider, and the horse soon ran away with him. г) намного обогнать (других участников соревнования)...
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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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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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nonsense 1. noun
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- nonsense 1. noun 1) вздор, ерунда, чепуха, бессмыслица; - clotted nonsense - flat nonsense - talk nonsense...
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scandal noun
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- scandal noun 2) злословие, сплетни; to talk scandal - сплетничать...
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bunkum noun
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- bunkum noun трескучие фразы; болтовня - talk bunkum...
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way 1. noun
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- way 1. noun 7) образ жизни - live in a great way - live in a small way...
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dozen noun
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- dozen noun 2) pl. множество, масса to talk nineteen to the dozen говорить без умолку - baker's dozen - printer's dozen - devil's dozen - long dozen - daily dozen...
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edge in
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- edge in а) вставить (слово, замечание) The noise at the party was so loud that I was hardly able to edge in a remark at all. б) втискиваться, пролезать, влезать I tried to edge in on the chairman to speak to him, but he was surrounded by other questioners. There's a small crowd round the speaker, but try to edge your way in....
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dutch I Dutch 1. adj.
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- dutch I Dutch 1. adj. 2) hist.; amer.; coll. немецкий - dutch auction - dutch barn - dutch carpet - dutch comfort - dutch concert - dutch tile - dutch lunch - dutch supper - dutch treat - dutch feast to talk like a dutch uncle отечески наставлять, журить...
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large 1. adj.
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- large 1. adj. 5) naut. попутный, благоприятный (о ветре) - large fruits as large as life а) в натуральную величину; б) во всей красе; в) joc. собственной персоной Syn: big, giant, gigantic, king-size, mammoth, outsize Ant: minute, small...
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settle II v.
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- settle II v. 13) leg. закреплять (за кем-л.); завещать; to settle an annuity on smb. - назначить ежегодную ренту кому-л.; The old lady settled a small fortune on the young man who had helped her. - settle down - settle for - settle in - settle up Syn: see decide...
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beguile with
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- beguile with приятно проводить время, занимаясь чем-л. We beguiled the warm afternoon with lazy talk. We beguiled the warm afternoon with swimming and reading....
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