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cut short
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- cut short а) сокращать I'm afraid we must cut our visit short, as we want to get home before dark. б) прекращать разговор The chairman will cut a speaker short if he talks too long....
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bargain on
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- bargain on рассчитывать на кого-л., что-л. I'm bargaining on your help to drive us to the airport. Don't bargain on getting any support from her, she's very selfish. I wouldn't bargain on the speaker arriving soon, as he's got a long way to come....
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blow over
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- blow over а) миновать, проходить (о грозе, кризисе и т.п.) I hope your troubles will soon blow over. б) прекращать дуть The storm has lasted a long time, it should soon blow over....
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wave 1. noun
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- wave 1. noun 8) radio сигнал; волна; long (medium, short) waves - длинные (средние, короткие) волны...
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disincline v.
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- disincline v. 1) лишать желания, отбивать охоту (for; to do)I'm disinclined towards yet another move. Many workers feel disinclined for a long journey from home to work....
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lap up
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- lap up а) пить (о животных) The cat eagerly lapped up the milk that we offered it. б) принимать, верить The singer laps up admiration from her public. These clever students lap up all the information that I can give them. How long will the public go on lapping up the lies of politicians?...
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abbreviate v.
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- abbreviate v. 1) сокращать (текст и т.п.); урезывать to abbreviate a long speech - сократить длинную речь - abbreviate to...
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Fuel 2. v.
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- Fuel 2. v. 3) заправлять(ся) горючим (тж. Fuel up) The long-distance plane has to stop at London Airport to fuel up....
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grape noun
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- grape noun 3) = grape-shot sour grapes, the grapes are sour - 'зелен виноград'...
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rain 2. v.
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- rain 2. v. 1) идти, литься (о дожде); it rains, it is raining - идет дождь; Long after the storm, water still rained down from the roofs. It's raining on one side of the street and not on the other....
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headed suf.
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- -headed suf. в сложных словах означает: имеющий такую-то форму головы или столько-то голов; напр.: long-headed - длинноголовый round-headed - круглоголовый...
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visaged suf.
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- -visaged suf. в сложных словах -лицый; dark-visaged -смуглолицый; long-visaged - длиннолицый...
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overdue adj.
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- overdue adj. 1) запоздалый; the train is overdue - поезд запаздывает; it is long overdue - давно пора...
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finish 2. v.
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- finish 2. v. 5) до крайности изнурять the long march has quite finished the troops - длинный переход обессилил войска - finish with Syn: close, complete, conclude, end, finalize, terminate Ant: begin, initiate, opera...
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stoke up
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- stoke up coll. хорошо поесть; We'd better stoke up at the inn, as we've a long way to go and don't know when we shall next eat....
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