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umpteenth adj.
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- umpteenth adj. coll. for the umpteenth time в сотый раз...
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drop around
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- drop around заходить, навещать Why don't you drop around some time?...
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slam on
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- slam on а) торопливо надвинуть, нахлобучить He slammed on his hat and ran out of the house. б) нажать резко, торопливо The driver slammed on the brakes but failed to stop in time....
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pension off
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- pension off а) увольнять на пенсию; One way to deal with unemployment is to pension off the firm's older workers at an earlier age than usual. б) coll. переставать пользоваться (чем-л.), переставать эксплуатировать (что-л.); It's time this old washing machine was pensioned off; it keeps breaking down....
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peer II v.
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- peer II v. 1) вглядываться, всматриваться (at, into, through); Even after peering at the letter, I still could not recognize the signature. She stood on the shore for some time, peering into the distance, long after the ship had gone. Opening the window, she peered out into the darkness, but could see nothing. There's a hole in the wall where you can peer through....
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get down
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- get down а) спуститься, сойти Get down from that horse at once! The cat climbed the tree, and then couldn't get down. б) снять (с полки) в) проглатывать Try to get the medicine down, it's good for you. г) засесть (за учение и т.п.) (to) д) подстрелить Did you get down the enemy plane? The hunters got down three deer е) выходить из-за стола Please, may I get down? All right, down you get, then, all of you! ж) записывать Get down every word she says. з) нервировать This continuous wet weather is getting me down. и) уделять внимание (to) It's time we got down to work....
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ram down
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- ram down а) утрамбовывать; The men are using a heavy machine to ram down the surface of the newly mended road. б) забивать, вколачивать; We had to ram the pipe down a narrow hole to get it through. to ram smth. down smb.'s throat пристать с чем-л. как с ножом к горлу; заставлять (кого-л.) помнить (о чем-л. неприятном); I do not like having our lack of money rammed down my throat every time I want some new clothes....
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face about
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- face about а) mil. поворачиваться кругом 'About face!' shouted the officer. The officer faced his men about. б) менять свое мнение The middle of an election is no time to face about....
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high II 1. adj.
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- high II 1. adj. 8) веселый, радостный high spirits - веселое, приподнятое настроение to have a high time - хорошо повеселиться, хорошо провести время...
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whirligig 1. noun
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- whirligig 1. noun 3) водоворот (событий); быстрая смена (впечатлений и т.п.) - whirligig of time...
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leisure noun
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- leisure noun 2) attr. свободный; leisure time - свободное время Syn: see comfort...
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trespass 2. v.
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- trespass 2. v. 1) посягать, злоупотреблять (on, upon); to trespass upon smb.'s hospitality (time) - злоупотреблять чьим-л. гостеприимством (временем)...
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dearth noun
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- dearth noun 1) нехватка продуктов; голод in time of dearth - во время голода...
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devote v.
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- devote v. 1) посвящать, уделять (to) to devote much time to studies - уделять много времени занятиям...
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push on
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- push on а) спешить; We must push on with the work if we are to finish it in time. б) проталкивать, ускорять; to push things on ускорять ход событий в) coll. побуждать; заставлять; All her life she had been pushed on by her family to be a singer....
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