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lose v.; past and past part. lost
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- lose v.; past and past part. lost 2) упустить, не воспользоваться; there is not a moment to lose - нельзя терять ни минуты; to lose no time in doing smth. - действовать немедленно...
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clap on
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- clap on а) быстро надевать что-л. He clapped on his hat and ran out of the house. б) делать резкое движение, рывок The driver clapped on the brakes but failed to stop in time. в) naut. приводить в действие, использовать The captain ordered his men to clap on more sail. г) похлопывать He clapped his old friend on the shoulder in greeting. д) to clap on to smb. подсунуть кому-л. (что-л.) е) увеличивать цену When the new tax laws were passed, the taxpayers found that the government had clapped another 5% on cigarettes....
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womb noun
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- womb noun 2) fig. лоно - in the womb of time...
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be off
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- be off а) уходить the train is off поезд ушел б) начинать движение, особенно в гонке They're off! в) (о еде в ресторане) заканчиваться I'm sorry, the lamb is off, may I suggest some chicken? г) (о еде) испортиться This fish is off. I won't buy it. д) освобождаться от работы I'm off at 6.00; let's meet then. е) начинать долго говорить на какую-то тему Oh dear, Father's off again on his favourite subject-himself! ж) запасаться How we you off for clothes? з) заканчивать принимать (лекарство) How soon can mother be off her medicine? и) не хотеть, не быть заинтересованным Jane has been off her food since she caught a cold. I've been off that kind of music for some time now....
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object I noun
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- object I noun 6) coll. человек/вещь необычного, жалкого, смешного и т. п. вида; what an object you look in that hat! - ну и вид же у тебя в этой шляпе! no object - не имеет значения; money (time) no object оплата (часы работы) по соглашению (в объявлениях); distance no object расстояние не имеет значения (в объявлениях) Syn: see purpose...
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some 2. pron.; indef.; as adj.
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- some 2. pron.; indef.; as adj. 1) некий, некоторый, какой-то, какой-нибудь; I saw it in some book (or other) - я видел это в какой-то книге; some day, some time (or other) - когда-нибудь; some one - какой-нибудь (один); some people - некоторые люди; some place - где-нибудь; some way out - какой-нибудь выход...
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fall on
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- fall on а) нападать; набрасываться The hungry children fell on the food. The soldiers fell on the enemy. б) выпадать на чью-л. долю It falls on me to thank our chairman for his speech. в) приступать к чему-л. He fell on the new idea and in the course of time wrote an important book about it. г) достигать Sunlight fell on the water, making it shine. д) приходиться на какое-л. число Christmas Day falls on a Thursday this year. My birthday falls on a Sunday....
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put away
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- put away а) убирать; прятать; Please put your toys away. б) отделываться, избавляться; He's safely put away. в) откладывать (сбережения); I have a little money put away for a rainy day. г) оставлять, бросать (привычку и т. п.); отказаться (от мысли и т.п.); It's time to put away those foolish ideas and become serious. д) coll. помещать (в тюрьму, сумасшедший дом и т.п.); The judge put the criminal away for ten years е) euphem. убивать (обыкн. из милосердия); It was kinder to put the old dog away than to let him suffer. ж) coll. поглощать (о еде); съедать; выпивать; You'd he surprised at the amount that boy can put away in a single day. з) coll. заложить (что-л.), затерять и) obs. развестись; Then Joseph... was minded to put her away....
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trifle 2. v.
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- trifle 2. v. 4) тратить понапрасну (время, силы, деньги; обыкн. trifle away); to trifle away one's time - зря тратить время - trifle away - trifle with...
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play out
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- play out а) доиграть до конца, закончить (игру, пьесу и т.п.); The tennis game was played out although the light was bad. б) сопровождать музыкой (выход кого-л.); The pianist played the happy pair out with the Wedding March. в) разворачивать, разматывать; Play out the rope a little at a time. г) coll. выдыхаться; At the end of a busy year, the performers feel played out. д) изживать себя, терять силу; исчерпать; That supply of money is played out. The idea soon played out....
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old 1. adj.; comp. older, elder; superl. oldest, eldest
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- old 1. adj.; comp. older, elder; superl. oldest, eldest 9) закоренелый (тж. old in, old at); to have a high old time coll. - хорошо повеселиться...
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set by
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- set by а) откладывать (в сторону) She was reading a book, but set it by when the telephone rang. б) откладывать, прерывать (работу и т.п.) Tom had to set his new book by for a year. в) прекращать, приостанавливать (что-л.); положить конец (чему-л.) It's time to set our differences by and work together. г) откладывать, приберегать (деньги, время и т.п.) I have a little money set by for our holidays. I set the whole afternoon by for work on the book. to set great/much (little) store by ценить высоко (низко) to set people by the ears/at variance/at loggerheads ссорить, натравливать людей друг на друга...
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demand 1. noun
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- demand 1. noun 5) attr. - demand bill - demand deposit - demand loan - demand factor I have many demands on my purse y - меня много расходов I have many demands on my time - у меня очень много дел...
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go to
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- go to а) просить о чем-л. You have to go to the commanding officer for special permission to leave the camp. If you're so afraid of him, why don't you go to the police? б) выдаваться (о призах, деньгах) The house went to his wife after his death. The prize for growing the biggest potato goes to Mr and Mrs Brown, of the village of Little Digging. в) войти в какое-л. состояние Be quiet. Father has just gone to sleep. The nation seems ready to go to war with in old-time enemy. г) составлять в сумме In former times, 12 pence went to a shilling and 20 shillings to the pound, but since Britain changed to decimal money, 100 new pence go to the pound....
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kick about
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- kick about а) перебрасывать(ся) Those boys aren't playingfootball properly, they're just kicking the ball about. б) разбрасывать I found this book kicking about upstairs, is it yours? в) существовать Is the same chairman still kicking about? I thought he had left years ago. The idea of world government has been kicking about for a long time, but no one seems to take it seriously. г) придираться, отдавать ненужные приказы The directors will find that times have changed; they can no longer kick the workers about and make them do whatever they want. д) обсуждать The committee kicked your suggestion about for over an hour before deciding that they could not accept it....
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