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brush up against
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- brush up against неожиданно встретиться с трудностями I hadn't thought that we would brush up against so much opposition in this town....
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walled adj.
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- walled adj. 3) hist. окружённый крепостной стеной; walled town - город-крепость...
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flat I 2. adj.
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- flat I 2. adj. 3) вялый, скучный, однообразный life is very flat in your town - жизнь очень скучна, однообразна в вашем городе...
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roam 2. v.
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- roam 2. v. бродить, странствовать, скитаться; The children love roaming about in the fields and woods. Let's just roam around the town this afternoon. Syn: see wander...
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jerkwater adj.
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- jerkwater adj. amer.; coll. jerkwater town - заштатный, захолустный городишко...
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poke up
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- poke up а) совать, пихать; толкать; The room is cold, poke the fire up a little. б) coll. запереть, похоронить себя (где-л.); He poked himself up in a dull town....
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buy out
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- buy out а) освободиться от выполнения какого-л. обязательства (путём уплаты определённой суммы) Bill's parents paid a lot of money to buy him out of the army. б) выкупать чью-л. долю (в предприятии, фирме и т. п.) Mr Sharp has enough money to buy out the town....
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sit for
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- sit for а) позировать (художнику, фотографу) She earned a reasonable living by sitting for art students in the life class. б) представлять в парламенте (округ и т.п.); Members of his family have sat for the town for over a century. в) заниматься to sit for an examination готовиться к экзамену; сдавать экзамен...
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sea-born adj.
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- sea-born adj. poet. рожденный морем; the sea-born town - Венеция...
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walk about
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- walk about а) прогуливаться, прохаживаться, фланировать; There were just a few people walking about in the town square, but no traffic in the streets. б) идти через толпу; Is it safe for the President to walk about without a guard?...
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stop over
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- stop over а) остановиться в пути, сделать остановку; Are you allowed to stop over without additional cost? б) проводить ночь не дома; We need two days for the journey, stopping over at a small town on the way....
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pretty 4. v.
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- pretty 4. v. coll. (up) прихорашивать (кого-л., что-л.); They prettied the children up for the photograph. Every town is specially prettied up for a visit by the Queen....
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retreat 2. v.
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- retreat 2. v. 1) уходить; отходить, отступать; At last we forced the enemy to retreat from the town. The soldiers were ordered to retreat to safer positions....
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enclose v.
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- enclose v. 1) окружать, огораживать; заключать (in/within) All the people who are suffering from the fever must be enclosed within the town. The poor cat has been enclosed in the garage all night....
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finish 2. v.
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- finish 2. v. 4) прикончить, убить, разрушать (тж. finish off) This last bombing should finish off the town. The old man who owned the jewels was finished off by the thieves....
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