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foul 1. adj.
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- foul 1. adj. 3) бесчестный, нравственно испорченный; подлый; предательский by fair means or foul - любыми средствами...
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focus 2. v.
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- focus 2. v. 2) сосредоточивать (внимание и т.п.) (on - на) We must focus on our sales force as the chief means of improving trade....
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recruit 2. v.
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- recruit 2. v. 1) вербовать (новобранцев, новых членов и т.п.); Most private soldiers are recruited from the working classes. The priest tried every Sunday to recruit all the worshippers into the service of the Lord....
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freeze out
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- freeze out coll. отделаться (от соперника) Many big firms freeze out the competition by unfair means. Members who are no longer welcome can easily be frozen out....
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paper over
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- paper over замазывать, сглаживать (противоречия, различия);Hewas determined to paper over the cracks in his party and avoid confrontation. Differences were papered over but by no means were they fully resolved....
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suppose v.
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- suppose v. 1) предполагать, полагать, допускать, думать; I suppose so - вероятно, должно быть; what do you suppose this means? - что это, по-вашему, значит?...
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think v.
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- think v. 4) понимать, представлять себе; I can't think how you did it - не могу себе представить, как вы это сделали; I cannot think what he means - не могу понять, что он хочет сказать...
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palatable adj.
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- palatable adj. 2) приятный; this council was by no means palatable - состав этого совета был малоприятный; That option is not very palatable. Syn: see tasty...
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end 1. noun
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- end 1. noun 5) цель to that end - с этой целью to gain one's ends - достичь цели - ends and means...
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infringe v.
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- infringe v. нарушать (закон, обещание, авторское право и т.п.); посягать (на чьи-л. права и т.п.) (on/upon) In a recent magazine article, the writer complained that his right to remain private had been infringed upon by government inquirers demanding personal information. Syn: see encroach...
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meanness noun
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- meanness noun 2) убожество, посредственность means средство, способ...
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slender adj.
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- slender adj. 2) скудный, слабый; небольшой, незначительный; slender means - скудные средства; slender income - маленький доход; slender hope - слабая надежда Syn: see thin...
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violent adj.
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- violent adj. 3) насильственный; to resort to violent means - прибегнуть к насилию; to lay violent hands on smth. - захватить что-л. силой; to meet a violent death - умереть насильственной смертью...
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be past
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- be past быть трудным для понимания It's past me what he means! I'll save this book till the children are older; it's a little past them at the moment. The old man felt that he was now past going out every day, so he asked some young people to do his shopping....
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mess I 2. v.
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- mess I 2. v. 5) mil. есть, питаться (with); In this camp, private soldiers do not mess with officers, but have a separate cookhouse - mess about with - mess around with - mess with...
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