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relinquish v.
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- relinquish v. 5) разжимать, ослаблять; to relinquish one's hold - выпускать из рук; разжать руку; The mother had such power over her son that her hold over him was only relinquished on her death. Syn: abdicate, cede, renounce, resign, surrender, yield Ant: cherish, claim, maintain, possess...
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terrify v.
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- terrify v. 2) запугивать (to - до); to terrify to death - запугать до смерти - terrify into - terrify out of Syn: see frighten...
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bear up
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- bear up а) поддерживать; подбадривать How could I have lived through Mother's illness without you to bear we up? б) держаться стойко Alice bore up well under the news of her husband's death. в) naut. спускаться (по ветру) We'll have to bear up, the wind is too strong. г) оставаться прочным, не ломаться Do you think that the floor will bear up under the weight of the new machinery?...
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hairbreadth noun
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- hairbreadth noun ничтожное, минимальное расстояние - by a hairbreadth within/by a hairbreadth of death - на волосок от смерти...
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plunge into
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- plunge into а) пускаться (во что-л.), начинать; Don't be too keen to plunge into argument with him. б) ввергать; Foolish mistakes by the nation's leaders have plunged the country into a war. The city was plunged into darkness when the electricity supply was cut off in the storm. The news of her mother's death plunged Mary into grief....
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clear up
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- clear up а) прибирать, убирать When you've finished your meal, please clear up the kitchen. б) выяснять; распутывать (дело) The police have been trying to clear up the mystery of the man's death. в) прояснять(ся) The weather should clear up tomorrow and we should have sunshine at last. Her face cleared up when she read the letter. г) заканчивать I'd like to clear up the rest of the work which was waiting for me after my holiday....
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down III 1. adv.
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- down III 1. adv. 4) означает уменьшение количества, размера; ослабление, уменьшение силы; ухудшение to boil down - выкипать, увариваться to bring down the price - снижать цену to be down - ослабевать, снижаться the temperature (the death-rate) is very much down - температура (смертность) значительно понизилась to calm down - успокаиваться the quality of ale has gone down - качество пива ухудшилось worn down with use - изношенный...
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rattle 1. noun
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- rattle 1. noun 7) хрипение; death rattle - предсмертный хрип...
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shadow 1. noun
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- shadow 1. noun 4) призрак; to catch at shadows - гоняться за призраками, мечтать о несбыточном; a shadow of death - призрак смерти; he is a mere shadow of his former self - от него осталась одна тень...
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pronounce v.
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- pronounce v. 2) leg. выносить (решение); to pronounce for (against) smb. - выносить решение (не) в чью-л. пользу; The judge pronounced against the prisoner, and he was led away by the policeman.; to pronounce sentence of death - объявить смертный приговор...
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natural 1. adj.
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- natural 1. adj. 1) естественный, природный; to die a natural death - умереть естественной смертью; the term of one's natural life - вся жизнь; for the rest of one's natural (life) - до конца своих дней; natural power - силы природы; - natural resources - natural weapons - natural selection - natural phenomena...
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event noun
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- event noun 2) случай, происшествие in the event of his death - в случае его смерти at all events - во всяком случае in any/either event - так или иначе...
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bow down
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- bow down а) склонять(ся) The apple tree was bowed down with the weight of its fruit. б) заставлять кого-л. страдать Aunt Helen spent years bowed down with grief after the death of her husband. в) ограничивать свободу кого-л. строгим политическим контролем The people of Russia before 1917 were bowed down by the cruelty of the ruling powers. г) признать поражение We shall never bow down to our enemies....
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paper 1. noun
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- paper 1. noun 9) pl. личные или служебные документы; to send in one's papers - подать в отставку; first papers amer. - первые документы, подаваемые уроженцем другой страны, ходатайствующим о принятии в гражданство США; After her death, her papers were deposited at the library....
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point 1. noun
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- point 1. noun 5) момент (времени); at this point he went out - в этот момент он вышел; at the point of death - при смерти...
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