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pray v.
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- pray v. 1) молиться; I'm praying for Mother to get better. We pray to God to deliver us from evil....
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cough out
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- cough out а) отхаркивать Mother made the jelly with salt instead of sugar, so the children coughed it out. б) неохотно говорить, выдавливать из себя The police may be able to make him cough out his story....
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expect v.
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- expect v. 2) рассчитывать, надеяться (from/of) Don't expect sudden improvements from this class. The whole family expects great things of him. Aren't you expecting too much of your mother, leaving all your children with her while you go on holiday?...
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naked adj.
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- naked adj. 6) electr. голый, неизолированный as naked as my mother bore me - в чем мать родила with the naked eye - невооруженным глазом Syn: see bare...
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resemble v.
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- resemble v. походить, иметь сходство; This part of the country resembles England. Mary resembles her mother in looks. Syn: see compare...
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curse 2. v.
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- curse 2. v. 4) usu. pass. мучить, причинять страдания (with) Poor mother is cursed with bad health. The old king was cursed with two ungrateful daughters....
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provoke into
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- provoke into доводить (до какого-л. состояния); приводить (к чему-л., к каким-л. действиям); The children's bad behaviour at last provoked their mother into anger. The opposition is trying to provoke the government into calling an election....
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side 2. v.
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- side 2. v. примкнуть к кому-л., быть на чьей-л. стороне (with); выступать против (against); Why do you always side with your mother? Why do you always side against me?...
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divert v.
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- divert v. 3) забавлять, развлекать (with) The little girl diverted the people at her mother's party with her funny sayings. The crowd was greatly diverted with the performance. Syn: see discourage...
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hook on
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- hook on а) зависеть The actor's mother got hooked on a pain-killing drug that she had been given in hospital. б) влюбиться I'm afraid Grace is realty hooked on that red-haired boy....
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abandon to
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- abandon to предаваться чему-л.; отдаваться чему-л. After her mother died, she abandoned herself to grief....
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ease 2. v.
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- ease 2. v. 3) ослаблять, освобождать (of) This medicine will ease you of your pain. Do write to your mother to ease her of her worry....
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bridle 2. v.
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- bridle 2. v. 2) обуздывать, сдерживать - bridle at - bridle up bridle at возмущаться, выражать негодование Mary bridled at her mother's unkind remark about Jim....
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cast down
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- cast down а) свергать; разрушать; перевертывать True believers must cast down the temples of the false gods. б) опускать (глаза) в) повергать в уныние, угнетать Mary was cast down by the bad news about her mother....
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conceive of
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- conceive of представлять I cannot conceive of such cruelty as to take a child away from its mother. It's difficult to conceive of travelling to the moon. Can you conceive of her doing such a stupid thing?...
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