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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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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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plump I 2. v.
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- plump I 2. v. 2) толстеть, полнеть; раздуваться. распухать (тж. plump out, plump up); Mother grew so thin during her illness, but she is beginning to plump out now....
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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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cover up
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- cover up а) спрятать, тщательно прикрыть He tried to cover up his guilt by lying. б) закрывать The child kept kicking the bedclothes off, so his mother had to keep covering him up. Cover yourself up, it's cold. Cover up the soup to keep it hot....
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write for
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- write for а) быть корреспондентом, сотрудничать в газете; б) вызвать письмом; we wrote for his mother мы вызвали его мать; в) выписать, сделать письменный заказ; to write for a fresh supply заказать новую партию (товара и т.п.)...
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all II adv.
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- all II adv. 1) всецело, целиком, полностью all set - готовый к действию, в полной готовности the pin was all gold - булавка была целиком из золота things are all wrong - всё идёт не так I am all for staying here - я целиком за то, чтобы остаться здесь she is her mother all over - она вылитая мать...
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dearly adv.
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- dearly adv. 2) дорогой ценой, дорого (особ. перен.) he would dearly love to see his mother again - он дорого бы дал, чтобы увидеть снова мать...
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chicken 1. noun
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- chicken 1. noun 4) attr. новоиспеченный don't count your chickens before they are hatched prov. - цыплят по осени считают Mother Car(e)y's chicken - буревестник...
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stick in
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- stick in а) coll. усердно работать; Once you've got stuck in (to the work), it doesn't seem so bad; б) coll. жить с кем-л.; составлять кому-л. компанию (with); My mother wants me to stick in with my uncle, who has no children of his own....
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compare 1. v.
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- compare 1. v. 1) сравнивать, сличать (with) We can start by comparing the work of the historian with the work of the politician. It is unfair of a man to compare his wife with his mother....
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be between
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- be between находиться между чем-л., кем-л. The bank is between the shoe shop and the post office. In this photograph, I'm between Fred and my mother. be between ourselves, be between you and me, be between you, me, and the gatepost являться секретом Remember that everything I've told you of the firm's plans is between ourselves. There is news that the Minister is to leave is to leave, but that's between you, me, and the gatepost....
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come down on
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- come down on а) требовать от кого-л. The debt collector came down on us for payment. Mother came down on me to clean my room. б) наказывать кого-л. The courts will come down (heavily) on young criminals. в) ругать кого-л. The director came down on Jim for being late again. г) решать в пользу кого-л. The chairman will have to come down on one side or the other soon....
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get across
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- get across а) перебираться, переправляться Using the new bridge to get across will save people a lot of time. б) четко изложить to get across an idea четко изложить мысль в) нервировать, раздражать His mother at last got across me, making rude remarks in my own home. Take care not to get across the director, he could have you dismissed....
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