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121 sell smb. a pup
разг.надуть кого-л. (особ. при продаже); втянуть в невыгодную сделку; ≈ обвести кого-л. вокруг пальцаThere's talent in the whole family. Don't imagine I'd sell you a pup, Peveril! I wouldn't have asked you to hear Catherine recite were she sixty times my niece if I hadn't felt. (P. H. Johnson, ‘Catherine Carter’, part I, ch. II) — Это ведь семья талантливая. Не думайте, Певерил, что я собираюсь втереть вам очки! Я не просил бы вас прослушать Кэтрин, если бы не был уверен в ней. Даже будь она трижды моей племянницей.
‘What's happened, Alec? What's wrong?’ she said. ‘They sold up a pup the bastards. The War Service won't go on with it. The Council's not puttin' the water through, yet, not for years, maybe. So they won't build.’ (D. Hewet, ‘Bobbin Up’, ch. XV) — - Что произошло, Алек? Что-нибудь плохое? - Эти негодяи надули нас. Военное министерство не утвердило проект. Муниципальный совет так до сих пор и не подвел воду и неизвестно через сколько еще лет подведет. Поэтому строительство там начинать не будут.
It may not prove so easy in practice to sell the trade union a pup. — На деле может оказаться, что профсоюз не так-то легко вовлечь в невыгодную сделку.
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122 sell smb. short
1) обманывать, предавать кого-л.‘I will not sell my master short.’ ‘Nuts. You just raised the ante.’ ‘I just refused a bribe if you feel the urge to talk about it.’ (J. Steinbeck, ‘The Winter of Out Discontent’, part I, ch. IV) — - Я не намерен обманывать доверие хозяина. - А, чушь! Вы просто хотели увеличить ставку. - Я просто отказался от взятки, если вам так хочется называть вещи своими именами.
2) недооценивать кого-л.Oh well, it never does to sell James short. He's an extraordinary man. (C. O'Connor, ‘All in the Family’, ch. VII) — Право, не следует недооценивать Джеймса, он ведь действительно незаурядный человек.
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123 sell goods wholesale
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124 sell in wholesale
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125 sell wholesale
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126 sell smb. a bill of goods
paзг.oблaпoшить кoгo-л. (ocoб. пpи пpoдaжe); втянуть в нeвыгoдную cдeлку, нaдуть, пpoвecти кoгo-л.; жульничaть, мoшeнничaтьWatch it, Jerry. There's such a thing as defamation of character. I never beat Sally, that's one of her fantasies... You've been sold a bill of goods, sonny (J. Updike). I won't sell you a pup: and I'll even send business your way (J. Braine)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > sell smb. a bill of goods
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127 sell smb. short
1) oбмaнуть, пpeдaть кoгo-л.'I will not sell my master short.' 'Nuts. You just raised the ante.' 'I just refused a bribe if you feel the urge to talk about it(J. Steinbeck)2) нeдooцeнивaть кoгo-л.Oh well, it never does to sell James short. He's an extraordinary man (E. O"Connor) -
128 sell the pass
coвepшить пpeдaтeльcтвoFranklyn....the impossibility of keeping such a team together will force to sell the pass again to the solid conservative opposition. Burge (rising in wrath). Sell the pass again! You accuse me of having sold the pass! (C. B. Shaw)
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sell — W1S1 [sel] v past tense and past participle sold [səuld US sould] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(give something for money)¦ 2¦(make something available)¦ 3¦(make somebody want something)¦ 4¦(be bought)¦ 5 sell like hot cakes 6¦(idea/plan)¦ 7 sell yourself 8 sell… … Dictionary of contemporary English
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sell on — To sell (what one has bought) to someone else • • • Main Entry: ↑sell * * * ˌsell ˈon [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they sell on he/she/it sells o … Useful english dictionary
sell — ► VERB (past and past part. sold) 1) hand over in exchange for money. 2) deal in (goods or property). 3) (of goods) attain sales. 4) (sell out) sell all of one s stock of something. 5) (sell up) sell all of one s proper … English terms dictionary
sell — vb sold, sell·ing vt 1: to transfer ownership of by sale compare barter, convey, give 2: to offer for sale … Law dictionary
sell — O.E. sellan to give, from P.Gmc. *saljanan (Cf. O.N. selja to hand over, deliver, sell; O.Fris. sella, O.H.G. sellen to give, hand over, sell; Goth. saljan to offer a sacrifice ), perhaps a causative form of the root of O.E. sala sale. One of the … Etymology dictionary
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Sell — (s[e^]l), v. i. 1. To practice selling commodities. [1913 Webster] I will buy with you, sell with you; . . . but I will not eat with you. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To be sold; as, corn sells at a good price. [1913 Webster] {To sell out}, to sell… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English