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1 Bronte country
['brɔntɪ,kʌntrɪ]край сестёр Бро́нте (живописный район в графстве Йоркшир, где родились и работали сёстры-писательницы Шарлотта Бронте (1816-55), Эмили Бронте (1818-48) и Анна Бронте (1820-49))English-Russian Great Britain dictionary (Великобритания. Лингвострановедческий словарь) > Bronte country
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2 country
country [ˈkʌntrɪ]1. nouna. pays mc. ( = region) région f2. compounds[lifestyle] campagnard* * *['kʌntrɪ] 1.1) (nation, people) pays mto go to the country — GB Politics appeler le pays aux urnes
2) ( native land) patrie f3) (also countryside) ( out of town) campagne f4) [U] région f5) (also country music) country (music) f2.adjective [road] de campagne; [scene] campagnard••it's a free country! — on est en république!, on est libre de faire ce qu'on veut!
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3 country
A n1 (nation, people) pays m ; developing/Third World country pays en voie de développement/du tiers-monde ; to go to the country GB Pol appeler le pays aux urnes ;2 ( native land) patrie f ; to die for one's country mourir pour sa patrie ; the old country le pays natal ;3 ( also countryside) ( out of town) campagne f ; across country à travers la campagne ; in the country à la campagne ; open country rase campagne ;4 ( area) région f ; fishing/walking country une région bonne pour la pêche/la marche ; cattle country une région d'élevage de bétail ; Brontë country le pays des Brontë ; cowboy country la terre des cowboys ;B modif1 [person, road, life] de campagne ; [scene] campagnard ;it's a free country! on est en république!, on est libre de faire ce qu'on veut! ; it's my line of country ça me connaît ; it's not really my line of country ce n'est pas vraiment mon fort. -
4 do at Rome as the Romans do
посл.(do at (или in) Rome as the Romans do (тж. when at Rome, do as the Romans do или when you are at Rome, do as Rome does))≈ с волками жить - по-волчьи выть; в чужой монастырь со своим уставом не ходят [этим. лат. si fueris Romae, Romano vivito more если находишься в Риме, то живи как римляне]Don't put on the sabots again. I told you... they were not quite the thing for this country. Do at Rome as the Romans do. (Ch. Brontë, ‘Shirley’, ch. V) — Ну что ж, не надевай больше сабо. Я и раньше говорил тебе... что здесь это не принято. Со своим уставом в чужой монастырь не суйся.
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5 far and near
(far and near (тж. far and wide))далеко кругом, повсюду, везде; ≈ насколько хватает глазOff went the mail at a canter down the dark road; the lamps gleaming brightly, and the horn awakening all the echoes far and wide. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. II) — И карета понеслась по темной дороге; ярко блестели фонари, и почтовый рожок будил эхо, далеко разносившееся вокруг.
The gilding of the Indian summer mellowed the pastures far and wide. (Ch. Brontë, ‘Shirley’, ch. XXVII) — Золотой осенью трава на пастбищах, сколько хватало глаз, была густой и сочной.
I travelled far and wide over the country, visiting many localities, and becoming acquainted with the Russian people. (W. Foster, ‘The Twilight of World Capitalism’, ch. II) — Я изъездил всю страну вдоль и поперек, посетил много мест и познакомился с русским народом.
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6 be in one's right mind
быть в здpaвoм умeIs Mike Hartley in his right mind, do you think, sir? (Ch. Bronte). No one in his right mind who lives in the middle of the country wants to go through New York to Europe. But until recently you had almost no choice (Fortune)
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