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1 flap
I n infml esp AmE1)There was so much flap about the incident that many officials were removed from their jobs — Вокруг случившегося была поднята такая шумиха, что многие ответственные лица были отстранены от должности
2)3)II vi infmlI'm sorry about the flap we had yesterday but it was all your fault — Я извиняюсь за тот скандал, который произошел у нас с вами вчера, но ведь это вы были виноваты
Don't flap — Успокойся.
He doesn't flap nor does he become a doormat — Его трудно сбить с толку, и он никогда не позволяет на себя орать
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2 don't get into a flap!
Общая лексика: без паники!Универсальный англо-русский словарь > don't get into a flap!
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3 don't get (be) in a flap
Conversation vocabulary and slang. English-Russian dictionary > don't get (be) in a flap
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4 get into a flap
expr infmlDon't get into a flap, we'll soon find it — Не паникуй, мы скоро найдем это
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > get into a flap
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5 jest
1. [dʒest] n1. шутка, остротаa misplaced /inappropriate/ jest - неуместная шутка
a malicious /biting, caustic/ jest - злая шутка
in jest - шутя, в шутку
to say smth. in jest - сказать что-л. в шутку
to crack /to make/ a jest - сострить
2. насмешка, высмеиваниеa jest about smb., smth. - насмешка над кем-л., чем-л.
3. объект насмешек, посмешище4. уст. подвиг2. [dʒest] v♢
many a true word is spoken in jest - посл. ≅ во всякой шутке есть доля правды1. шутить, смеяться; острить2. (at) насмехаться; издеватьсяto jest at smb.'s expense - издеваться над кем-л., проходиться по чьему-л. адресу
3. (with) шутить, играть (с кем-л.)don't jest with me! - со мной не шутите!
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jest with an ass and he will flap you in the face with his tail - посл. пошутишь с ослом, а он тебя по лицу хвостом; с дураком шутить опасно
См. также в других словарях:
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