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1 Once a knight, always a knight: twice a night, dead at forty!
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2 a cat's cradle
"корзиночка" (детская игра: бечёвку, натянутую на пальцах одного играющего, надевают на пальцы другого, получая при этом различные фигуры)...and then I felt her eyes on me at once - she was making a "cat's cradle" with a bit of string, but I could see them stealing up from her hands to my face. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Caravan’, ‘A Knight’) — Эйлин сразу же взглянула на меня - у нее на пальцах была натянута бечевка, с которой она играла, и я заметил, как взгляд ее метнулся от пальцев к моему лицу.
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3 in fine feather
1) в очень хорошем настроении (тж. in high feather)Todgers's was in high feather... The blissful morning had arrived when Miss Pecksniff was to be united in holy matrimony to Augustus. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. LIX) — В пансионе мисс Тоджерс царило оживление... Настало то счастливое утро, когда священные узы брака должны были соединить мисс Пексниф с Огастесом.
The Earl went off in high feather, but discovered before very long that the command even of the smallest army needs something more than knight-errantry. (L. Strachey, ‘Elizabeth and Essex’, ch. IV) — Граф Эссекс отправился в Нормандию в отличном настроении, но вскоре обнаружил, что для командования даже небольшой армией требуется нечто большее, чем донкихотство.
The little actress was in fine feather. She was realising now what it was to be petted. For once she was the admired, the sought-for. (Th. Dreiser, ‘Sister Carrie’, ch. XIX) — Маленькая актриса была бесконечно счастлива. Теперь она понимала, что значит быть любимой, что значит быть предметом забот. Ею восхищались, добивались ее дружбы.
2) разодетый; при полном параде; в вечернем туалете (тж. in grand feather); см. тж. in full featherDowley was in fine feather, and I early got him started... (M. Twain, ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court’, ch. 32) — Даули был разодет как павлин. Мне без труда удалось заставить его разговориться...
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4 thereupon
1. adv книжн. вслед за тем, за этим2. adv офиц. на этой основе; вследствие тогоthe stolen property was found in his room, thereupon he was put in jail — украденные вещи были найдены в его комнате, и его бросили в тюрьму
3. adv офиц. на том; на этомthe knight carried a shield with a cross painted thereupon — у рыцаря был щит, на котором был изображён крест
4. adv офиц. в отношении того, по отношению к тому; в этой связиСинонимический ряд:1. immediately (adj.) at once; at that; at which point; immediately; on that; suddenly; then; then promptly2. therefore (other) accordingly; consequently; ergo; hence; so; then; therefore; thus3. thereon (other) thereon
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