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1 a damn sight
adv infmlThe weather's not great but it's a damn sight better than yesterday — Погода не ахти какая, но гораздо лучше, чем вчера
This car is costing me a damn sight more to run than I expected — Содержание этой тачки мне обходится намного дороже, чем я ожидал
He's a damn sight cleverer than you think — Он намного умнее, чем ты думаешь
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2 a damn sight
(a damn (или damned, darn, darned, dashed, deuced, jolly, thundering, etc.) sight)1) (better, more, etc.) разг. намного, значительно, гораздо, ещё (лучше, больше и т. п.)She's a brainy woman, but she'd be a damn sight brainier if she kept her mouth shut and didn't let so much of her brains ooze out that way. (S. Lewis, ‘Main Street’, ch. XIV) — Вайда Шервин - умная баба, но с ее стороны было бы еще умнее помалкивать и не совать всюду свой нос.
One man who knows his area is a damn sight better than a truckload of documents. (J. Aldridge, ‘The Diplomat’, ch. 1) — Человек, хорошо знающий свое дело, стоит больше, чем целый грузовик документов.
You offered Page a damn sight more than his paper was worth. (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Northern Light’, part II, ch. 7) — Ты предлагал Пейджу куда больше того, что стоит его паршивая газетенка.
...Tom kept up with him, reading all Dick's books and a darned sight more. (K. S. Prtchard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. 6) —...Том от Дика не отстает; он перечитал все его книжки, да еще целую кучу сверх того.
2) (too difficult, easy, etc.) слишком, чересчур (трудно, легко и т. д.)In the art school now the teachers don't teach. They just tell you to express yourself. It makes art teaching a pretty easy job, but it makes art learning a damn sight too difficult. (J. Lindsay, ‘A Local Habitation’, ch. II) — Ведь сейчас живописи не учат даже в художественных училищах. Вас сажают и говорят: "Старайтесь выразить свою индивидуальность", - и дело с концом. Педагогам, надо сказать, легко, но ученикам чертовски трудно.
‘But after all, I hadn't the pluck to go through with it.’ ‘You had a darned sight too much pluck, trying to on your own,’ Bill said. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Winged Seeds’, ch. VIII) — - Ну а кончилось все тем, что у меня не хватило храбрости довести дело до конца. - Нет, Дафна, ты слишком много на себя взяла, решив своими силами выпутаться из этой истории, - сказал Билл.
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