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1 at one swoop
(at one (fell) swoop (редк. at a swoop))одним ударом, одним махом, в один момент, сразу [at one fell swoop шекспировское выражение, см. цитату]Macduff.: ".All my pretty ones? Did you say all? - O hell-kite! - All? What, all my pretty chickens and their dam At one fell swoop? " (W. Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’, act IV, sc. 3) — Макдуф: "...Всех малышей моих. - Не так ли? Всех? О адский коршун! Всех моих цыпляток С наседкой вместе - всех одним налетом. " (перевод Ю. Корнеева)
Here the huffing of Miss Bella and the loss of three of her men at a swoop, aggravated by the coronation of an opponent, led to that young lady's jerking the draughtboard and pieces off the table. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Our Mutual Friend’, book I, ch. IV) — Тут мисс Белла, потеряв сразу три пешки, что грозило ей проигрышем, вдруг толкнула шахматную доску, и все фигуры покатились со стола на пол.
Whereupon, fate instantly intervened to overthrow this prudent resolve, and very nearly ruined the whole effect of Miss Climpson's diplomacy at one fell swoop. (D. L. Sayers, ‘Unnatural Death’, ch. V) — Мисс Климпсон приняла было это благоразумное решение; но судьба не преминула вмешаться, и вся ее дипломатия чуть в один миг не пошла прахом.
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2 ellipsis
a deliberate omission of at least one member of the sentenceWhat! all my pretty chickens and their dam at one fell swoop? (W.Shakespeare)
In manner, close and dry. In voice, husky and low. In face, watchful behind a blind. (Ch.Dickens)
His forehead was narrow, his face wide, his head large, and his nose all one side. (Ch.Dickens)
••omission of certain members of the sentence- is typical phenomenon in conversation- always imitates the common features of colloquial languageSo Justice Oberwaltzer - solemnly and didactically from his high seat to the jury. (Dreiser)
Source: I.R.G.English-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > ellipsis
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