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  • 1 В-278

    У ВОРОТ У ДВЕРЕЙ PrepP these forms only subj-compl with copula)
    1. ( subj: abstr, often the name of a month, a noun denoting a season etc) sth. is very close, sth. will come very soon, in the immediate future
    X у ворот — X is just (right) around the corner
    X is close (near) at hand X is almost upon us itfs almost X.
    2. (subj: human ( usu. pi) or collect) some people are in immediate proximity (to s.o.), nearby: Х-ы у ворот = Xs are (right) at the doorstep
    Xs are (knocking) at person Yb (the) door Xs are at the gate(s) Xs are almost upon person Y.
    Обезумевшими глазами (люди) хватали с обрывков нового приказа на стенах бесстрашные слова: «ЗА ДЕЛО! ВСЕ В РЯДЫ! БЕЙТЕ ТРЕВОГУ, ВРАГ У ВОРОТ!» (Федин 1). Their (the people's) panic-stricken eyes grasped the fearless words from scraps of a new order on the walls: "TO WORK! EVERYONE TO THE RANKS! SOUND THE ALARM, ENEMY AT THE GATES!" (1a).

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  • 2 у ворот

    У ВОРОТ; У ДВЕРЕЙ
    [PrepP; these forms only; subj-compl with copula]
    =====
    1. [subj: abstr, often the name of a month, a noun denoting a season etc]
    sth. is very close, sth. will come very soon, in the immediate future:
    - it's almost X.
    2. [subj: human (usu. pl) or collect]
    some people are in immediate proximity (to s.o.), nearby:
    - X-ы у ворот Xs are (right) at the doorstep;
    - Xs are almost upon person Y.
         ♦ Обезумевшими глазами [ люди] хватали с обрывков нового приказа на стенах бесстрашные слова: " ЗА ДЕЛО! ВСЕ В РЯДЫ! БЕЙТЕ ТРЕВОГУ, ВРАГ У ВОРОТ!" (Федин 1). Their [the people's] panic-stricken eyes grasped the fearless words from scraps of a new order on the walls: "TO WORK! EVERYONE TO THE RANKS! SOUND THE ALARM, ENEMY AT THE GATES!" (1a).

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  • 3 у дверей

    У ВОРОТ; У ДВЕРЕЙ
    [PrepP; these forms only; subj-compl with copula]
    =====
    1. [subj: abstr, often the name of a month, a noun denoting a season etc]
    sth. is very close, sth. will come very soon, in the immediate future:
    - it's almost X.
    2. [subj: human (usu. pl) or collect]
    some people are in immediate proximity (to s.o.), nearby:
    - Xs are almost upon person Y.
         ♦ Обезумевшими глазами [ люди] хватали с обрывков нового приказа на стенах бесстрашные слова: " ЗА ДЕЛО! ВСЕ В РЯДЫ! БЕЙТЕ ТРЕВОГУ, ВРАГ У ВОРОТ!" (Федин 1). Their [the people's] panic-stricken eyes grasped the fearless words from scraps of a new order on the walls: "TO WORK! EVERYONE TO THE RANKS! SOUND THE ALARM, ENEMY AT THE GATES!" (1a).

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  • 4 почти

    1) General subject: a kind of, a sort of, about (you are about right - вы почти правы it is about two o'clock - сейчас около двух часов), all but, almost, as good as (he is as good as promised me - он почти что обещал мне), as near as, as near as a toucher, as near as damn it, by inch, close (he ran me very close - он почти меня догнал), close on (there were close on a hundred people present - присутствовало почти сто человек), close upon, half, half way, half-way, much, near, near hand, near upon (о времени), near-hand, nearly, next, next door, next door to, next to, nigh, or so, practically, pretty, pretty much, pushing, quasi, rising, scarce (не), scarcely (не), slightly, this side of (smth.), very nearly, within a hair of, scarcely, just shy of (talking about exact time: just shy of 2:04 - почти четыре минуты третьего), about to appear, nigh-hand, just about
    3) Dialect: well-near
    5) Poetical language: nighly
    6) Latin: circa
    7) Chemistry: most nearly
    8) Mathematics: well nigh
    9) Scottish language: feckly, nearby
    10) Information technology: quite
    11) Sublime: well-nigh
    12) Makarov: approximately, as near as dammit, by inches, near to, near upon, only not, toward (указывает на приближение к какому-л. числу), towards (указывает на приближение к какому-л. числу)
    13) Archaic: anear
    14) Idiomatic expression: as close as you'll get

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  • 5 Н-236

    НА НОСУ coll PrepP Invar subj-compl with бытье ( subj: usu. abstr)) sth. will happen (ensue etc) in the immediate future, very soon
    X на носу - X is just (right) around the corner
    X is close (near) at hand X is almost here X is (almost) on top of us (upon us) X is coming (up) itfs almost (time for) X.
    «Нам надо, чтобы кузница сейчас дымила. Посевная на носу...» (Абрамов 1). "We need the smithy smoking away right now. The crop-sowing campaign is just around the corner" (1a).
    «Праздник на носу, жена велела продуктов купить» (Войнович 5). "The holiday's almost here and my wife wants me to do some shopping for her" (5a).
    Лопахин:) И вишневый сад и землю необходимо отдать в аренду под дачи, сделать это теперь же, поскорее, - аукцион на носу! (Чехов 2). (L.:) The cherry orchard and the rest of the land must be leased out for summer cottages. You must act at once, without delay, the auction's almost on top of us (2c).
    (Сильва:) Да-да, надо ехать. У нас ведь там эта... сессия на носу (Вампилов 4). (S:) Yes-yes, we have to leave. We've got those uh.. exams coming up (4b).
    Незадолго до ареста, услыхав, что О. М(андельштам) ведет вольные разговоры с какими-то посторонними людьми, я напомнила: «Май на носу - ты бы поосторожнее!» (Мандельштам 1). Not long before his arrest, hearing M(andelstam) talk rather carelessly with some people we did not know, I said to him: "You'd better watch out - it's almost May!" (1a)

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  • 6 на носу

    НА НОСУ coll
    [PrepP; Invar; subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. abstr)]
    =====
    sth. will happen (ensue etc) in the immediate future, very soon:
    - it's almost (time for) X.
         ♦ "Нам надо, чтобы кузница сейчас дымила. Посевная на носу..." (Абрамов 1). "We need the smithy smoking away right now. The crop-sowing campaign is just around the corner" (1a).
         ♦ "Праздник на носу, жена велела продуктов купить" (Войнович 5). "The holiday's almost here and my wife wants me to do some shopping for her" (5a).
         ♦ [Лопахин:] И вишневый сад и землю необходимо отдать в аренду под дачи, сделать это теперь же, поскорее, - аукцион на носу! (Чехов 2). [L.:] The cherry orchard and the rest of the land must be leased out for summer cottages. You must act at once, without delay, the auction's almost on top of us (2c).
         ♦ [Сильва:] Да-да, надо ехать. У нас ведь там эта... сессия на носу (Вампилов 4). [S:] Yes-yes, we have to leave. We've got those uh.. exams coming up (4b).
         ♦ Незадолго до ареста, услыхав, что О. М[андельштам] ведет вольные разговоры с какими-то посторонними людьми, я напомнила: "Май на носу - ты бы поосторожнее!" (Мандельштам 1). Not long before his arrest, hearing M[andelstam] talk rather carelessly with some people we did not know, I said to him: "You'd better watch out - it's almost May!" (1a)

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  • 7 определяться

    1) General subject: be predicated upon (the economic success of Putin's first years in office was almost entirely predicated upon his successfully taming both the regional barons and the dread oligarchs), be governed by, depend on/upon, enlist, enter, take shape, are divided up into (different groups of...)
    2) Military: fix the position
    4) Programming: be designated

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  • 8 Г-263

    НА СВОЮ ГОЛОВУ СЕБЕ НА ГОЛОВУ (НА ГОЛОВУ) all coll PrepP these forms only sent adv ( occas. parenth) more often used with verbs in pfv past fixed WO
    causing trouble for o.s. (by doing sth.): X сделал Y на свою голову - X did Y to X's own misfortune (detriment, harm)
    X brought (called) it (trouble etc) upon himself when he did Y X brought (called) it (trouble etc) down upon his own head when he did Y (in limited contexts) Y bounced back at X X was paid back for Y X stored up trouble for himself (by doing Y).
    Прежний заведующий... боялся Ужика и трусливо переводил его из класса в класс. Довёл бы и до окончания школы, но Ужик, на свою голову, добился-таки его увольнения... (Грекова 3). The former principal...was afraid of Uzhik and promoted him from grade to grade. He would have graduated him, but Uzhik, to his own misfortune, managed to get him fired (3a).
    Когда однажды, в 55 году, расписавшись о Пушкине, он (Чернышевский) захотел дать пример «бессмысленного сочетания слов», то привёл мимоходом тут же выдуманное «синий звук», - на свою голову напророчив пробивший через полвека блоковский «звонко-синий час» (Набоков 1). Once in 1855, when expatiating on Pushkin and wishing to give an example of "a senseless combination of words," he (Chernyshevski) hastily cited a "blue sound" of his own invention - prophetically calling down upon his own head Blok's "blue-ringing hour" that was to chime half a century later (1a).
    Да, конечно, за наши встречи я наговорил ей много лишнего, на свою голову... (Ерофеев 3)....Well, yes, I have spoken a bit too loosely with her during our meetings, things that might bounce back at me... (3a).
    «...Про меня написали, что я была „милым другом" вашего брата...» - «Этого быть не может! Где же и как написали?» - «...Вот здесь в газете „Слухи", в петербургской... Я ужасно люблю слухи, и подписалась, и вот себе на голову: вот они какие оказались слухи» (Достоевский 2). "...They also wrote about me, that I was your brother's 'dear friend'..." "It can't be! Where and how did they write it?" "...Here, in the newspaper Rumors, from Petersburg....I'm terribly fond of rumors, so I subscribed, and now I've been paid back for it, this is the sort of rumors they turned out to be" (2a).
    Почти уверен я был, что не решатся (исключить меня из Союза писателей), и обнаглел в своей безнаказанности. Да нет, ясно вижу: им же это невыгодно, на свою они голову, зачем? Отняла им злоба ум (Солженицын 2). I had been almost certain that they would not (expel me from the Writers' Union), and this false sense of security had made me impudent. Still, I could see clearly that all this would do them no good, that they were storing up trouble for themselves. Malice had robbed them of their wits (2a).

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  • 9 на свою голову

    НА СВОЮ ГОЛОВУ; СЕБЕ НА ГОЛОВУ < НА ГОЛОВУ> all coll
    [PrepP; these forms only; sent adv (occas. parenth); more often used with verbs in pfv past; fixed WO]
    =====
    causing trouble for o.s. (by doing sth.):
    - X сделал Y на свою голову X did Y to X's own misfortune (detriment, harm);
    - X brought (called) it (trouble etc) upon himself when he did Y;
    - X brought (called) it (trouble etc) down upon his own head when he did Y;
    - [in limited contexts] Y bounced back at X;
    - X stored up trouble for himself (by doing Y).
         ♦ Прежний заведующий... боялся Ужика и трусливо переводил его из класса в класс. Довёл бы и до окончания школы, но Ужик, на свою голову, добился-таки его увольнения... (Грекова 3). The former principal...was afraid of Uzhik and promoted him from grade to grade. He would have graduated him, but Uzhik, to his own misfortune, managed to get him fired (За).
         ♦ Когда однажды, в 55 году, расписавшись о Пушкине, он [Чернышевский] захотел дать пример "бессмысленного сочетания слов", то привёл мимоходом тут же выдуманное "синий звук", - на свою голову напророчив пробивший через полвека блоковский "звонко-синий час" (Набоков 1). Once in 1855, when expatiating on Pushkin and wishing to give an example of "a senseless combination of words," he [Chemyshevski] hastily cited a "blue sound" of his own invention - prophetically calling down upon his own head Blok's "blue-ringing hour" that was to chime half a century later (1a).
         ♦ Да, конечно, за наши встречи я наговорил ей много лишнего, на свою голову... (Ерофеев 3)....Well, yes, I have spoken a bit too loosely with her during our meetings, things that might bounce back at me... (3a).
         ♦ "...Про меня написали, что я была "милым другом" вашего брата..." - "Этого быть не может! Где же и как написали?" - "...Вот здесь в газете "Слухи", в петербургской... Я ужасно люблю слухи, и подписалась, и вот себе на голову: вот они какие оказались слухи" (Достоевский 2). "...They also wrote about me, that I was your brother's 'dear friend'..." "It can't be! Where and how did they write it?" "...Here, in the newspaper Rumors, from Petersburg....I'm terribly fond of rumors, so I subscribed, and now Tve been paid back for it, this is the sort of rumors they turned out to be" (2a).
         ♦... Почти уверен я был, что не решатся [исключить меня из Союза писателей], и обнаглел в своей безнаказанности. Да нет, ясно вижу: им же это невыгодно, на свою они голову, зачем? Отняла им злоба ум (Солженицын 2). I had been almost certain that they would not [expel me from the Writers' Union], and this false sense of security had made me impudent. Still, I could see clearly that all this would do them no good, that they were storing up trouble for themselves. Malice had robbed them of their wits (2a).

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  • 10 себе на голову

    НА СВОЮ ГОЛОВУ; СЕБЕ НА ГОЛОВУ < НА ГОЛОВУ> all coll
    [PrepP; these forms only; sent adv (occas. parenth); more often used with verbs in pfv past; fixed WO]
    =====
    causing trouble for o.s. (by doing sth.):
    - X сделал Y на свою голову X did Y to X's own misfortune (detriment, harm);
    - X brought (called) it (trouble etc) upon himself when he did Y;
    - X brought (called) it (trouble etc) down upon his own head when he did Y;
    - [in limited contexts] Y bounced back at X;
    - X stored up trouble for himself (by doing Y).
         ♦ Прежний заведующий... боялся Ужика и трусливо переводил его из класса в класс. Довёл бы и до окончания школы, но Ужик, на свою голову, добился-таки его увольнения... (Грекова 3). The former principal...was afraid of Uzhik and promoted him from grade to grade. He would have graduated him, but Uzhik, to his own misfortune, managed to get him fired (За).
         ♦ Когда однажды, в 55 году, расписавшись о Пушкине, он [Чернышевский] захотел дать пример "бессмысленного сочетания слов", то привёл мимоходом тут же выдуманное "синий звук", - на свою голову напророчив пробивший через полвека блоковский "звонко-синий час" (Набоков 1). Once in 1855, when expatiating on Pushkin and wishing to give an example of "a senseless combination of words," he [Chemyshevski] hastily cited a "blue sound" of his own invention - prophetically calling down upon his own head Blok's "blue-ringing hour" that was to chime half a century later (1a).
         ♦ Да, конечно, за наши встречи я наговорил ей много лишнего, на свою голову... (Ерофеев 3)....Well, yes, I have spoken a bit too loosely with her during our meetings, things that might bounce back at me... (3a).
         ♦ "...Про меня написали, что я была "милым другом" вашего брата..." - "Этого быть не может! Где же и как написали?" - "...Вот здесь в газете "Слухи", в петербургской... Я ужасно люблю слухи, и подписалась, и вот себе на голову: вот они какие оказались слухи" (Достоевский 2). "...They also wrote about me, that I was your brother's 'dear friend'..." "It can't be! Where and how did they write it?" "...Here, in the newspaper Rumors, from Petersburg....I'm terribly fond of rumors, so I subscribed, and now Tve been paid back for it, this is the sort of rumors they turned out to be" (2a).
         ♦... Почти уверен я был, что не решатся [исключить меня из Союза писателей], и обнаглел в своей безнаказанности. Да нет, ясно вижу: им же это невыгодно, на свою они голову, зачем? Отняла им злоба ум (Солженицын 2). I had been almost certain that they would not [expel me from the Writers' Union], and this false sense of security had made me impudent. Still, I could see clearly that all this would do them no good, that they were storing up trouble for themselves. Malice had robbed them of their wits (2a).

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  • 11 П-464

    ПОЧТИ ЧТО coll AdvP Invar modif or adv, fixed WO
    nearly
    almost
    all but practically virtually (in limited contexts) hardly.
    "У нас хоть нелепо рубить голову брату потому только, что он стал нам брат и что на него сошла благодать, но, повторяю, у нас есть свое, почти что не хуже. У нас историческое, непосредственное и ближайшее наслаждение истязанием битья» (Достоевский 1). "Though for us it's absurd to cut our brother's head off only because he's become our brother and grace has descended upon him, still, I repeat, we have our own ways, which are almost as good. We have our historical, direct, and intimate delight in the torture of beating" (1a).
    Писатели его (Лукина) ценили за то, что он, умея составлять бумаги, сам не лез в писатели, а мог бы, потому что в своем жанре равных себе не знал и вообще был почти что гений (Войнович 6). The writers appreciated Lukin because despite his skill with forms, he did not try to be a writer himself. But he could have been, because in the genre of forms he knew no equal, in fact the man was practically a genius (6a).
    Читал?» -спросил Меркулов, с комическим испугом бросая листок... «Помилуйте, ваше благородие! Да я почти что неграмотный!» (Шолохов 3). "Did you read this?" Merkulov asked, dropping the sheet in a comic display of fright...."Beg pardon, Your Honour' I can hardly read" (3a).

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  • 12 почти что

    [AdvP; Invar; modif or adv, fixed WO]
    =====
    nearly:
    - [in limited contexts] hardly.
         ♦ "У нас хоть нелепо рубить голову брату потому только, что он стал нам брат и что на него сошла благодать, но, повторяю, у нас есть свое, почти что не хуже. У нас историческое, непосредственное и ближайшее наслаждение истязанием битья" (Достоевский 1). "Though for us it's absurd to cut our brother's head off only because he's become our brother and grace has descended upon him, still, I repeat, we have our own ways, which are almost as good. We have our historical, direct, and intimate delight in the torture of beating" (1a).
         ♦ Писатели его [Лукина] ценили за то, что он, умея составлять бумаги, сам не лез в писатели, а мог бы, потому что в своем жанре равных себе не знал и вообще был почти что гений (Войнович 6). The writers appreciated Lukin because despite his skill with forms, he did not try to be a writer himself. But he could have been, because in the genre of forms he knew no equal, in fact the man was practically a genius (6a).
         ♦ "Читал?" - спросил Меркулов, с комическим испугом бросая листок... "Помилуйте, ваше благородие! Да я почти что неграмотный!" (Шолохов 3). "Did you read this?" Merkulov asked, dropping the sheet in a comic display of fright...."Beg pardon, Your Honour, I can hardly read" (3a).

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  • 13 П-597

    ПРОХОДИТЬ/ПРОЙТИ МИМО VP more often pfv if impfv, often imper fixed WO
    1. \П-597 (кого-чего) (subj: human or collect) (often in refer, to negative phenomena, facts) to disregard s.o. or sth., not pay attention to sth., remain uninvolved
    X прошёл мимо Y-a = X ignored Y
    X passed Y over X chose not to see Y (in limited contexts) X overlooked Y X pretended Y didn't exist.
    «Если бы эту брошюру написал рядовой историк, то можно было бы пройти мимо: историки могут ошибаться... Но ведь эту брошюру написал не рядовой историк, а один из руководителей партии и государства» (Рыбаков 2). "If an ordinary historian had written it (this pamphlet), one could have ignored it. Historians often make mistakes....But this pamphlet was not written by an ordinary historian, it was written by one of the leaders of the Party and state" (2a).
    2. \П-597 кого ( subj: abstr (often горе, беда etc)) to be overlooked or disregarded by s.o. (may refer to a person's lack of emotional involvement with regard to another's pain, grief etc)
    X прошёл мимо Y-a - X slipped by (past) (Y)
    X passed Y by unnoticed Y didn't notice X Y remained unaffected by X (in refer, to s.o. 's lack of emotional involvement) X left Y unmoved (cold) Y remained indifferent to X.
    ...Несмотря на то, что все начальники отделов кадров только тем и занимаются, что вчитываются в анкеты, выискивая несоответствия и изъяны в биографии сотрудников того или иного учреждения, иногда самые невероятные нелепости проходят мимо их бдительного ока (Войнович 1)....Despite the fact that all personnel managers do nothing but pore over questionnaires seeking out inconsistencies and flaws in the biographies of employees of one institution or another, the most incredible absurdities do sometimes slip past their watchful eyes (1a).
    3. - кого-чего (subj: human (often in refer, to not recognizing a potential spouse) having failed to recognize the merits, worth etc of s.o. or sth., to pay no attention to, not follow up on etc s.o. or sth. and thereby lose him or it
    X прошёл мимо Y-a — X passed Y by
    X let Y slip through X's fingers.
    "А если хочешь знать правду, так я и тебя научил любить его (Обломова)... Без меня ты бы прошла мимо его, не заметив» (Гончаров 1). "And if you want to know the truth, it was I who taught you to love him (Oblomov)....If it hadn't been for me you would have passed him by without noticing him" (1b).
    «Чуть было не прошел мимо великого начинания». «А что, если бы прошли?» - говорил я. «Не говори», - отвечал Платон Сам-сонович и снова вздрагивал (Искандер 6). "То think that I almost let this great undertaking slip through my fingers!" "Well, and what if you had?" I would ask. "Don't even suggest such a thing," he would answer, wincing once again (6a).
    4. \П-597 чего (subj: human not to address or discuss (some problem, question etc)
    X прошёл мимо Y-a — X passed over Y in silence
    X made no mention of Y X didn't touch (on (upon)) Y.
    Докладчика критиковали за то, что он прошёл мимо основной проблемы - финансирования проекта. The speaker was criticized for not touching upon the fundamental problem-how to finance the project.

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  • 14 пройти мимо

    ПРОХОДИТЬ/ПРОЙТИ МИМО
    [VP; more often pfv; if impfv, often imper; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. пройти мимо (кого-чего) [subj: human or collect]
    (often in refer, to negative phenomena, facts) to disregard s.o. or sth., not pay attention to sth., remain uninvolved:
    - X прошёл мимо Y-a X ignored Y;
    - X passed Yover <by>;
    - [in limited contexts] X overlooked Y;
    - X pretended Y didn't exist.
         ♦ "Если бы эту брошюру написал рядовой историк, то можно было бы пройти мимо: историки могут ошибаться... Но ведь эту брошюру написал не рядовой историк, а один из руководителей партии и государства" (Рыбаков 2). "If an ordinary historian had written it [this pamphlet], one could have ignored it. Historians often make mistakes....But this pamphlet was not written by an ordinary historian, it was written by one of the leaders of the Party and state" (2a).
    2. пройти мимо кого [subj: abstr (often горе, беда etc)]
    to be overlooked or disregarded by s.o. (may refer to a person's lack of emotional involvement with regard to another's pain, grief etc):
    - [in refer, to s.o.'s lack of emotional involvement] X left Y unmoved (cold);
    - Y remained indifferent to X.
         ♦...Несмотря на то, что все начальники отделов кадров только тем и занимаются, что вчитываются в анкеты, выискивая несоответствия и изъяны в биографии сотрудников того или иного учреждения, иногда самые невероятные нелепости проходят мимо их бдительного ока (Войнович 1)....Despite the fact that all personnel managers do nothing but pore over questionnaires seeking out inconsistencies and flaws in the biographies of employees of one institution or another, the most incredible absurdities do sometimes slip past their watchful eyes (1a).
    (often in refer, to not recognizing a potential spouse) having failed to recognize the merits, worth etc of s.o. or sth., to pay no attention to, not follow up on etc s.o. or sth. and thereby lose him or it:
    - X let Y slip through X's fingers.
         ♦ "А если хочешь знать правду, так я и тебя научил любить его [Обломова]... Без меня ты бы прошла мимо его, не заметив" (Гончаров 1). "And if you want to know the truth, it was I who taught you to love him [Oblomov].... If it hadn't been for me you would have passed him by without noticing him" (1b).
         ♦ "Чуть было не прошел мимо великого начинания". "А что, если бы прошли?" - говорил я. "Не говори", - отвечал Платон Самсонович и снова вздрагивал (Искандер 6). " То think that I almost let this great undertaking slip through my fingers!" "Well, and what if you had?" I would ask. "Don't even suggest such a thing," he would answer, wincing once again (6a).
    not to address or discuss (some problem, question etc):
    - X didn't touch (on < upon>) Y.
         ♦ Докладчика критиковали за то, что он прошёл мимо основной проблемы - финансирования проекта. The speaker was criticized for not touching upon the fundamental problem-how to finance the project.

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  • 15 проходить мимо

    ПРОХОДИТЬ/ПРОЙТИ МИМО
    [VP; more often pfv; if impfv, often imper; fixed WO]
    =====
    1. проходить мимо (кого-чего) [subj: human or collect]
    (often in refer, to negative phenomena, facts) to disregard s.o. or sth., not pay attention to sth., remain uninvolved:
    - X прошёл мимо Y-a X ignored Y;
    - X passed Yover <by>;
    - [in limited contexts] X overlooked Y;
    - X pretended Y didn't exist.
         ♦ "Если бы эту брошюру написал рядовой историк, то можно было бы пройти мимо: историки могут ошибаться... Но ведь эту брошюру написал не рядовой историк, а один из руководителей партии и государства" (Рыбаков 2). "If an ordinary historian had written it [this pamphlet], one could have ignored it. Historians often make mistakes....But this pamphlet was not written by an ordinary historian, it was written by one of the leaders of the Party and state" (2a).
    2. проходить мимо кого [subj: abstr (often горе, беда etc)]
    to be overlooked or disregarded by s.o. (may refer to a person's lack of emotional involvement with regard to another's pain, grief etc):
    - [in refer, to s.o.'s lack of emotional involvement] X left Y unmoved (cold);
    - Y remained indifferent to X.
         ♦...Несмотря на то, что все начальники отделов кадров только тем и занимаются, что вчитываются в анкеты, выискивая несоответствия и изъяны в биографии сотрудников того или иного учреждения, иногда самые невероятные нелепости проходят мимо их бдительного ока (Войнович 1)....Despite the fact that all personnel managers do nothing but pore over questionnaires seeking out inconsistencies and flaws in the biographies of employees of one institution or another, the most incredible absurdities do sometimes slip past their watchful eyes (1a).
    (often in refer, to not recognizing a potential spouse) having failed to recognize the merits, worth etc of s.o. or sth., to pay no attention to, not follow up on etc s.o. or sth. and thereby lose him or it:
    - X let Y slip through X's fingers.
         ♦ "А если хочешь знать правду, так я и тебя научил любить его [Обломова]... Без меня ты бы прошла мимо его, не заметив" (Гончаров 1). "And if you want to know the truth, it was I who taught you to love him [Oblomov].... If it hadn't been for me you would have passed him by without noticing him" (1b).
         ♦ "Чуть было не прошел мимо великого начинания". "А что, если бы прошли?" - говорил я. "Не говори", - отвечал Платон Самсонович и снова вздрагивал (Искандер 6). " То think that I almost let this great undertaking slip through my fingers!" "Well, and what if you had?" I would ask. "Don't even suggest such a thing," he would answer, wincing once again (6a).
    not to address or discuss (some problem, question etc):
    - X didn't touch (on < upon>) Y.
         ♦ Докладчика критиковали за то, что он прошёл мимо основной проблемы - финансирования проекта. The speaker was criticized for not touching upon the fundamental problem-how to finance the project.

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  • 16 не воздействовать на

    Chloric () acid has no action upon carbon particles.

    Nitric acid is almost without action on aluminium.

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > не воздействовать на

  • 17 считать, что

    It is my belief (or believe) that the schemes proposed are not convincing.

    He conceived of molecular attraction as due to an instantaneous arrangement of...

    The amplitude factor fj can be taken as being approximately proportional to...

    We can consider singlet methylene as being formed from...

    The surface of the earth can be looked upon as being divided into two predominant levels.

    Almost all lunar geologists are of the opinion that molten rock emerged from...

    Until about 1750 everyone held that the Earth originated in one or more catastrophic events.

    They reasoned that the development of the Barlh's crust could be best understood by...

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  • 18 Д-137

    ЙСНОЕ ДЕЛО coll NP Invar sent adv (parenth) or the main clause in a complex sent fixed WO
    (used to emphasize that what is stated is completely evident, logical) as is apparent
    naturally
    obviously evidently no doubt (no question) (about it) no two ways about it sure enough ift clear enough (quite clear).
    Ясное дело, мне хотелось бы познакомиться с ним... (Соколов 1). Naturally I would like to make his acquaintance... (1a).
    «Мне и вправду скоро нелегко придётся, а если ещё и ты не будешь верить, что мне тогда останется?» - «Без меня, ясное дело, было бы лучше» (Распутин 2). "I really will have a hard time soon, and if you don't believe in me, then what will I have left?" "Obviously, it would be easier without me" (2a).
    .Когда-то здесь были богатые травянистые места, климат был иной, дождей выпадало в три раза больше. Ну, ясное дело, и жизнь оттого была иная (Айтматов 2)....Once upon a time there were rich grassy places here and a different climate, with three times the present rainfall. Evidently life here was quite different then (2a).
    «Ясное дело, девушка втрескалась в него по уши» (Искандер 5). "No question, the girl was head over heels in love with him" (5a).
    Крушения не прекращались. Тогда-то и была создана комиссия... Уполномоченный особого отдела... вызывал их (членов комиссии) по одному и чуть не плакал, упрашивая их поторопиться. «Бросьте вы канитель разводить! Ясное дело - враг орудует» (Максимов 3).. The crashes went on. At this point a commission of inquiry was set up....The representative of the security branch called them (the members of the commission) in one by one and almost wept as he begged them to come to a verdict. "Stop dragging it out! It's clear enough-the enemy is at work" (3a).

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  • 19 Н-71

    НЕЗАВИСИМО ОТ кого-чего Prep Invar the resulting PrepP is adv
    without consideration of, not contingent upon ( s.o. or sth.): regardless of
    irrespective of indepen-dent(ly) of (in limited contexts) no matter (who (what etc)).
    Вмешиваться в литературу, поправлять писателей... или даже запрещать ими сочинённое могут все, кому не лень, независимо от уровня их компетенции (Войнович 1). Anyone who feels like it, regardless of his degree of competence, can intervene in literature, correct writers...or even ban their works (1a).
    ...Независимо от мер общих, он (Двоекуров), в течение нескольких лет сряду, непрерывно и неустанно делал сепаратные набеги на обывательские дома и усмирял каждого обывателя поодиночке (Салтыков-Щедрин 1)....Irrespective of general measures, he (Duplicitov) made separate raids on the townsfolk's houses for several years running, continuously and tirelessly, and pacified each townsman individually (1a).
    Люди разделились на два лагеря: на уходящих и на остающихся. Первые, независимо от того, уходили ли они по доброй воле или по принуждению, считали себя героями (Лившиц 1). People were divided into two camps: those who were leaving and those who were staying behind. The former, independent of whether they were leaving of their own free will or by coercion, considered themselves to be heroes (1a).
    ...Почти независимо от его воли и несмотря на его нерешительность... он втягивается в заговор, имеющий целью овладение властью, и заговор увенчивается успехом (Толстой 7)....Almost independently of his will, and despite his indecision...he is drawn into a conspiracy that aims at seizing power, and the conspiracy is crowned with success (7a).
    Каждый милиционер знает, что с водителя «Запорожца» можно содрать рубль всегда... Владелец «Волги»... может оказаться довольно важной персоной, его лучше и вовсе не трогать. А уж «Чайкам» и «Зилам» надо честь отдавать независимо от того, кто в них сидит (Войнович 1). Every policeman knows he can always squeeze a ruble out of the driver of a Zaporozhets.... The person behind the wheel of a Volga could...prove important and is better left alone. Chaikas and Zils are to be saluted no matter who's inside (1a).

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  • 20 Р-76

    ПО РАНЖИРУ PrepP Invar adv
    1. obs (of people) in ascending or descending order based upon height, size
    according to height (size)
    in size order (order of size) by height (size).И дед принялся рассказывать хорошо известную мальчику историю, как выстроили их, трудармейцев, привезённых с разных концов страны, в длиннюший строй по ранжиру, и оказалось, что киргизы почти все в самом конце... (Айтматов 1). And grandfather fell to telling the story, well known to the lad, of how they, the labour-soldiers who'd been transported there from various corners of the country, were set out in a long, long line according to height. It turned out that the Kirghizians were almost all at the very end... (1b)
    2. in order based on seniority, rank, or significance
    according to rank (seniority, status)
    by rank (seniority) in order of importance in accordance with their (our, your) importance (status etc).
    Ну что ж... пора выстроить по ранжиру должностных лиц, вступивших по такому ерундовому делу на путь прямого нарушения... советских законов (Войнович 3). Well, now it's time.. to arrange in order of importance the public servants who, over such a trivial matter, headed toward direct violation of Soviet law. (3a)
    ...He только герои, но и писатели строго расставлены по ранжиру. Секретарь Союза писателей СССР считается писателем лучшим, чем секретарь Союза писателей РСФСР, а тот, в свою очередь, ценится выше секретаря областной или городской писательской организации (Войнович 1). It is not only heroes, but also writers, who are ranked in strict accordance with their importance. The secretary of the Soviet Writers' Union is considered a better writer than the secretary of the Russian Writers' Union, who in turn enjoys greater esteem than the secretaries of a province or municipal writers' organization (1a)

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