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1 a proper Charley
разг.; пренебр.(a proper Charley (Charlie, charley или charlie))круглый, набитый дурак [первонач. кокни]He contradicted everything I said before the assembled company, and made me look a proper Charley. (ECI) — Он возражал против каждого моего замечания, так что в глазах всех я выглядел полным дураком.
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2 a proper Charley
paзг. пpeнeбp.кpуглый дуpaк, нaбитый дуpaк [пepвoнaч. кoкни]He made me look a right Charley when I couldn't answer the question in front of all those people -
3 a right Charley
см. a proper Charley (или Charlie) -
4 charlie
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5 a right Charlie
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6 the Great Divide
амер. разг.1) "Великий перевал" ( название Скалистых гор)I remember as a child reading or hearing the words "The Great Divide" and being stunned by the glorious sound, a proper sound for the granite backbone of a continent. (J. Steinbeck, ‘Travels with Charley’, part III) — Помню, когда ребенком я слышал или встречал в книжке выражение "Великий перевал", меня всякий раз поражала красота его звучания, вполне соответствующая величию гранитного хребта континента.
2) смерть; см. тж. cross the Great DivideIf he was killed he would have company across the Great Divide. (OED) — Если его убили, то он отправится на тот свет не один.
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