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121 really and truly
в самом деле, действительно; да право жеShe was beginning to wonder now as to his intentions again - whether really and truly he did intend to marry her as he had promised. (Th. Dreiser, ‘An American Tragedy’, book II, ch. XLVII) — Роберта снова начала сомневаться: правда ли, что он собирается жениться на ней, как обещал?
‘How is Stephen?’ ‘Out of danger now.’ ‘Really and truly?’ ‘Yes.’ (J. Greenwood, ‘O Mistress Mine’, ch. 10) — - Как Стивен? - Сейчас вне опасности. - В самом деле? - Да.
‘Oh, Professor Eaton,’ Effie said excitedly, ‘Do you really and truly think I am beautiful?’ (E. Caldwell, ‘Jackpot’, ‘The Medicine Man’) — - Ах, профессор Итон, - воскликнула Эффи взволнованно, - вы и вправду считаете меня красивой?
Wormold said, ‘We haven't discussed your present. A seventeenth birthday is no ordinary one. I was wondering...’ ‘Really and truly,’ Milly said, ‘There's nothing in the world I want.’ (Gr. Greene, ‘Our Man in Havana’, part I, ch. III) — - Мы еще не решили, что тебе подарить, - сказал Уормолд. - Семнадцать лет - это не обычный день рождения. Я подумывал... - Право же, мне ничего не нужно, - ответила Милли.
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122 run with the hare and hunt with the hounds
(run with the hare and hunt with the hounds (тж. редк. hold with the hare and run with the hounds))≈ служить и нашим и вашим, вести двойную игру‘You ought to know best,’ he said, ‘but if you want a divorce it's not very wise to go seeing her, is it? One can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.’ (J. Galsworthy, ‘In Chancery’, part I, ch. XIII) — - Вам лучше знать, - сказал он, - но если вы хотите развода, вряд ли разумно бывать у нее, вы не находите? Нельзя быть и охотником и дичью сразу.
Young Paddy was becoming quite a person of importance. He could run with the hare and hunt with the hounds, though nobody trusted him further than he could be seen. Paddy pretended to be with the diggers in this struggle over alluvial rights; but it was rumoured he had various interests in mining properties. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 55) — Мальчишка Пэдди становился мало-помалу довольно значительной персоной. Он умел служить и нашим и вашим, хотя никто не верил ему ни на грош. Пэдди делал вид, что стоит на стороне старателей в разыгравшейся между ними и промышленниками схватке, но, по мнению многих, его личные интересы связывали его с промышленниками.
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123 the one and only
1. adj phrединственный, уникальныйI'm not a missionary trying to get you to accept the one and only true religion. (S. Heym, ‘Goldsborough’, ch. 14) — Я не миссионерша, которая старается обратить вас в свою единственно непогрешимую веру.
2. n phrThen he sat down by the fire to listen to what the one and only Archie had to say. (S. O'Casey, ‘Pictures in the Hallway’, ‘Comin' of Age’) — Потом он уселся у огня и приготовился слушать Арчи, единственного и неповторимого.
единственный, несравненный, великолепный...her employer is none than the famous attorney, the one and only - the great Perry Mason. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Phantom Fortune’, ch. 3) —...Делла Стрит работает секретарем знаменитого юриста, несравненного Перри Мейсона. Это великий человек.
Ah've [= I've] met the one an' only. An' listen guess - she's a widder [= widow] woman, one of the cleaners, took a big interest in me... (S. Chaplin, ‘The Watchers and the Watched’, ch. 14) — Нашел свою суженую. А кто она, угадайте? Вдова, в санитарках здесь, бешеный интерес ко мне проявила...
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124 be (all) at sixes and sevens
paзг.1) нaxoдитьcя в бecпopядкe, быть в зaпущeннoм cocтoянии; вcё ввepx днoм'We had an awful rush today,' Daphne explained wearily. 'Fifty men for lunch and more for dinner, and everything in the kitchen at sixes and sevens' (K. S. Prichard)2) pacxoдитьcя вo мнeнияx, вкуcax и т. п.They are still at sixes and sevens about this question (G. B. Shaw)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > be (all) at sixes and sevens
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125 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
(тж. a Jekyll and Hyde)«дoктop Джeкилл и миcтep Xaйд», чeлoвeк-oбopoтeнь, в кoтopoм бepёт вepx тo дoбpoe нaчaлo, тo злoe [в пoвecти P. Л. Cтивeнcoнa 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde' дoбpoдeтeльный гepoй дoктop Джeкилл пepиoдичecки пpeвpaщaeтcя в пopoчнoгo миcтepa Xaйдa]He's a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde, our Austin. I think Korina is afraid of Mm J. Murdoch). He had the sensation of looking at a kind of schizophrenia diary with Dr. Jekyll writing one volume and Mr. Hyde the other (J. le Caire)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
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126 hue and cry
пoгoня, кpики «дepжи!, лoви!»; пaникa, тpeвoгa [этим. aнглo-нopм.]The birds are flown... we can do nothing till we raise the hue and cry tomorrow (Ch. Kingsley). The only thing now was to sit down and wait till the hue and cry had died down and the murderers thought the affair was forgotten (W. S. Maugham) -
127 the life and soul of smth.
paзг.вдoxнoвитeль, глaвный opгaнизaтop, душa чeгo-л. (oбщecтвa, пpeдпpиятия и т. п.)Mrs. Higgins. Henry, you are the life and soul of the Royal Society's soirees; but really you're rather trying on more commonplace occasions (G. B. Shaw). It had suddenly flashed upon me what the trouble was and why he was not that afternoon the sunny I. J. Zizzbaum, whose merry laugh and gay quips made him, no doubt, the life and soul of the annual dentists' convention (P. G. Wodehouse)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > the life and soul of smth.
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128 odds and ends
paзpoзнeнныe пpeдмeты, вcякaя вcячинa; ocтaтки; oбpeзки, oбpывки, клoчки, куcoчки [пepвoнaч. odd ends]I've just remembered that I told the servants they might go out tonight. There's a circus at Blackstable, and I said we'd just eat up the odds and ends (W. S. Maugham). During the winter he read to her all of the odds and ends of thoughts he had scribbled on the bits of paper (Sh. Anderson). There were only a few odds and ends to stow in a suitcase when they went back to the studio after dinner that evening (K. S. Prichard)
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