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  • 81 put smth. on ice

    амер.; разг.
    обеспечить успех чего-л ; выиграть

    ‘Sure I agree,’ Joe had said. ‘But be careful, Phil. Why not put it on ice for a couple of weeks?’ (F. Knebel, ‘Trespass’, ch. 7) — - Конечно, я согласен, - сказал Джо. - Но будьте осторожны, Фил. Почему бы не отложить осуществление этого плана недели на две?

    A continental league of a sort had come into existence. Every great European question had been put "on ice". (A. J. P. Taylor, ‘The Struggle for Mastery in Europe’, ch. XVI) — Возник своего рода континентальный союз. Все важные европейские вопросы были поставлены "на твердую почву"

    The Austro-Russian agreement put the Near East "on ice" for the next ten years. (A. J. P. Taylor, ‘The Struggle for Mastery in Europe’, ch. XVI) — Соглашение между Россией и Австрией разрядило атмосферу на Ближнем Востоке на ближайшие десять лет.

    ‘I thought you'd be tickled to death about the butler's testimony,’ Drake said moodily. ‘I figured that and the record of the telephone call would be enough to put the case on ice.’ (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Sleep-Walker's Niece’, ch. XIV) — - я думал, что ты будешь в восторге от показаний дворецкого, - задумчиво сказал Дрейк. - я считал, что этих показаний и записи телефонного разговора достаточно для того, чтобы выиграть дело.

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  • 82 there's no love lost between them

    1) уст. они любят друг друга

    Tony: "...we grumble a little now and then, to be sure. But there's no love lost between us." (O. Goldsmith, ‘She Stoops to Conquer’, act IV, sc. 1) — Тони: "...конечно, иной раз и поворчим, не без этого. Но мы любим друг друга."

    The announcement in The Times of his cousin Jolyon's death affected Soames quite simply. So that chap was gone! There had never been a time in their two lives when love had not been lost between them. (J. Galsworthy, ‘To Let’, part III, ch. IV) — Объявление в "Таймс" о смерти молодого Джолиона Сомс принял очень просто. Итак, его двоюродный братец умер! Что ж, между ними никогда не существовало теплых отношений.

    There was clearly no love lost between him and Bonham. They were competitors. (J. Jones, ‘Go to the Widow-Maker’, ch. 10) — Джим Гройнтон Бонэм недолюбливали друг друга: они же были конкурентами.

    I'm sorry, Bub, but you know as well as I do, in our family there's no love lost on coppers. (D. Hewett, ‘Bobbin Up’, ch. 6) — Ты уж прости меня, Беб, но ты ведь знаешь, как у нас в семье любят полицейских.

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  • 83 fate

    1. n судьба, рок
    2. n участь, жребий, удел
    3. n гибель, смерть

    as sure as fate — наверняка, неизбежно

    4. v обыкн. pass предопределять
    Синонимический ряд:
    1. chances (noun) chances; future; outcome; prospect
    2. destiny (noun) chance; circumstance; destiny; doom; end; fortune; karma; kismet; lot; luck; moira; nemesis; portion; weird
    3. destruction (noun) death; destruction; ruin
    4. predestination (noun) predestination; predetermination; providence
    5. predestine (verb) destine; determine; doom; doom to; foreordain; predestine; predetermine; preform; preordain
    Антонимический ряд:
    chance; choice; freedom; independence; will

    English-Russian base dictionary > fate

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  • death — n. 1) to cause death 2) to face death; to meet one s death 3) to feign death 4) to mourn smb. s death 5) a certain, sure; heroine s, hero s; lingering; living; natural; painful; sudden, unexpected; untimely; violent death (to die a natural death; …   Combinatory dictionary

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