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121 ask back
v + o + adva) ( invite home) invitar a casab) ( invite again) volver* a invitarc) ( reciprocate invitation) devolverle* la invitación aVT + ADV (for second visit) volver a invitar; (on reciprocal visit) devolver la invitación a* * *v + o + adva) ( invite home) invitar a casab) ( invite again) volver* a invitarc) ( reciprocate invitation) devolverle* la invitación a -
122 ask for the moon
«пpocить луну c нeбa», жeлaть, тpeбoвaть нeвoзмoжнoгoTo be safe in his job while he was fit for it, and after that to have a little place of his own, with a garden... that was not asking much, and yet for all the firm's increased turnover and its rises, he could not help thinking it was really like asking for the moon (J. B. Priestly). Crying for the moon had become a principle when he was already much too old for principles (J. Galsworthy) -
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124 chase after
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125 chase after
1) охотиться The huntsmen rode fast, chasing after the fox. ≈ Охотники гнали лису.
2) разг. догонять Chase after Anne and ask her to get some eggs while she's at the shops. ≈ Догони Энн и скажи ей, чтобы еще яиц купила.
3) разг. добиваться чьей-л. любви She's been chasing after that man for years. ≈ Она добивалась этого мужчины многие годы. гонятьсяБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > chase after
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126 to ask for smb's health
to ask/to inquire for/after smb's health справляться о чьём-либо здоровьеEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > to ask for smb's health
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127 send after
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128 chase after
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