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['bæksteəz] 1.nome plurale scala f.sing. di servizio2.* * *backstairs /ˈbækstɛəz/A n. pl.scala di servizio; scala sul retroB a.( anche backstair) segreto; nascosto; clandestino; (di) sottobanco: backstairs deals, accordi segreti; accordi sottobanco; intrallazzi; backstairs gossip, pettegolezzi; voci di corridoio.* * *['bæksteəz] 1.nome plurale scala f.sing. di servizio2. -
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ˈbækˈstɛəz
1. сущ.;
мн.
1) черная лестница
2) лестница не для почетных посетителей (во дворце)
3) тайные интриги, хитрости
2. прил.
1) секретный, скрытый, тайный;
закулисный backstairs political deals ≈ секретные политические соглашения backstairs influence ≈ тайное влияние Syn: secret, furtive, back-room
2) скандальный;
позорный, постыдный backstairs gossip ≈ грязная сплетня Syn: sordid, scandalousчерная лестница боковой вход;
лестница для менее почетных посетителей лазейка;
обходной путь закулисные методы или интриги (презрительное) закулисный, тайный;
темный - * influence закулисное влияние - * politics нечистоплотная /грязная/ политика, грязные методы - to listen to * gossip прислушиваться к кухонным пересудам - he can wait - he's nothing but a * client он может подождать - не такая уж он важная птицаbackstairs pl закулисные интриги~ тайный, закулисный;
backstairs influence тайное влияние~ pl черная лестница ~ скандальный ~ тайный, закулисный;
backstairs influence тайное влияниеБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > backstairs
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[ˌbæk'stɛəz] 1. сущ.; мн.3) тайные интриги, хитрости2. прил.1) секретный, скрытый, тайный; закулисныйSyn:2) скандальный; позорный, постыдныйSyn:
См. также в других словарях:
backstairs — back|stairs [ ,bæk sterz ] adjective INFORMAL secret and usually dishonest or illegal: backstairs deals among politicians … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
backstairs — UK [ˈbækˌsteə(r)z] / US [ˌbækˈsterz] adjective informal secret and usually dishonest or illegal backstairs deals … English dictionary
backstairs — adjective Date: 1663 1. secret, furtive < backstairs political deals > 2. sordid, scandalous < backstairs gossip > … New Collegiate Dictionary
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deal — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine intrigues, abatement of differences, accommodation, accord, act, act on, adjustment, administer, affair, afford, agreement, align, allocate, allot, allotment, allow, allowance, amount, apportion, arrangement … Moby Thesaurus
game — Synonyms and related words: Animalia, Boston, Byzantine intrigues, Earl of Coventry, Monopoly, Olympic games, Olympics, Ping Pong, Pit, Polish bank, Rugby, Russian bank, Scrabble, acquiescent, action, adventurous, agreeable, aim, alacritous, all… … Moby Thesaurus
intrigue — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine intrigues, absorb, adulterous affair, adultery, affair, amor, amour, angle, appeal, art, artful dodge, artfulness, artifice, attract, backstairs influence, becharm, beguile, bewitch, blind, brew, cabal,… … Moby Thesaurus
lobbying — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine intrigues, allurement, backscratching, backstairs influence, blandishment, cajolement, cajolery, coaxing, connections, conning, deals, engagement, enlistment, exhortation, games, hortation, inducement,… … Moby Thesaurus
ploy — Synonyms and related words: Byzantine intrigues, art, artful dodge, artifice, backstairs influence, bag of tricks, bat, bender, binge, blind, bluff, bosey, bout, bust, carousal, carouse, catch, celebration, chicanery, chouse, connections,… … Moby Thesaurus
