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121 embringuer
I.v. trans. To 'rope in', to involve reluctant participants in an undertaking they might later regret.II.v. pronom.1. To 'get mixed up with', to get involved. Il s'est embringué dans une sale histoire: He got himself tangled up in a really nasty business.2. Ça s'embringue mal (of plan, project): It's got offto a bad start. -
122 emmancher
I.v. trans. To sodomize (the verb is usually found in a passive construction).II.v. pronom. Ça s'emmanche bien/ mal (of plan, project): Things are getting off to a good/bad start. -
123 pied
n. m.1. Faire du pied à quelqu'un: To 'play footsie', to make amorous foot-play advances.a (lit.): To 'skedaddle', to 'scram', to move away niftily.b (fig.): To get out of a scrape in the nick of time.3. S'être levé du pied gauche: To be in a foul mood (because one has got out of bed on the wrong side). Partir du pied gauche (of venture, undertaking): To make a bad start.4. Lever le pied:a To ease off the accelerator pedal, to reduce one's speed in a motor car.b To take things at a more leisurely pace (and let others do the rushing about).c (of shady entrepreneur): To do a 'moonlight flit', to disappear with the takings.5. S'en aller les pieds devant: To 'pop one's clogs', to 'snuff it', to die.6. Faire des pieds et des mains pour¼: To 'try every trick in the book', to worry more about the ends than the means where success is concerned. Il a fait des pieds et des mains pour un petit rôle de rien du tout: For a two-bit part in that play he literally flogged his granny!7. Ça lui fera les pieds! (That will) serve him jolly well right! C'est bien fait pour tes pieds! Well you asked for it, didn't you?!8. Etre bête comme ses pieds: To be 'as thick as two short planks', to be totally stupid. Quel pied! What a nurk! — What a fool!9. Prendre son pied (also: aller au pied): To have a 'come', to experience an orgasm. (The origin of the expression could be sought in the picturesque avoir les pieds en bouquets de violettes which is both descriptive and humorous.)10. Ça, c'est le pied! This is great! — This is fantastic! (In this instance pied has taken a far more metaphorical meaning.)11. En avoir son pied de quelque chose: To be fed up to the back teeth with something.12. Aller au pied (Underworld slang): To 'split the takings', to have a share-out.13. Il y a du pied dans la chaussette! There's no rush! — We've plenty of time! -
124 začať dobre/zle
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125 comenzar mal
v.to begin badly, to be off on the wrong foot, to get off on the wrong foot, to be off to a bad start. -
126 be off
фраз. гл.1) уходить, покидать; отправлятьсяSyn:2) разг. уходить, убираться, смыватьсяSyn:bog off, bugger off, buzz off, clean out 3), clear off, clear out 3), fuck off 2), piss off, push along, sod 2.3) начинать движение, особенно в гонке; срываться с места; взять стартI'm sorry, the lamb is off, may I suggest some chicken? — Простите, баранина уже кончилась, может быть, вы попробуете цыплёнка?
5) испортиться ( о еде)This fish is off. I won't buy it. — Эта рыба испорчена, я не куплю её.
I'm off at 6.00; let's meet then. — Я заканчиваю в 6.00; давай встретимся примерно в это время.
7) разг. завести пластинку, занудствовать ( начинать долго говорить на какую-то тему)Oh dear, Father's off again on his favourite subject-himself! — О, боже! Отец снова сел на своего любимого конька - разговоры о себе.
8) разг. запасаться9) ( be off to) начинать с (чего-л.)If Jim and Mary are quarrelling already, it looks as if their marriage is off to a bad start. — Если Джим и Мэри уже сейчас ссорятся, получается, что их совместная жизнь начинается не так уж гладко.
10) ( be off with) разг. освобождаться, избавлятьсяBe off with the old love before you are on with the new. — Разберитесь с предыдущей привязанностью до того, как заведёте новую.
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127 goed/slecht beginnen
goed/slecht beginnenget off to a good/bad startVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > goed/slecht beginnen
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128 slecht uit de startblokken komen
slecht uit de startblokken komenVan Dale Handwoordenboek Nederlands-Engels > slecht uit de startblokken komen
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