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121 breaking and entering
взлом с проникновениемMax was charged with four counts of breaking and entering.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > breaking and entering
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122 doctor
I n infml II vt infml1)This writer always doctors his plays to cater for public taste — Этот писатель всегда пишет свои произведения с таким расчетом, чтобы угодить широкой публике
2)He was charged with doctoring the election results — Ему было предъявлено обвинение в подтасовке результатов голосования
3)I'm pretty sure that my drink is doctored — Я уверен, что у меня виски разбавлено
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123 peeve
I n infml esp AmE II vt AmE infmlI don't believe you'll ever be able to peeve that boy — Я никогда не поверю, что ты можешь обидеть этого парня
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124 by false pretences
Mr. Tapley... entertained a constitutional dislike to gentlemen out-at-elbows who flourished on false pretences. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. VII) — Мистер Тэпли... по своему характеру видеть не мог благородных оборванцев, охотников поживиться на чужой счет.
...it's as clear a case of money under false pretences as I've ever come across. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Maid in Waiting’, ch. XVI) —...это прямо-таки вопиющий случай вымогательства.
...Bailey was charged with having obtained £60,000 on false pretences. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 69) —...Бейли был обвинен в присвоении обманным путем шестидесяти тысяч фунтов стерлингов.
‘Sorry,’ he said, ‘if I got you down here in the rain under false pretences.’ (I. Shaw, ‘The Young Lions’, ch. VI) — - Прошу прощения, что обманом вытащил вас под дождь, - извинился Ной.
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125 on the run
1. adv phrв спешке, второпях2. adj phrThe waitress who brought Rowe's toast and coffee looked jumpy and pallid, as if she had lived too much on the run... (Gr. Greene, ‘The Ministry of Fear’, book I, ch. VI) — Официантка, которая принесла Роу поджаренный хлеб и кофе, была такая бледная, нервная, задерганная. Казалось, что она не знает ни минуты отдыха.
1) спасающийся бегством, в бегахI'm charged with murder and on the run. (J. D. Carr, ‘Fear is the Same’, ch. XI) — Я вынужден скрываться, меня ведь обвиняют в убийстве.
She was very pretty and she was on the run from a Puritanical upbringing. That meant she wanted to enjoy herself all the time, without stopping. (J. Wain, ‘A Winter in the Hills’, part II) — Марго была очень хорошенькая. Воспитывали ее в пуританском духе, и вот она взбунтовалась. Ей захотелось веселиться все время, развлекаться, - словом, наслаждаться жизнью.
2) спешащий, торопящийсяI've been on the run all day. — Я в бегах целый день.
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126 static electricity
vitreous electricity — «стеклянное» электричество
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127 negative electricity
vitreous electricity — «стеклянное» электричество
English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > negative electricity
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128 static electricity
vitreous electricity — «стеклянное» электричество
English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > static electricity
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