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■ beat aboutv. i. + avv.1 agitarsi; annaspare; sbatacchiare: to beat about for st., cercare affannosamente qc. ( una soluzione, una via d'uscita, ecc.)2 (naut.) restare sopravvento bordeggiando. -
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1) метаться The swimmer beat about in the water, trying not to drown. ≈ Пловец барахтался в воде, пытаясь удержаться на плаву.
2) изменять направление( о корабле) After being in the water for six hours, the ship beat about and sailed for home. ≈ Проведя в море шесть часов, корабль развернулся и поплыл домой.
3) беспокойно искать, разыскивать The prisoner beat about for a way of escape. ≈ Пленник остервенело искал путь к побегу. Syn: cast aboutметаться беспокойно искать, разыскивать (морское) менять направлениеБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > beat about
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фраз. гл.1) метатьсяThe swimmer beat about in the water, trying not to drown. — Пловец барахтался в воде, пытаясь удержаться на плаву.
After being in the water for six hours, the ship beat about and sailed for home. — Проведя в море шесть часов, корабль развернулся и поплыл домой.
3) беспокойно искать, разыскиватьThe prisoner beat about for a way of escape. — Пленник лихорадочно искал путь к побегу.
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intransitive verb pluti proti vetru; iskati, truditi se; tavati, bloditibeat about in one's mind — tuhtati, preudarjatibeat about for — skušati najti, iskati -
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to beat about the bush — підхо́дити до спра́ви здаля́ (обере́жно)
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['biːtə'baʊt]1) Общая лексика: беспокойно искать, метаться, разыскивать2) Морской термин: менять направление -
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метатьсяизменять направлениебеспокойно искать, разыскиватьАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > beat about
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phr v1) метатися, кидатися2) неспокійно шукати, розшукувати3) мop. міняти напрямок -
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phr v1) метатися, кидатися2) неспокійно шукати, розшукувати3) мop. міняти напрямок -
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tuhlama, palavikuliselt otsima
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beat about — Synonyms and related words: about ship, agonize over, angle for, ask for, back and fill, be at sea, be hard put, be uncertain, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about for, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant… … Moby Thesaurus
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beat about — verb search anxiously • Syn: ↑cast about, ↑cast around • Hypernyms: ↑research, ↑search, ↑explore • Verb Frames: Somebody s … Useful english dictionary
To beat about — Beat Beat, v. i. 1. To strike repeatedly; to inflict repeated blows; to knock vigorously or loudly. [1913 Webster] The men of the city . . . beat at the door. Judges. xix. 22. [1913 Webster] 2. To move with pulsation or throbbing. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English