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61 have the cards
быть в выигpышнoм пoлoжeнии, быть xoзяинoм пoлoжeния'Well, I'll tell you, Jephson, it's a tough case and no mistake. It looks to me as though Mason has all the cards. If we can get this chap off, we can get anybody off - (Th. Dreiser). Roger held the cards, you know; he had an established reputation, and people have an enormous respect for established reputations, even if they suspect that the holder of them isn't really much good (C. P. Snow) -
62 hold one's cards close to one's chest
paзг.дepжaть чтo-л в ceкpeтe, нe paзглaшaть чтo-л.; пoмaлкивaть; дepжaть язык зa зубaмиDespite his readiness to talk generally about the difficulties of his people, the nationalist leader kept his cards close to his chest and said nothing of any substanceConcise English-Russian phrasebook > hold one's cards close to one's chest
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63 lay one's cards on the table
вылoжить кapты нa cтoл, pacкpыть cвoи кapты, игpaть в oткpытуюMr. Ventnor passed through a moment of indecision. Should he lay his cards on the table? It was not his habit, and the proceeding was sometimes attended with risk (Л Galsworthy). Pyle said, 'I think I ought to put all my cards on the table. I'm not rich. But when my father dies I'll have about fifty thousand dollars' (Gr. Greene)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > lay one's cards on the table
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64 on the cards
Когда англичане говорят, что что-то находится on the cards, это значит, что нечто, возможно, сбудется. Имеется в виду гадание на картах, которые предсказывают будущее.They haven't repossessed the house yet, but it's on the cards. — Дом ещё не конфисковали за неплатёж, но вполне возможно, что это произойдёт.
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65 to play cards
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66 on the cards
adj infml esp BrEA food shortage is already on the cards for next year — Вполне вероятно, что в будущем году будет нехватка продуктов
It's quite on the cards that they'll marry soon — Вполне возможно, что они скоро поженятся
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67 a house of cards
All his plans for the future were like house of cards and he scattered them with angry impatience. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Pool’) — Все его планы на будущее рухнули словно карточный домик, и он со злобным нетерпением отшвырнул их.
...the "prosperity" boom was just a house of cards built upon the ruin brought about by World War I. (W. Foster, ‘Outline Political History of the Americas’, ch. 22) —..."процветание" - это карточный домик, построенный на развалинах, оставленных Первой мировой войной.
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68 lucky at cards, unlucky in love
(lucky at (или in) cards, unlucky in love)I'm only sorry to think Miss Houghton has lost so steadily all evening... But then - you see - I comfort myself with the reflection "Lucky in cards, unlucky in love". (D. H. Lawrence, ‘The Lost Girl’, ch. X) — Жаль, что мисс Хафтон весь вечер проигрывала... Но я, знаете ли, утешаюсь мыслью: не везет в картах - везет в любви.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > lucky at cards, unlucky in love
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69 one's cards are on the table
разг.карты открыты; см. тж. cards on the tableProteus: "Now, King Magnus, our cards are on the table. What have you to say?" (B. Shaw, ‘The Apple Cart’, act I) — Протей: "Ну, король Магнус, мы открыли свои карты, а что вы скажете?"
Large English-Russian phrasebook > one's cards are on the table
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70 play one's cards
поступать, вести себяShe is going to wait until she sees what I am going to do. It all depends on how we play our cards. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The ‘Genius’’, book III, ch. XI) — Она хочет подождать и посмотреть, что я собираюсь делать. Все зависит от того, как мы поступим.
The manner in which he had played his cards tonight was on a par with the way he had run to him on the night of the fire. He was just shrewd and calculating and heartless. (Th. Dreiser. ‘The Financier’, ch. XLVI) — А сейчас Каупервуд держался так же, как в тот вечер, после известия о пожаре. Нет, он попросту хитер, расчетлив и бессердечен.
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71 continuous-form cards
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72 hold all the cards
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73 hold the cards
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74 deck of punched cards
English-Russian big polytechnic dictionary > deck of punched cards
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75 break bank cards
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76 come to pass things have come to a pretty pass cards spo
come to pass произойти, случиться; things have come to a pretty pass делаприняли скверный оборот 11) cards; sport пас 12) sport выпад (в фехтовании);to make a pass at smb. а) делать выпад против кого-л.; б) coll. приставать ккому-л. 13) mil. разрешение не присутствовать на поверке; amer. отпуск 14)metal. калибр, ручей валкаАнгло-русский словарь Мюллера > come to pass things have come to a pretty pass cards spo
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77 no-trump cards
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78 play high cards
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79 read the cards
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80 the eldest hand cards
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