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1 did his best
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2 he did his best to provoke an argument
Общая лексика: он всеми силами старался спровоцировать спорУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > he did his best to provoke an argument
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3 did their best
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4 did my best
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5 did her best
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6 did our best
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7 do his best
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8 done his best
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9 does her best
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10 do one's best
(do one's best (тж. do one's level best, do one's utmost, do the best in one's power, do the best one can; груб. do one's damnedest или darnedest))сделать всё возможное, приложить все усилия, всячески стараться, усердствовать; ≈ из кожи лезть вон [do one's level best первонач. амер.]; см. тж. give of one's bestWhen I got upstairs I looked out of the window and saw Tom doing his level best with the lightning-rod, but he couldn't come it... (M. Twain, ‘Huckleberry Finn’, ch. XXXVI) — Придя к себе наверх, я выглянул в окно и увидел, что Том пытается влезть по громоотводу. Он старается изо всех сил, но это ему никак не удается...
He was sick with fear, but he did his best to smile. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, ch. 71) — Филипа мутило от страха, но он силился улыбнуться.
And I'm going to do my damnedest to get you out of this. (Th. Dreiser, ‘An American Tragedy’, book III, ch. XIV) — И, черт возьми, я сделаю все, что только в моих силах, чтобы выпутать вас из этой истории.
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11 do one's best to do something
expr infmlSomebody did his best to strangle her and probably would have succeeded if she hadn't had her dog with her — Кто-то пытался во что бы то ни стало задушить ее и, вероятно, преуспел бы в этом деле, если бы не собака, которая была при ней
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > do one's best to do something
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12 do (или try) one's best
cдeлaть вcё вoзмoжнoe, пpилoжить вce уcилия, вcячecки cтapaтьcя, уcepдcтвoвaть; из кoжи вoн лeзтьHe was sick with fear, but he did his best to smile (W. S. Maugham)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > do (или try) one's best
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13 do her best
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14 do my best
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15 do our best
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16 do their best
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17 do your best
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18 done her best
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19 done my best
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20 done our best
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