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3 flavour of the month
сущ.; брит.; амер. flavor of the month1) актуальная, злободневная тема; тема дняSustainability is flavour of the month following the Johannesburg conference. — После конференции в Йоханнесбурге устойчивое развитие стало темой дня.
Lottery Scams: New Flavour of the Month. — Лотерейные мошенники: новая тема дня. ( Заголовок статьи)
2) звезда, знаменитость; человек, который пользуется (кратковременной) популярностьюI take every day on TV as a bonus, because I know how you can be flavour of the month one minute and then not the next. — Каждый день на телевидении я воспринимаю как награду, потому что знаю: сегодня ты – звезда, а завтра тебя могут забыть.
Andy is certainly flavour of the month with the boss. — Энди явно в фаворе у босса.
Syn:3) мода, поветрие; однодневка; очередное (повальное) увлечение, "модная игрушка"Much of this current enthusiasm for leadership in the US education system seems to display a certain faddishness – leadership as the flavour of the month, so to speak. — Нынешнее увлечение "лидерством" в американских школах похоже на поветрие: лидерство стало, если можно так выразиться, очередной модной игрушкой.
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4 crank
рукоятка имя существительное: имя прилагательное:всем недовольный (cranky, crank)полный закоулков (cranky, crank)глагол: -
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6 comicality
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7 faddiness
См. также в других словарях:
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faddishness — faddˈishness or faddˈism noun • • • Main Entry: ↑fad … Useful english dictionary
faddish — faddishness, n. /fad ish/, adj. 1. like a fad. 2. given to fads: a faddish, sophisticated crowd. [1850 55; FAD + ISH1] * * * … Universalium
fad — noun Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1867 a practice or interest followed for a time with exaggerated zeal ; craze Synonyms: see fashion • faddish adjective • faddishly adverb • faddishness noun • faddism … New Collegiate Dictionary
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