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1 ... for the best изменяться к лучшему
General subject: work out (I hope in the end it all/everything works out for the best - Надеюсь, в итоге всё наладится)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > ... for the best изменяться к лучшему
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2 максимальная отдача от расходов (The resort offers the best value for your money)
Graphic expression: best valueУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > максимальная отдача от расходов (The resort offers the best value for your money)
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3 Slang for what happens when the best technology loses out to a lesser technology that is more well-known in the marketplace.
Special term: betamaxedУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Slang for what happens when the best technology loses out to a lesser technology that is more well-known in the marketplace.
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4 чёткость изображения
•For the best definition, the lenses must be sharply focused.
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > чёткость изображения
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5 что Бог ни делает, всё к лучшему
Set phrase: God suggests what's the best, all's for the best in the best of all possible worlds (whatever happens will turn out to be for the better in the end (in the last analysis)), whatever God does is for the bestУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > что Бог ни делает, всё к лучшему
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6 что ни делается, всё к лучшему
Set phrase: God suggests what's the best, all's for the best in the best of all possible worlds (whatever happens will turn out to be for the better in the end (in the last analysis)), whatever God does is for the bestУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > что ни делается, всё к лучшему
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7 лучший
(см. также лучше) better, best• Было бы лучше вместо того, чтобы применять... - It would be better instead to adopt...• В лучшем случае, подобные величины представляют (собой)... - At best such values represent...• Возможно, лучшим выбором для хо было бы... - Perhaps a better choice for xq would be...• Значительно лучший результат мог быть получен при использовании... - A much better result would have been obtained using...• Большая точность, безусловно, могла бы быть получена при использовании... - Greater accuracy could, of course, be obtained by...• Лучшее понимание было достигнуто на пути, когда/где... - A better understanding has been gained of the way in which...• Лучшее, на что можно надеяться... - The best that one can hope for is (that)...• Почти всегда лучше... - It is nearly always better to...• Самым лучшим планом является... The best plan to be followed is...• Это могло бы также привести к лучшему пониманию... - This could also lead to a better understanding of... -
8 А-6
НА АВОСЬ coll PrepP Invar adv(to venture sth.) counting on good fortune, success, even though chances may be against successon the off-chancehoping for the best trusting to luck chance it (in limited contexts) by guess and by God.Они (Петька и Михаил) не с пустыми руками вернулись к избе. С рыбой...«Лиза, эво-то! Посмотри-ко!» - звонко закричал Петька, едва они завидели избу, и высоко над головой поднял вязанку с рыбой. «Да, - сказал Михаил... -А я думал: Ося-агент веб выбродил. Так, на авось кинулся» (Абрамов 1)....They (Petka and Mikhail) did not go back empty-handed: there were fish... "Liza! Hey there! Look!" shouted Petka ringingly as soon as they caught sight of the house, and he lifted the string of fish high above his head. "Yes," said Mikhail....UI thought Osya the agent had fished the place out. 1 just threw out a line on the off-chance" (1a).«Я не коммунхоз, на авось не работаю. И цена по совести. А тебе, как бывшему соседу, так и вовсе скидка» (Максимов 3). "I'm not the municipal repairs department when I work, I don't just hope for the best. And I'll give you an honest price. In fact, as a former neighbor, you get a discount anyway" (3a).(Городничий (в сторону):) He знаешь, с какой стороны и приняться. Ну да уж попробовать... Попробовать на авось. (Вслух.) Если вы точно имеете нужду в деньгах или в чем другом, то я готов служить сию минуту. Моя обязанность помогать проезжающим (Гоголь 4). (Mayor (aside):) You don't know which side to tackle him (from). But never mind that...let's have a go....Let's have a go and chance it. (Aloud) Should you in fact be short of money, or of anything else, I am prepared to be of immediate service to you. It is my duty to assist travellers (4b). -
9 на авось
• НА АВОСЬ coll[PrepP; Invar; adv]=====⇒ (to venture sth.) counting on good fortune, success, even though chances may be against success:- chance it;- [in limited contexts] by guess and by God.♦...Они [Петька и Михаил] не с пустыми руками вернулись к избе. С рыбой... "Лиза, эво-то! Посмотри-ко!" - звонко закричал Петька, едва они завидели избу, и высоко над головой поднял вязанку с рыбой. "Да, - сказал Михаил... - А я думал: Ося-агент всё выбродил. Так, на авось кинулся" (Абрамов 1)....They [Petka and Mikhail] did not go back empty-handed: there were fish... "Liza! Hey there! Look!" shouted Petka ringingly as soon as they caught sight of the house, and he lifted the string of fish high above his head. "Yes," said Mikhail...."I thought Osya the agent had fished the place out. I just threw out a line on the off-chance" (la).♦ "Я не коммунхоз, на авось не работаю. И цена по совести. А тебе, как бывшему соседу, так и вовсе скидка" (Максимов 3). "I'm not the municipal repairs department when I work, I don't just hope for the best. And I'll give you an honest price. In fact, as a former neighbor, you get a discount anyway" (3a).♦ [Городничий (в сторону):] Не знаешь, с какой стороны и приняться. Ну да уж попробовать... Попробовать на авось. (Вслух.) Если вы точно имеете нужду в деньгах или в чём другом, то я готов служить сию минуту. Моя обязанность помогать проезжающим (Гоголь 4). [Mayor (aside):] You don't know which side to tackle him [from]. But never mind that...let's have a go.... Let's have a go and chance it. (Aloud) Should you in fact be short of money, or of anything else, I am prepared to be of immediate service to you. It is my duty to assist travellers (4b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на авось
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10 все к лучшему
1) General subject: all for the best, all to the good2) Cliche: it's all for the best -
11 изменяться к лучшему
1) General subject: come round (I hope things will come round - надеюсь, все образуется), work out for the best (I hope in the end it all/everything works out for the best - Надеюсь, в итоге всё наладится)2) Makarov: come roundУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > изменяться к лучшему
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12 надеяться на лучшее
General subject: hope for the best, keep hoping for the bestУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > надеяться на лучшее
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13 Д-123
ПЛЁВОЕ ДЕЛО highly coll NP\ sing only usu. subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum ( subj: infin or abstr, often это))1. doing sth. is very easy, does not require any effort: (it's) a snap (a cinch, a breeze)(that's) nothing (as) easy as pie (as) easy as falling off a log.Собрать автомат за 25 секунд с завязанными глазами было для Мосина плёвым делом. Reassembling a submachine gun in 25 seconds with his eyes blindfolded was a snap for Mosin(author's usage) «По мне, мужики, чего ни делается, все к лучшему, сунут нашим корешам от силы по пятерику (пять лет тюрьмы) за соучастие, детский срок, плёвое дело...» (Максимов 1). ( context transl) uIn my opinion, lads, whatever happens is for the best. They'll give our mates five years at the most for complicity-kids' stuff, hardly worth bothering about" (1a).2. doing sth. reprehensible (unethical etc) is easy for s.o., elicits in s.o. no feelings of regret, remorse etc: сделать Y для X-a -плёвое дело - X doesn't feel the least bit bad about (guilty for) doing YX doesn't feel bad at all about doing Y X doesn't think ift (doesn't consider it) any big deal to do Y (in limited contexts) X would do Y to s.o. as soon as look at him. -
14 плевое дело
• ПЛЕВОЕ ДЕЛО highly coll[NP; sing only; usu. subj-compl with copula, nom or instrum (subj: infin or abstr, often это)]=====1. doing sth. is very easy, does not require any effort:- (it's) a snap <a cinch, a breeze>;- (as) easy as falling off a log.♦ Собрать автомат за 25 секунд с завязанными глазами было для Мосина плёвым делом. Reassembling a submachine gun in 25 seconds with his eyes blindfolded was a snap for Mosin♦ [author's usage] "По мне, мужики, чего ни делается, все к лучшему, сунут нашим корешам от силы по пятерику [пять лет тюрьмы] за соучастие, детский срок, плёвое дело..." (Максимов 1). [context transl] "In my opinion, lads, whatever happens is for the best. They'll give our mates five years at the most for complicity-kids' stuff, hardly worth bothering about" (1a).2. doing sth. reprehensible (unethical etc) is easy for s.o., elicits in s.o. no feelings of regret, remorse etc: сделать Y для X-a - плёвое дело ≈ X doesn't feel the least bit bad about (guilty for) doing Y; X doesn't feel bad at all about doing Y; X doesn't think it's (doesn't consider it) any big deal to do Y; [in limited contexts] X would do Y to s.o. as soon as look at him.Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > плевое дело
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15 все к лучшему в этом лучшем из миров
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > все к лучшему в этом лучшем из миров
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16 держи карман
Set phrase: a fat lot of good that will do, a fat lot will he do it, coming, and so is christmas (used as one's unceremoniously put pessimistic or ironical (or both) reaction to someone's hoping for the best), fat chance!, he'll have a long wait!, he'll have to wait till doomsday for it, if you cut down the woods, you'll catch the wolf, some hopes!, you've got some hopes! -
17 держи карман шире
1) General subject: I will see you blowed first, like fun, In your dreams(, buddy)! (http://community.post-gazette.com/blogs/countdahn/archive/2009/02/01/only-in-your-dreams-buddy.aspx), I wouldn't hold my breath2) Colloquial: I will see you damned first3) Banking: line your own pockets4) Set phrase: a fat lot of good that will do, a fat lot will he do it, coming, and so is christmas (used as one's unceremoniously put pessimistic or ironical (or both) reaction to someone's hoping for the best), fat chance!, he'll have a long wait!, he'll have to wait till doomsday for it, if you cut down the woods, you'll catch the wolf, some hopes!, you've got some hopes! -
18 М-86
ПРИНИМАТЬ/ПРИНЯТЬ МЕРЫ VP subj: human or collect) to carry out a series of actions (that should produce a certain result)X принял меры - X took (appropriate) measures (steps)X took action (on sth.) X did something (about it) (in limited contexts) X took (some) precautions.В Учреждение, возглавляемое капитаном Милягой, граждане почти всегда писали письма без обратного адреса... В таких письмах содержались обычно мелкие доносы... К чести Учреждения надо сказать, что оно принимало меры далеко не по каждому такому сигналу, иначе на воле не осталось бы ни одного человека (Войнович 2). Citizens almost always wrote letters to the Institution headed by Milyaga without a return address....As a rule, such letters contained petty denunciations...It must be said, to the Institution's credit, that very few such letters ever caused it to take measures, otherwise there would not have been a single person left free in the country (2a).Цель мероприятия - обнаружить тех, кто не одобряет его проведения, и принять меры (Зиновьев 1). The aim of the experiment was to detect those who did not approve of its being carried out and to take appropriate steps (1a).Дед заговорил вкрадчиво и мягко. Он сказал, что все устроится по-хорошему. Если юноша тоскует, то надо, конечно, принять меры (Булгаков 5). The grandfather began to speak in mild, conciliatory tones. Everything, he said, would turn out for the best. If the young man was unhappy, then, of course, it was necessary to do something about it (5a).(Михаил:) Ну, завод закрыт. Но на всякий случай надо принять меры... (Горький 1). (М.:) Well, the factory's closed. But we'd better take some precautions, just in case (1b). -
19 П-13
ПАЛЬМА ПЕРВЕНСТВА lit NP sing only, fixed WOfull superiority (in some skill) or undisputed victory (in achieving sth. over one's opponent)the palm (of supremacy)пальма первенства принадлежала X-y = X bore (carried off) the palmX уступил Y-y (Y отбил у X-a) пальму первенства - X yielded the palm to XY captured the palm.Отчасти это выглядело и как вручение пальмы первенства за лучший застольный рассказ (Искандер 4). It also looked a bit as if he were handing him the palm for the best dinner-table story (4a).«...Я согласен включить его в проект, поделить с ним лавры, отдать ему, наконец, пальму первенства» (Михайловская 1).и...1 am ready to include him in the project, to share the laurels with him, even ready to give him the palm of supremacy" (1a).{authors usage) Вот тогда, после этого указания, мы сразу поняли, что пальму лунного первенства решено уступить американцам, а вскоре из бесед с сотрудниками Королева я узнал подоплеку решения (Владимиров 1). ( context transl) It was then, when we received those instructions, that we realised immediately that it had been decided to "yield" first place in the "moon race" to the Americans, and it was not long before I discovered from talks with Korolyov's colleagues what underlay the decision (1a).From an ancient Greek custom of awarding a palm branch to the winner of a competition. -
20 принимать меры
• ПРИНИМАТЬ/ПРИНЯТЬ МЕРЫ[VP; subj: human or collect]=====⇒ to carry out a series of actions (that should produce a certain result):- X took action (on sth.);- [in limited contexts] X took (some) precautions.♦ В Учреждение, возглавляемое капитаном Милягой, граждане почти всегда писали письма без обратного адреса... В таких письмах содержались обычно мелкие доносы... К чести Учреждения надо сказать, что оно принимало меры далеко не по каждому такому сигналу, иначе на воле не осталось бы ни одного человека (Войнович 2). Citizens almost always wrote letters to the Institution headed by Milyaga without a return address....As a rule, such letters contained petty denunciations...It must be said, to the Institution's credit, that very few such letters ever caused it to take measures; otherwise there would not have been a single person left free in the county (2a).♦ Цель мероприятия - обнаружить тех, кто не одобряет его проведения, и принять меры (Зиновьев 1). The aim of the experiment was to detect those who did not approve of its being carried out and to take appropriate steps (1a).♦ Дед заговорил вкрадчиво и мягко. Он сказал, что все устроится по-хорошему. Если юноша тоскует, то надо, конечно, принять меры (Булгаков 5). The grandfather began to speak in mild, conciliatory tones. Everything, he said, would turn out for the best. If the young man was unhappy, then, of course, it was necessary to do something about it (5a).♦ [Михаил:] Ну, завод закрыт. Но на всякий случай надо принять меры... (Горький 1). [М.:] Well, the factory's closed. But we'd better take some precautions, just in case (1b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > принимать меры
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