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1 приготовиться
1) General subject: buckle, get ready, gird oneself for (к чему-л.), prepare, turn up sleeve (к действию, работе и т.п.), settle to (к чему-л.)2) Sports: get set3) Politics: make ready to do (sth)4) Makarov: gird oneself for (smth.) (к чему-л.), provide (against, for)5) Idiomatic expression: embrace oneself (for smth) -
2 намыливаться
намыливаться, намылиться [namylivatsya]1. soap oneself; 2. разг. (собираться что-то делать) gird oneself for smth. -
3 подготовиться
1) General subject: gear up, prepare, qualify, gird up loins (к чему-л.), prepare oneself for (к чему-л.), gird up one's loins (к серьёзному шагу, к путешествию и т.п.), gird up the loins (к серьёзному шагу, к путешествию и т.п.), set the stage, get (one's) ducks in a row2) Mathematics: get ready3) Bible: gird up the loins (к серьезному шагу, к путешествию и т. п.)4) Phraseological unit: roll up one's sleeves -
4 готовиться
1) General subject: get ready, prep (к уроку), prepare, provide, qualify (для какой-л. деятельности), read (for; к экзамену), shape up (к чему-л.), sharpen one's tools, study (к экзамену и т. п.), warm up (к выступлению, соревнованию), wind up (к чему-л.), be afoot, make preparations, sharpen tools, gird oneself up for (к чему-л.), make preparations for (к чему-л.), brace (for) (к чему-то не очень приятному), be in the making (The stamps were two years in the making, said the postal service's director. - На создание марок ушло / потребовалось два года.), be in the works (It's in the works, it takes a little while to be built.), position oneself2) American: crank up4) Jargon: gear up5) Business: prepare for6) Makarov: train7) Scuba diving: lead up
См. также в других словарях:
gird (up) one's loins (or gird oneself for something) — prepare and strengthen oneself for something difficult. → gird … English new terms dictionary
gird oneself for — prepare oneself for (dangerous or difficult future actions) … Useful english dictionary
gird oneself — 1. To tuck up loose garments under the girdle (so as to be better able to run or act quickly) 2. To brace the mind for any trial or effort 3. See also ↑loin • • • Main Entry: ↑gird … Useful english dictionary
gird — gird1 verb (past and past participle girded or girt) literary encircle or secure with a belt or band. ↘surround; encircle: the mountains girding Kabul. Phrases gird (up) one s loins (or gird oneself for something) prepare and strengthen oneself… … English new terms dictionary
gird — ► VERB (past and past part. girded or girt) literary 1) encircle or secure with a belt or band. 2) (often in phrase gird one s loins) prepare and strengthen oneself for what is to come. ORIGIN Old English, related to GIRDLE(Cf. ↑girdle) and … English terms dictionary
gird — gird1 [gʉrd] vt. girded or girt, girding [ME girden < OE gyrdan, akin to Ger gürten < IE base * gherdh , to enclose > YARD2] 1. to encircle or fasten with a belt or band 2. to surround, encircle, or enclose 3 … English World dictionary
gird — I. /gɜd / (say gerd) verb (t) (girt or girded, girding) 1. Also, gird up. to encircle with a belt or girdle. 2. to surround; hem in. –phrase 3. gird oneself (up) for, to prepare oneself mentally for 4. gird one s …
gird one's loins — phrasal : to prepare for a test of strength or other trial : muster up one s resources : set to work often used with up can the British gird up their loins and move ahead Samuel Van Valkenburg & Ellsworth Huntington * * * I gird (up) one s loins… … Useful english dictionary
gird — I [[t]gɜrd[/t]] v. t. girdedorgirt, gird•ing. 1) to encircle or bind with a belt or band 2) to surround; enclose; hem in 3) to prepare (oneself) for action; brace 4) to equip or invest, as with power or strength • gird (up) one s loins Etymology … From formal English to slang
gird up one's loins — verb To prepare oneself for something demanding. Man came into this world, not to sit down and muse, not to befog himself with vain subtleties, but to gird up his loins and to work. Syn: steel oneself, shape up, suck it up … Wiktionary
gird — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. bind, strap, secure; encircle, surround; equip, support, fortify. See circumscription, preparation, strength. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To encircle] Syn. girdle, secure, bind; see fasten 1 , surround 1 … English dictionary for students
