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121 in either of two ways
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122 in a multitude of ways
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123 in a variety of ways
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124 in such ways as
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125 the Committee of Ways and Means
(the Committee of Ways and Means (тж. the Ways and Means Committee))1) парл. палата общин, заседающая в качестве бюджетной комиссии2) амер. постоянная бюджетная комиссия конгрессаThis bill is before the House Ways and Means Committee and stands little chance of passage. — Законопроект рассматривается бюджетной комиссией палаты представителей. Мало шансов, что этот законопроект будет принят.
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126 the parting of the ways
сомнения, неуверенность (ср. на распутье) [этим. библ. Ezekiel XXI, 21]; см. тж. come to a parting of the ways‘Edwin Drood’ stands at the parting of the ways between the early Victorian and the modern attitude to murder in literature... (V. S. Pritchett, ‘The Living Novel’, ‘Edwin Drood’, Kenk) — В "Эдвине Друде" Диккенс стоит на полдороге между ранневикторианской и современной трактовкой убийства в художественной литературе.
All right, sister, you're at the parting of the ways. Either identify this guy or get hooked as an accessory. (E. S. Gardner, ‘Gold Comes in Bricks’, ch. 15) — Так вот, сестрица. Перед вами выбор. Или установите личность этого парня, или мы будем считать вас его сообщницей.
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127 there are more ways than one to kill a cat
амер.есть много способов добиться своего; ≈ свет не клином сошёлсяBut then the Church came to the front... she was wise, subtle, and knew more than one way to skin a cat - or a nation... (M. Twain, ‘A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court’, ch. 8) — Но затем появилась церковь... она была мудра, ловка и знала много способов, как сдирать шкуру с кошки - то есть с народа...
I can marry the person I want, I guess. And if I can't do it here, well, there are more ways than one to kill a cat. (Th. Dreiser, ‘An American Tragedy’, book II, ch. XXXIX) — Надо полагать, я смогу выйти замуж за кого пожелаю. А если не смогу сделать этого здесь - ну что ж, свет не клином сошелся.
The prosecutor said, ‘It's hard to get the evidence from Switzerland in a form we can use.’ ‘Does that mean our hands are tied?’ ‘Not at all. There are lots of ways of skinning a cat.’ (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Musical Cow’, ch. 24) — - Трудно получить доказательства из Швейцарии в том виде, в каком нам нужно, - заметил обвинитель. - Это значит, что у нас связаны руки? - Отнюдь. Есть много других способов добраться до истины.
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128 shipbuilding ways
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ways and means — n pl 1: methods and resources for raising the necessary revenues for the expenses of a nation or state 2 often cap W&M: a legislative committee with jurisdiction over ways and means Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
ways — I was standing out in the street a little ways, wrote the American novelist Tom Wolfe in his Bonfire of the Vanities (1987). This use of the plural ways, meaning ‘at some indeterminate distance (in time or place)’ is related to a use (with a… … Modern English usage
-ways — A suffix formed from way by the addition of the adverbial s (see { wards}). It is often used interchangeably with wise; as, endways or endwise; noways or nowise, etc. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Ways and Means (play) — Ways and Means is a light comedy and one of the mini plays in Noël Coward s . The show was first copyrighted in 1935 and was produced by [Samuel French Inc.] PlotThe show takes place in the bedroom of a French villa on the Cote d Azur where… … Wikipedia
ways — a sloping structure down which a new ship is launched. → way ways parts into which something divides or is divided. → way … English new terms dictionary