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6 It's an iffy question!
Это ещё как сказать! Это бабушка надвое сказала!Difficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > It's an iffy question!
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[ʹıfı] a амер. разг.1) неопределённый, сомнительныйit's an iffy question - это ещё как сказать!
2) склонный выдвигать оговорки, условия; колеблющийсяthey remained iffy - они продолжали выдвигать всё новые условия и оговорки
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1. n1) вопрос2) допрос; следствие•to address a question — заниматься каким-л. вопросом
to bring up a question — поднимать / ставить вопрос
to call into question — ставить что-л. под сомнение
to call smb in question — 1) подвергать кого-л. допросу, допрашивать кого-л. 2) отдавать кого-л. под суд
to clarify / to clear up a question — вносить ясность в вопрос
to complicate a question — запутывать / усложнять вопрос
to depart / to deviate / to digress from a question — отклоняться от темы
to dodge / to duck a question — уклоняться от ответа на вопрос
to entangle a question — запутывать / усложнять вопрос
to enter upon ventilation of a question — приступать к обсуждению вопроса; открывать дебаты / дискуссию / прения по вопросу
to open a question — поднимать / ставить вопрос
to resolve / to settle / to solve a question — разрешать вопрос / проблему
to separate a question from — отделять проблему от (чего-л.)
to speak to the question — выступать / говорить по существу вопроса
- blunt questionto treat a question — рассматривать / интерпретировать вопрос
- burning question
- contentions question
- controversial question
- debatable question
- far-reaching question
- grave question
- human rights question
- iffy question
- irrelevant question
- legitimate question
- missile question
- moral question
- open question
- pending question
- peripheral question
- pivotal question
- preliminary question
- primal question
- privileged question
- probing question
- question calling for ventilation
- question of mutual concern
- question of mutual interest
- question of procedure
- question of the day
- question under discussion
- refugee question
- relevant question
- reunification question
- thorny question
- ticklish question
- unresolvable question
- unsettled question
- vexed question
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1. n1) вопрос, проблема2) вопрос3) сомнение, возражение4) допрос, следствие- call smb. in question•2. v1) допрашивать
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