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TO И ДЕЛО ( Invar adv used with impfv verbs fixed WO(one does sth., sth. happens) often, frequentlyover and over (again)again and again time and (time) again (in limited contexts) constantly continually keep (doing sth.).«Генерал Кондратенко», - то и дело повторяла бабушка (Олеша 3). "General Kondratenko," my grandmother repeated over and over (3a).«Байрон», - то и дело слышалось из его уст... (Олеша 3). "Byron," we heard from his lips again and again... (3a).Это был человек, которого нельзя не заметить. На пустой, заснеженной улице он привлекал внимание тем, что то и дело оглядывался (Терц 8). This was a man whom one could not fail to notice. In the empty, snow-swept street he attracted attention by constantly looking over his shoulder (8a).Было без четверти час но Карл Иванович, казалось, и не думал о том, чтобы отпустить нас: он то и дело задавал новые уроки. Скука и аппетит увеличивались в одинаковой мере (Толстой 2). It was a quarter to one. But Karl Ivanych apparently had no intention of letting us go: he kept setting us new tasks. Lassitude and hunger increased in equal proportion (2c). -
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[Invar; adv; used with impfv verbs; fixed WO]=====⇒ (one does sth., sth. happens) often, frequently:- [in limited contexts] constantly;- continually;- keep (doing sth.).♦ "Генерал Кондратенко", - то и дело повторяла бабушка (Олеша 3). "General Kondratenko," my grandmother repeated over and over (3a).♦ "Байрон", - то и дело слышалось из его уст... (Олеша 3). "Byron," we heard from his lips again and again... (3a).♦ Это был человек, которого нельзя не заметить. На пустой, заснеженной улице он привлекал внимание тем, что то и дело оглядывался (Терц 8). This was a man whom one could not fail to notice. In the empty, snow-swept street he attracted attention by constantly looking over his shoulder (8a).♦ Было без четверти час; но Карл Иванович, казалось, и не думал о том, чтобы отпустить нас: он то и дело задавал новые уроки. Скука и аппетит увеличивались в одинаковой мере (Толстой 2). It was a quarter to one. But Karl Ivanych apparently had no intention of letting us go: he kept setting us new tasks. Lassitude and hunger increased in equal proportion (2c).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > то и дело
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