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121 мало ли что
• МАЛО ЛИ ЧТО coll[Invar; fixed WO]=====1. [used in a rejoinder, usu. foll. by a predic that is a repetition of the predic from the interlocutor's preceding remark]⇒ it is inconsequential:- as if it matters (that (what)...)!;- it doesn't matter (that (what)...);- what of it?;- so what?;- so what if person X does (has, is etc)?♦ "Главное, улик никаких", - спокойно сказал исправник. "Как никаких, коли сами мальчики признались?" - "Мало ли что признались, а перед судьёй отопрутся, - там ведь их пороть не станут" (Сологуб 1). "The important thing is that we have no evidence," said the police chief quietly. "What do you mean 'no evidence' if the boys themselves confessed?" "That makes no difference - they might deny it in court, and there'd be no one to whip them there" (1a).2. [usu. indep. sent]⇒ (s.o. takes a precautionary measure, acts in a cautious manner, prepares himself etc because) any number of things (usu. undesirable) might occur:- anything could happen.♦ Катерине он советовал сбыть всё [всю картошку]... Но три куля Катерина всё-таки оставила - мало ли что! (Распутин 4). He suggested that Katerina sell all of hers [her potatoes].... But Katerina still kept three bags-you never know! (4a).♦ У прохожих он узнал, что до закрытия магазина оставалось ещё больше часу, но он решил никуда не уходить, а дожидаться закрытия на этом месте. Мало ли что... Вдруг они вздумают закрыть свой магазин раньше времени (Искандер 4). From passersby he learned that it was still over an hour before the store closed, but he decided not to go anywhere, to wait right here. Anything could happen....What if they took it into their heads to close their store early (4a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > мало ли что
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122 без мала
• БЕЗ МАЛОГО coll; БЕЗ МАЛА substand[PrepP; these forms only; usu. used with a quantit NP as nonagreeing modif]=====⇒ a little less than (the amount, number etc named):- almost;- just about;- nearly;- just under;- practically.♦...Он объяснил себе свои предчувствия так, что слишком давно ничего не писал " своего", уже без малого год, даже больше года... (Битов 2)....He explained his premonitions by telling himself that it was too long since he had written anything of his own, almost a year already, even more than a year (2a).♦ "В чем же вы провинились?" - "Да не мы... Соседи. Нам заодно досталось..." - "А те что?" - "Да без малого все семь смертных грехов" (Пастернак 1). "What have you done?" "We didn't do anything, it was our neighbors; we got it too for good measure..." "And what crime had they committed?" "Just about all the seven deadly sins..." (1a).♦...Вот уже без малого двадцать лет [ дочь] ходит за ним, кормит, обстирывает... (Максимов 3)....For nearly twenty years now [his daughter] had looked after him, fed him, washed his clothes... (3a).♦ Без малого три месяца провалялся Андрей Гуськов в новосибирском госпитале (Распутин 2). Andrei [Guskov] languished in the hospital in Novosibirsk for just under three. months (2a).♦ Он именно, чуть не по пальцам, высчитал, что Митя, в первый приезд свой в Мокрое, за месяц почти пред катастрофой, не мог истратить менее трёх тысяч или "разве без самого только малого" (Достоевский 2). He calculated precisely, almost on his fingers, that during his first visit to Mokroye about a month before the catastrophe, Mitya could not have spent less than three thousand, or "maybe just a tiny bit less" (2a).♦ [Бабакина:] Видано ли дело: первый заём стоит уж двести семьдесят, а второй без малого двести пятьдесят... (Чехов 4). [В.:] It's fantastic - they're up to two hundred and seventy roubles for the first draw and they're practically at two-fifty for the second (4b)Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > без мала
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123 без малого
• БЕЗ МАЛОГО coll; БЕЗ МАЛА substand[PrepP; these forms only; usu. used with a quantit NP as nonagreeing modif]=====⇒ a little less than (the amount, number etc named):- almost;- just about;- nearly;- just under;- practically.♦...Он объяснил себе свои предчувствия так, что слишком давно ничего не писал " своего", уже без малого год, даже больше года... (Битов 2)....He explained his premonitions by telling himself that it was too long since he had written anything of his own, almost a year already, even more than a year (2a).♦ "В чем же вы провинились?" - "Да не мы... Соседи. Нам заодно досталось..." - "А те что?" - "Да без малого все семь смертных грехов" (Пастернак 1). "What have you done?" "We didn't do anything, it was our neighbors; we got it too for good measure..." "And what crime had they committed?" "Just about all the seven deadly sins..." (1a).♦...Вот уже без малого двадцать лет [ дочь] ходит за ним, кормит, обстирывает... (Максимов 3)....For nearly twenty years now [his daughter] had looked after him, fed him, washed his clothes... (3a).♦ Без малого три месяца провалялся Андрей Гуськов в новосибирском госпитале (Распутин 2). Andrei [Guskov] languished in the hospital in Novosibirsk for just under three. months (2a).♦ Он именно, чуть не по пальцам, высчитал, что Митя, в первый приезд свой в Мокрое, за месяц почти пред катастрофой, не мог истратить менее трёх тысяч или "разве без самого только малого" (Достоевский 2). He calculated precisely, almost on his fingers, that during his first visit to Mokroye about a month before the catastrophe, Mitya could not have spent less than three thousand, or "maybe just a tiny bit less" (2a).♦ [Бабакина:] Видано ли дело: первый заём стоит уж двести семьдесят, а второй без малого двести пятьдесят... (Чехов 4). [В.:] It's fantastic - they're up to two hundred and seventy roubles for the first draw and they're practically at two-fifty for the second (4b)Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > без малого
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124 некоторым образом
[NPinstrum; Invar; adv or modif; fixed WO]=====⇒ in some manner or measure:- in a < some> way;- somewhat.♦...Он ещё не может знать, не подозревает о существовании этих фактов, но эти факты тем не менее существуют сами по себе и существуют, некоторым образом, в его незнании (Битов 2)....He cannot yet know about and does not suspect the existence of these facts, yet the facts nevertheless exist independently and also exist, after a fashion, in his ignorance (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > некоторым образом
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125 Счет дружбе не помеха
А right way of setting accounts does not hinder friendship. See Чаще счет - крепче дружба (4)Var.: Счёт дружбы не портит Cf: Correct counting keeps good friends (Br.). Even reckoning makes lasting (long) friends (Br.). Pay your debts or lose your friends (Am.). Short reckonings make long friends (Am., Br.). Weight and measure take away strife (Br.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Счет дружбе не помеха
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126 размер
1. м.1. (величина, масштаб) dimensions pl.2. (об одежде, обуви) size3. (о проценте, налогах, зарплате) rate4. ( степень) degree, extent; scale2. м.увеличиться до огромных размеров — increase to, или assume, enormous proportions
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127 счёт
м.1. тк. ед. ( действие) counting, reckoning, calculationвести строгий счёт — keep* strict count
2. бух. accountтекущий счёт — account current (сокр. a/c)
на счёт кого-л. — on smb.'s account
в счёт чего-л. — on account of smth.
3. (за товар, за работу) bill, accountплатить по счёту — settle the account
4. тк. ед. спорт. scoreсо счётом 3:0 — with a score of 3 goals to nil
5. муз. timeсчёт на два, на три — two, three time; binary, ternary measure
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на счёт (рд.) — on account (of)за счёт (рд.) — at the expense (of); (благодаря чему-л.) by, owing to
в конечном счёте — in the end, finally, in the long run, in the final analysis
принять что-л. на свой счёт — take* smth. as referring to oneself
быть у кого-л. на хорошем счету — stand* well with smb.
быть на хорошем, дурном счету — be in good, bad repute; be in smb.'s good, bad books идиом.
сводить счёты с кем-л. — settle a score with smb., square accounts with smb.
сводить старые счёты — pay* off old scores
в два счёта разг. — in no time, in two ticks, in a jiffy
без счёту — countless, without number
счёту нет — (с сущ. в ед. ч.) very much; (с сущ. во мн. ч.) very many
пятый, шестой по счёту — the fifth, the sixth in succession
иметь на своём боевом счету воен. — have to one's credit, have accounted for
потерять счёт (дт.) — lose* count (of)
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128 делать попытку
•An attempt will be made to answer these questions.
* * *Делать попыткуIn this paper an attempt has been made to demonstrate the usefulness of high speed torsion testing in the characterization of metals.This investigation is not attempting to predict the damage in the form of weight loss on a prototype but only to measure some scale effects on the hydrodynamics of the problem.Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > делать попытку
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