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121 throw down
transitive verbit's throwing it down — (coll.) es gießt [wie aus Eimern] (ugs.)
* * *vt▪ to \throw down down ⇆ sth1. (throw from above) etw herunterwerfen2. (deposit forcefully) etw hinwerfenthey threw a stone down the shaft sie warfen einen Stein in den Schachtto \throw down down one's arms sich akk ergebento \throw down down one's weapons die Waffen strecken [o wegwerfen4.▶ to \throw down down the gauntlet to sb jdm den Fehdehandschuh hinwerfen* * *vt sep1) (from a roof, the stairs etc) herunterwerfenthrow down your guns! —
to throw oneself down on the floor — sich zu Boden werfen, sich auf den Boden fallen lassen
2) (fig)* * *throw down v/t1. (o.s. sich) niederwerfen: → academic.ru/30597/gauntlet">gauntlet1 22. umstürzen3. CHEM fällen* * *transitive verbthrow down [on the ground] — auf den Boden werfen
it's throwing it down — (coll.) es gießt [wie aus Eimern] (ugs.)
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122 face
face [feɪs]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. [of person] visage m• you're lying, it's written all over your face! (inf) tu mens, ça se lit sur ton visage !• to come face to face with [+ person] se trouver nez à nez avec• get out of my face! (inf!) fous-moi la paix ! (inf !)b. ( = front) he was lying face down il était à plat ventrec. ( = expression) mine fd. ( = appearance) visage mf. [of mountain] face f• it fell face up/down [playing card, photo] elle est tombée face en dessus/en dessousa. ( = look towards) faire face àb. ( = look out onto) [building] donner surc. ( = confront) two problems faced them ils se trouvaient devant deux problèmes• the government, faced with renewed wage demands... le gouvernement, confronté à de nouvelles revendications salariales...• he was faced with a bill for £100 il se voyait obligé de payer une note de 100 livresd. ( = face up to) [+ problem] affronter ; [+ truth] regarder en face• she won't face the fact that he's not going to come back elle ne veut pas se rendre à l'évidence et admettre qu'il ne reviendra pase. ( = risk incurring) risquerf. ( = appear before) affronterb. [house] être orienté4. compounds► face cloth noun ≈ gant m de toilette• to give a face-lift to [+ house] (exterior) ravaler la façade de ; (interior) retaper ; [+ political party, company] rajeunir l'image de• the town has been given a face-lift la ville a fait peau neuve ► face mask noun masque m ; (Cosmetics) masque m (de beauté)• it was a face-saving exercise on their part ils l'ont fait pour sauver la face ► face-to-face adjective face à face• to face up to the fact that... admettre que...* * *[feɪs] 1.to slam the door/laugh in somebody's face — claquer la porte/rire au nez de quelqu'un
to be face up/down — [person] être sur le dos/ventre
2) ( expression) air mto pull ou make a face — faire la grimace
3) fig ( outward appearance)to change the face of — changer le visage de [industry]
4) ( dignity)5) ( surface) (of clock, watch) cadran m; (of gem, dice) face f; ( of coin) côté m; ( of planet) surface f; (of cliff, mountain) face f; ( of rock) paroi f; ( of playing card) face f; ( of document) recto mto disappear ou vanish off the face of the earth — (colloq) disparaître de la circulation
2.face up/down — à l'endroit/l'envers
transitive verb1) ( look towards) [person] faire face à; [building, room] donner surto face north/south — [person] regarder au nord/sud; [building] être orienté au nord/sud
facing our house, there is... — en face de notre maison, il y a...
2) ( confront) se trouver face à [challenge, crisis]; se voir contraint de payer [fine]; se trouver menacé de [defeat, redundancy]; être contraint de faire [choice]; affronter [attacker, rival, team]to be faced with — se trouver confronté à [problem, decision]
to face somebody with — confronter quelqu'un à [truth, evidence]
3) ( acknowledge)face the facts, you're finished! — regarde la réalité en face, tu es fini!
let's face it, nobody's perfect — admettons-le, personne n'est parfait
4) ( tolerate prospect)he couldn't face the thought of walking/eating — l'idée de marcher/manger lui était insupportable
5) ( run the risk of) risquer [fine, suspension]6) Construction revêtir [façade, wall] ( with de)7) ( in printing) [photo etc] être face à [page]3.1)to face towards — [person, chair] être tourné vers; [building, house] être en face de
to face backwards — [person] tourner le dos
to be facing forward — [person] être de face
2) Military4.in the face of prepositional phrase1) ( despite) en dépit de [difficulties]2) ( in confrontation with) face à, devant [opposition, enemy, danger]•Phrasal Verbs:•• -
123 stand
stand [stænd]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━► vb: pret, ptp stood━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. ( = position) position fc. (for displaying goods) étal m ; also newspaper stand kiosque m à journaux ; (at trade fair) stand md. ( = seating area) tribune fe. ( = witness stand) barre fa. ( = place) [+ object] mettreb. ( = tolerate) supporter• I can't stand it any longer (pain, criticism) je ne peux plus le supporter ; (boredom) j'en ai assezc. ( = withstand) résister àa. ( = be upright also stand up [person, animal] être debout• the project will stand or fall by... le succès du projet repose sur...• all stand! levez-vous s'il vous plaît !c. ( = stay) rester (debout)• don't just stand there, do something! ne reste pas là à ne rien faire !d. ( = be positioned) [person] être, se tenir ; [object, vehicle, tree] être, se trouver ; [town, building] se trouver• he stood there ready to shoot il se tenait là, prêt à tirer• how do things stand? où en sont les choses ?► to stand + preposition• where do you stand on this question? quelle est votre position sur cette question ?e. ( = tread) marcher• where's that letter? -- you're standing on it où est la lettre ? -- tu marches dessusf. ( = measure) faireg. ( = be mounted, based) reposer• the record stood at four minutes for several years pendant plusieurs années le record a été de quatre minutes► to stand + past participle/adjectivei. ( = remain undisturbed, unchanged) [liquid, mixture, dough] reposer ; [tea, coffee] infuserj. (British = be candidate) se présenter4. compounds► stand about, stand around intransitive verb• don't stand about doing nothing! ne reste pas là à ne rien faire !• they kept us standing about for hours ils nous ont fait attendre debout pendant des heures► stand aside intransitive verb se pousser( = move back) reculer ; (from stimulation, problem) prendre du recul► stand bya. ( = be onlooker) rester là (à ne rien faire)b. ( = be ready for action) [troops] être en état d'alerte ; [emergency services] être prêt à intervenira. ( = support) [+ friend] ne pas abandonner ; [+ colleague, spouse] soutenirb. ( = keep to) [+ promise] tenir ; [+ sb else's decision] respecter ; [+ one's own decision] s'en tenir à► stand down intransitive verb( = resign) démissionnera. ( = represent) représenter• what does UNO stand for? à quoi correspond l'abréviation UNO ?b. ( = defend) défendrec. ( = tolerate) tolérera. ( = protrude) faire saillie ; [vein] saillirb. ( = be conspicuous) ressortirc. ( = be outstanding) se distinguerd. ( = remain firm) tenir bonb. ( = resist challenge) tenir debouta. ( = place upright) mettreb. ( = fail to meet) (inf) [+ friend] faire faux bond à ; [+ boyfriend, girlfriend] poser un lapin à (inf)► stand up for inseparable transitive verb[+ person, principle, belief] défendre[+ bully, superior] affronter ; [+ use, conditions] résister à* * *[stænd] 1.1) ( furniture) ( for coats) portemanteau m; ( for hats) porte-chapeau m; (for plant, trophy) guéridon m; ( for music) pupitre m à musique3) ( in stadium) tribunes fpl4) ( witness box) barre f5) ( stance) position fto take ou make a stand on something — prendre position sur quelque chose
6) ( resistance to attack) résistance f7) ( standstill)2.transitive verb (prét, pp stood)1) ( place) mettre [person, object]2) ( bear) supporterhe can't stand to do ou doing — il ne supporte pas de faire
3) (colloq) ( pay for)4) Law5) ( be liable)3.intransitive verb (prét, pp stood)1) (also stand up) se lever2) ( be upright) [person] se tenir debout; [object] tenir deboutdon't just stand there, do something! — ne reste pas planté (colloq) là! fais quelque chose!
3) ( be positioned) [building etc] être; ( clearly delineated) se dresser4) ( step)5) (be)to stand empty — [house] rester vide
as things stand... — étant donné l'état actuel des choses...
I want to know where I stand — fig je voudrais savoir où j'en suis
to stand in somebody's way — lit bloquer le passage à quelqu'un; fig faire obstacle à quelqu'un
6) ( remain valid) [offer, agreement] rester valable7) ( measure)8) ( be at certain level)9) ( be a candidate) se présenter10) ( not move) [water, mixture] reposer•Phrasal Verbs:- stand by- stand in- stand to- stand up•• -
124 competence
n1. вміння, спроможність, компетентність2. юр. компетенція, правомочність, правоздатність- to act outside one's competence перевищувати свої повноваження- to challenge the competence оспорювати/ піддавати сумніву компетенцію/ правоздатність- to define the competence (of the committee) визначити коло обов'язків (комітету)- within one's competence в межах чиєїсь компетенції -
125 stump
[stʌmp] 1. сущ.1)а) обрубок; культя, ампутированная конечностьв) разг.; шутл. ногаto stir one's stumps — поторапливаться, пошевеливаться
Syn:leg 1.At the same time he set his wooden stump upon my foot. — И в этот момент он наступил мне на ногу своим деревянным протезом.
2)а) пень3)а) окурокan inkstand with no ink and the stump of one pen — чернильница, в которой нет чернил, и огрызок пера
г) обрубленный, купированный хвостSyn:dock IV 1.•Syn:4)а) болван, глупецSyn:б) коротышка5) тяжёлый шаг6)а) столб, стойкаSyn:stake 1.б) спорт. столбик крикетной калитки7) преим. амер. агитационная поездка ( во время избирательной кампании)- stump speech8) растушёвка, растушёвывание ( в живописи)9) (очень) короткая стрижка; коротко остриженные волосы, ёжик2. гл.1) корчевать; выкорчёвывать; вырывать с корнемHe has stumped every tree. — Он выкорчевал все деревья.
Syn:stub 2.2) срезать, обрезать, обрубать, отсекатьThese plants require, before being planted out, to be stumped. — Перед посадкой эти растения необходимо подрезать.
Syn:3)а) = stump along ковылять, тяжело ступатьHe stumped in and sat down with a sigh of relief. — Он вошёл, тяжело ступая, и, облегченно вздохнув, сел.
б) амер.; разг. ударяться (больно) ногой (обо что-л.)Syn:4) разг. ставить в тупик, приводить в замешательствоI am stumped for an answer. — Не знаю, что ответить.
Syn:5) преим. амер. совершать агитационные поездки, агитировать ( во время избирательной кампании)Tory orators were stumping the country. — Агитаторы Консервативной партии колесили по стране с агитационными речами.
6) амер. вызывать на соревнование; подзадориватьSyn:7) выбивать из игры ( в крикете)8) амер.; разг. оставаться без средств к существованиюHaven't you heard, my dear fellow, we are stumped? (T. Hook) — Разве вы не слышали, мой друг, что мы разорены?
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126 will
I [wɪl] n1) воля, сила волиHe has no will of his own. — У него нет воли.
- firm will- indomitable will
- will power
- will to live
- man of strong will2) воля, желание- at will
- do smth against smb's will
- implement the will of the majority
- impose one's will on smb
- show good will smb, smth
- work with the will to succeed
- where there is a will there is a way3) завещаниеHe left everything to his wife in his will. — Он все оставил
no — завещанию жене
- deathbed will- smb's last will
- according to the will
- make a will
- break a will
- challenge a will
- change a will
- execute a will
- probate a will II [wɪl] v2) в вопросительных и вопросительно-отрицательных предложениях передает вежливую просьбу- shut the window, will you?She won't open the door. — Она не хочет открывать дверь.
She won't show me what she has written. — Она ни за что не хочет показать мне то, что написала.
5) часто относится к инструментам или устройствам для указания на нарушение, отказ в работе при выполнении обычных функций- car won't start- door won't open6) передает характерную, привычную черту поведения, присущее кому-либо свойствоHe'll often say something and then forget what it was he said. — Он часто что-нибудь скажет, а потом забудет, что сказал.
Boys will be boys. — Мальчики есть мальчики
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127 a clean sweep
1) полное избавление (от кого-л. или от чего-л.) (обыкн. употр. с гл. to make)I want to make a clean sweep of everything I've learnt and start fresh. When I came back I destroyed everything I'd painted. I've got nothing in my studio now but an easel, my paints, and some clean canvases. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, ch. 48) — Мне хочется перечеркнуть все, чему я учился, и начать сызнова. Когда я вернулся, я уничтожил все мои картины. У меня в мастерской теперь нет ничего, кроме мольберта, красок и чистых холстов.
There is exultation in making a clean sweep of an old life and starting off on a new one. (R. Aldington, ‘Very Heaven’, part II, ch. 6) — Мы испытываем какой-то восторг, когда отметаем начисто прежнюю жизнь и начинаем новую.
When we came here, I felt that the New Town gave one a chance of clean sweep, of starting afresh with no ancient baggage. (J. Lindsay, ‘All on the Never-Never’, ch. 6) — Когда мы приехали в Нью-Таун, я думал, что у меня появилась возможность начать новую жизнь и позабыть о прошлом.
In forming his new Cabinet the Prime Minister has made a clean sweep. (ALD) — Формируя новый кабинет, премьер-министр полностью обновил его состав.
2) полная победа (спортивной команды, политической партии и т. п.)Burly Nicola Pletrangeli, of Italy, today beat Wimbledon champion Neale Fraser to prevent a clean sweep by Australia in the Davis Cup challenge round here. (‘Dally Worker’) — Итальянец Берли Никола Пьетранджели нанес поражение уимблдонскому чемпиону Нилу Фрейзеру и таким образом помешал австралийской команде выиграть Кубок Дэвиса.
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128 ask for
Синонимический ряд:1. dispute (verb) assert; challenge; claim as one's due; contest; demand one's rights; dispute; impose; question; take exception2. request (verb) ask; bid; call; invite; request
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