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techy имя прилагательное:touchy (обидчивый, раздражительный, рискованный, повышенно чувствительный, легковоспламеняющийся, опасный)techy (обидчивый, раздражительный)pettish (обидчивый, раздражительный) -
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В БОЛЬШИНСТВЕ (СВОЁМ) PrepP these forms only nonagreeing modif or sent adv fixed WOthe significantly larger part of (a specific group of people or things)for the most partmostly the majority (of) most (of) the greater part of predominantly.В приемной было людно, посетители, в большинстве женщины, стояли в очереди к окошечкам... (Гроссман 2.) There were lots of people there I in the reception-room)the visitors, mostly women, were standing in line in front of the windows (2a)....Когда я познакомился еще с несколькими его коллегами, я заметил, что кагебешники... в большинстве своем очень обидчивы (Войнович 1)....When I got to know others of his colleagues in the KGB, I observed that the majority are quick to take offense (1a).Русские социал-демократы в большинстве своем пошли за большевиками... (Рыбаков 2). Most Russian Social Democrats had sided with the Bolsheviks... (2a).В большинстве офицеры были молодые, лишь у нескольких инеем белела седина (Шолохов 3). Most of the officers were young men, only a few were touched with a frosty grey (3a).«По ленинским местам» фильм должен был называться или как-то в этом духе, я... точно не помню. А места эти, ленинские, они, как известно, в большинстве своем за рубежами нашей отчизны находятся. Потому что товарищ Ленин в свое время был тоже как бы невозвращенец (Войнович 1). I don't remember exactly what it (the film) was to be called - "In the Footsteps of Lenin"-something like that. As we know, the greater part of those footsteps occurred outside the borders of our country. Because Comrade Lenin at one time had been something of a defector himself (1a). -
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[PrepP; these forms only; nonagreeing modif or sent adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ the significantly larger part of (a specific group of people or things):- mostly;- most (of);- predominantly.♦ В приемной было людно, посетители, в большинстве женщины, стояли в очереди к окошечкам... (Гроссман 2.) There were lots of people there [in the reception-room]; the visitors, mostly women, were standing in line in front of the windows (2a).♦...Когда я познакомился еще с несколькими его коллегами, я заметил, что кагебешники... в большинстве своем очень обидчивы (Войнович 1)....When I got to know others of his colleagues in the KGB, I observed that the majority are quick to take offense (1a).♦...Русские социал-демократы в большинстве своем пошли за большевиками... (Рыбаков 2). Most Russian Social Democrats had sided with the Bolsheviks... (2a).♦ В большинстве офицеры были молодые, лишь у нескольких инеем белела седина (Шолохов 3). Most of the officers were young men; only a few were touched with a frosty grey (3a).♦ "По ленинским местам" фильм должен был называться или как-то в этом духе, я... точно не помню. А места эти, ленинские, они, как известно, в большинстве своем за рубежами нашей отчизны находятся. Потому что товарищ Ленин в свое время был тоже как бы невозвращенец (Войнович 1). I don't remember exactly what it [the film] was to be called - "In the Footsteps of Lenin"-something like that. As we know, the greater part of those footsteps occurred outside the borders of our country. Because Comrade Lenin at one time had been something of a defector himself (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в большинстве
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• В БОЛЬШИНСТВЕ (СВОЕМ)[PrepP; these forms only; nonagreeing modif or sent adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ the significantly larger part of (a specific group of people or things):- mostly;- most (of);- predominantly.♦ В приемной было людно, посетители, в большинстве женщины, стояли в очереди к окошечкам... (Гроссман 2.) There were lots of people there [in the reception-room]; the visitors, mostly women, were standing in line in front of the windows (2a).♦...Когда я познакомился еще с несколькими его коллегами, я заметил, что кагебешники... в большинстве своем очень обидчивы (Войнович 1)....When I got to know others of his colleagues in the KGB, I observed that the majority are quick to take offense (1a).♦...Русские социал-демократы в большинстве своем пошли за большевиками... (Рыбаков 2). Most Russian Social Democrats had sided with the Bolsheviks... (2a).♦ В большинстве офицеры были молодые, лишь у нескольких инеем белела седина (Шолохов 3). Most of the officers were young men; only a few were touched with a frosty grey (3a).♦ "По ленинским местам" фильм должен был называться или как-то в этом духе, я... точно не помню. А места эти, ленинские, они, как известно, в большинстве своем за рубежами нашей отчизны находятся. Потому что товарищ Ленин в свое время был тоже как бы невозвращенец (Войнович 1). I don't remember exactly what it [the film] was to be called - "In the Footsteps of Lenin"-something like that. As we know, the greater part of those footsteps occurred outside the borders of our country. Because Comrade Lenin at one time had been something of a defector himself (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > в большинстве своем
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