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41 resemble
[rɪ'zemb(ə)l]vпоходить, иметь сходствоThe two brothers resemble each other. — Оба брата похожи друг на друга.
This part of the country resembles England. — Эта местность напоминает Англию
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42 a tangled skein
запутанная паутина, запутанный клубок (обыкн. о жизни, делах и т. п.) [выражение a tangled web создано В. Скоттом: Oh, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive. (‘Marmion’, canto VI)]The older we get, and the more we know of life, the more it resembles a tangled skein. (DEI) — Чем старше мы становимся, чем больше узнаем о жизни, тем больше она напоминает нам запутаннейшую паутину.
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43 the old country
1) Англия, метрополия (по отношению к колониям; тж. the mother country)It is exaggeration to say that now... the everyday cultural life of Canada resembles that of the United States far more than it does that of the "mother country", Great Britain. (W. Foster, ‘Outline Political History of the Americas’, book III, ch. 29) — Можно без преувеличения сказать, что... культурная жизнь Канады гораздо больше напоминает культурную жизнь США, чем своей метрополии - Англии.
2) родина, отечество (тж. the mother country)He won't leave England again, Uncle Soames - seems to have developed quite a feeling for the old country. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Swan Song’, part II, ch. X) — Он больше не уедет из Англии, дядя Сомс, - по-видимому, проникся нежной любовью к родине.
3) амер. страна предков‘By golly,’ Babbitt droned, ‘wouldn't be so bad to go over to the Old Country and take a squint at all these ruins and the place where Shakespeare was born.’ (S. Lewis, ‘Babbitt’, ch. XI) — - Ей-богу, неплохо было бы съездить за океан, поглядеть Старый Свет, - бубнил Бэббит, - всякие там руины, дом, где родился Шекспир.
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44 closely
1. adv близкоclosely approximated — мало отличающийся; весьма близок
2. adv тесно; плотно3. adv внимательноСинонимический ряд:1. compactly (other) compactly; densely; solidly; tight; tightly2. hard (other) hard; intently; searchingly; sharply3. intimately (other) approximately; exactly; familiarly; firmly; in conjunction with; intimately; jointly; nearly; similarly; strictly
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