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101 размякнуть
1) General subject: get limp, limpen, become mushy2) Makarov: soften -
102 разупрочнять
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103 разупрочняться
Metallurgy: soften -
104 сделать свою позицию более гибкой
Diplomatic term: soften positionУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сделать свою позицию более гибкой
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105 сломить
1) General subject: bear down, beat down (сопротивление, оппозицию), beat to her knees, beat to his knees, break (сопротивление), break down (сопротивление), overcome, overpower, soften up (чьё-л. сопротивление), break down, wear down (сопротивление)2) Military: break down (волю)3) Diplomatic term: prostrate4) Makarov: crack down (сопротивление) -
106 сломить сопротивление
1) General subject: break the back of (чего-либо), break the back of something (чего-либо), break the neck of (чего-либо), break the neck of something (чего-либо), (чьё-л.) swagger out of opposition, break neck, break the back of, wear down resistance2) Colloquial: (чьё-л.) unzip3) Military: break down resistance, break resistance, crush resistance, dissipate opposition, neutralize opposition, overcome opposition, weed out resistance4) Diplomatic term: (тж. break down) break, break down resistance (противника), crash resistance (противника)5) Politics: soften up ( sb)6) Jargon: unzip7) Makarov: bear down resistance, break the back (of), break the neck, crash resistanceУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > сломить сопротивление
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107 смягчать оппозицию
1) Mass media: soften opposition2) Makarov: defuse oppositionУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > смягчать оппозицию
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108 смягчать требования
Military: relax demands, soften demandsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > смягчать требования
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109 смягчать эффект
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110 смягчать(ся)
Programming: soften -
111 смягчаться
1) General subject: calm down, edulcorate (об отношении), humanise, humanize, liberalize (о правилах, ограничениях), meeken, mellow, melt, milden, moderate, relax, remit, soften, supple, tempered, thaw, tone, tone down, wear off, relent2) Colloquial: (on) let up (в отношении кого-л.)3) Bookish: edulcorate (об отношении и т.п.)4) Australian slang: take a chill pill5) Polygraphy: flatten -
112 смягчить (чьё-л.) сердце
General subject: soften heart, unsteel heartУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > смягчить (чьё-л.) сердце
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113 смягчить или сломить
General subject: soften up (чьё-л. сопротивление)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > смягчить или сломить
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114 смягчить позицию
General subject: soften one's stand -
115 смягчить резкость ответа
Makarov: soften the harshness of the answerУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > смягчить резкость ответа
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116 смягчить свою позицию
Diplomatic term: soften positionУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > смягчить свою позицию
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117 смягчить требования
1) Colloquial: loosen up2) Military: relax demands, soften demandsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > смягчить требования
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118 смягчить чьё-л. сердце
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > смягчить чьё-л. сердце
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119 смягчиться
1) General subject: grow mellow (с годами), mellow, melt, moderate, relax, remit, soften, relent2) Australian slang: chuck a willy -
120 становиться мягче
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soften — [v] calm, soothe abate, allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, become tender, bend, cushion, diminish, disintegrate, dissolve, ease, enfeeble, give, knead, lessen, lighten, lower, mash, mellow, melt, mitigate, moderate, modify, moisten, mollify,… … New thesaurus
soften — [sôf′ən, säf′ən] vt., vi. [ME softnen: see SOFT & EN] 1. to make or become soft or softer 2. to weaken the resistance or opposition of … English World dictionary