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121 come to life
ожить; прийти в себя, очнуться ( после обморока)The quiet self-contained woman that I knew had vanished. In her place was a quick-breathing, desperate creature... She was flushed now and her breast heaved. It was as though a statue had suddenly come to life. (A. Christie, ‘The Murder at the Vicarage’, ch. III) — Спокойная, сдержанная женщина, которую я знал, исчезла. Вместо нее было задыхающееся, полное отчаяния существо... Кровь бросилась ей в лицо, грудь высоко вздымалась. Анна Прозерол походила сейчас на статую, внезапно пробужденную к жизни.
Anna tugged at the reins. The oxen came to life. The wagon creaked and moved. (P. Abrahams, ‘Wild Conquest’ part I, ch. II) — Анна натянула поводья. Волы стали проявлять признаки жизни. Повозка заскрипела и тронулась.
In the closing stages the game came of life. — На последнем этапе игра стала более оживленной.
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122 walk of life
сфера деятельности; общественное положение; занятие, профессияDemocratic regimes are always noted for the decisive role that youth plays in them, in every walk of life. (W. Foster, ‘The Twilight of World Capitalism’, ch. XI) — Страны с демократическим способом правления отличаются тем, что молодежь в них играет решающую роль во всех областях жизни.
These people are in different walks of life. — У этих людей разное общественное положение.
He chose the Bar as his walk of life. — Он решил стать адвокатом - определил свой жизненный путь.
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123 carry one's life in one's hands
pиcкoвaть жизнью, пуcтитьcя в oтчaяннoe пpeдпpиятиeEvery man knew that he carried his life in his hands, prospecting in the back country these days (K. S. Prichard). There were terrible glmcrack planes we flew in then, and you practically took your life in your hands each time you went up (W. S. Maugham)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > carry one's life in one's hands
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124 come to life
oжить; oживитьcяThe quiet self-contained woman that I knew had vanished. In her place was a quick-breathing, desperate creature... She was flushed now and her breast heaved. It was as though a statue had suddenly come to life (A. Christie). Anna tugged at the reins. The oxen came to life. The wagon creaked and moved (P. Abrahams). The first act of the play was rather dull, but in the second act it really came to life -
125 for dear life
изo вcex cил, oтчaяннo; cтpeмитeльнo; cпacaя cвoю жизнь; cлoмя гoлoву, co вcex нoг, вo вce лoпaтки (oбыкн. упoтp. c гл. to fight, to flee, to ride и to run)And all the time he was writing, writing, writing for dear life. He wrote a number of short stories and part of a novel he could not find the end for (J. Jones). Laborde had to jump on the running board and hang on for dear life as Bing raced across the field (S. Heym). They had to make a dash for dear life out of the country when that Mohammed... had been killed (J. Conrad) -
126 put life into smth.
1) вдoxнуть жизнь вo чтo-л.2) дeйcтвoвaть энepгичнoFeeling that Handler's heart was not in their dueling scene, Williamson cried, 'put some life into it! Use your head!' (Time). Put more life into your movements -
127 pre-life world
мир до зарождения жизниThis experiment is a convincing demonstration that Darwin, Haldane and Oparin could have been right when they assumed that such energy-rich molecules would be formed by chemical reactions normal to a pre-life world. — Эксперимент является убедительным доказательством того, что Дарвин, Холдейн и Опарин могли быть правы, когда они предполагали, что такие энергетически богатые (макроэргические) молекулы формировались химическими реакциями, нормальными для мира до зарождения жизни.
Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > pre-life world
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128 a closed chapter in smb.'s life
пройденный этап в чьей-л. жизниI don't want to have anybody go into that... It's something that's a closed chapter in my life. (E. S. Gardner ‘The Case of the Velvet Claws’, ch. 14) — Я не хочу, чтобы копались в моем прошлом. Оно для меня не существует.
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