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21 bring down the curtain
пoлoжить кoнeц чeму-л., зaвepшить дeлo [этим, тeaтp, oпуcтить зaнaвec]And while none of these conversations had as yet done more than make extra work for the investigators, it was always possible that the next one might be, as Dewey put it, "the break that brings down the curtain" (T. Capote). So the camp-marshal realized suddenly that it was time to ring down the curtain on this drama (U. Sinclair) -
22 lift the curtain
(lift (или raise) the curtain (over smth.))приподнять завесу (над чем-л.); выставлять напоказ, предавать гласностиWhat would the ruffian say, if we setting at naught, like him, the decencies of social intercourse, were to raise the curtain which happily conceals his private life from general ridicule, not to say from general execration? (Ch. Dickens, ‘Pickwick Papers’, ch. XVIII) — Что сказал бы этот грубиян, если бы мы пренебрегли, подобно ему, правилами общественной благопристойности и приподняли завесу, которая, к счастью для него, защищает его личную жизнь от насмешек, чтобы не сказать омерзения.
But as she heard Mark giving his evangel of the right of the workers... it was as if a curtain had been lifted before her eyes. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Working Bullocks’, ch. XXII) — Но когда она услышала, как Марк говорит о своей вере в рабочее дело... то у нее словно пелена с глаз спала.
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23 drop the curtain
As his hero and heroine pass the matrimonial barrier, the novelist generally drops the curtain... (W. Thackeray, ‘Vanity Fair’, ch. XXVI) — Романист обычно опускает занавес, когда герой и героиня вступают в брак...
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24 ring the curtain down
1) дать звонок к спуску занавеса I'll give you a signal to ring down the curtain when the scene is over. ≈ Я дам звонок, когда сцена закончится и надо будет опустить занавес.
2) положить конец( чему-л.) I'm sorry to hear that they have decided to ring down the curtain on their marriage. ≈ Я был расстроен, когда узнал, что они решили не жениться.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > ring the curtain down
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25 to ring the curtain down
I'll give you a signal to ring down the curtain when the scene is over. — Я дам звонок, когда сцена закончится и надо будет опустить занавес.
2) положить конец (чему-л.)I'm sorry to hear that they have decided to ring down the curtain on their marriage. — Я был расстроен, когда узнал, что они решили положить конец своему браку.
Англо-русский современный словарь > to ring the curtain down
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26 ring up the curtain on smth.
нaчaть, ocущecтвить чтo-л. [этим. тeaтp. пoднять зaнaвec]The government intends to ring up the curtain on a whole new range of plans to bring down the unemployment rateConcise English-Russian phrasebook > ring up the curtain on smth.
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27 ring the curtain up
1) дать звонок к поднятию занавеса
2) начать( что-л.) The government intends to ring up the curtain on a whole new range of plans. ≈ Правительство собирается объявить совершенно новый набор инициатив.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > ring the curtain up
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28 to ring the curtain up
2) начать (что-л.)The government intends to ring up the curtain on a whole new range of plans. — Правительство собирается начать реализацию целого ряда новых программ.
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29 behind the curtain
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30 draw the curtain
draw the curtain задернуть занавеску -
31 drop the curtain
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32 take the curtain
take the curtain выходить на аплодисменты -
33 ring down the curtain
поставить точкуThey decided to ring the curtain down on their love affair after four years.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > ring down the curtain
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34 to raise the curtain
to raise the curtain (a flag) поднять занавес (флаг)English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to raise the curtain
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35 bring the curtain down
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36 ring down the curtain
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37 ring the curtain down
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38 till the fall of the curtain
Общая лексика: до самого концаУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > till the fall of the curtain
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39 behind the curtain
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > behind the curtain
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40 draw the curtain
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > draw the curtain
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