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101 the power behind the throne
"власть за троном", невидимая власть [выражение основано на высказывании английского государственного деятеля У. Питта Старшего (W. Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, 1708-78); см. цитату]A long train of these practices has at length unwillingly convinced me that there is some thing behind the throne, greater than the King himself. (W. Pitt, ‘Speech in the House of Lords’, March 2, 1770, APT) — Многочисленные факты подобного рода наконец убедили меня против моей воли, что существует власть за троном, превышающая власть самого короля.
She stretched her arms above her head and danced to the music, slowly, voluptuously. Maybe she was really made for the days of great courtesans - the power behind the throne... (D. Cusack, ‘Black Lightning’, part IV) — Подняв руки над головой, она танцевала в сладострастной истоме в такт музыке. Может, она действительно создана для того времени, когда великие куртизанки были невидимыми вершителями судеб государства.
In response to the anti-monopoly movement of the New period, Congress passed legislation which was supposed to disclose the real powers behind the corporate thrones... (V. Perlo, ‘The Empire of High Finance’, ch. V) — Правда, под давлением антимонополистического движения периода "Нового курса" Конгресс принял законы, разоблачающие истинные силы, стоящие за тронами корпораций...
Well, it happens that the power behind the throne in that paper, the man who really owns it, is George C. Belter. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Velvet Claws’, ch. 6) — Следует сказать, что Джордж К. Велтер - фактический владелец этого журнальчика и его невидимый миру вдохновитель.
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102 the wish is father to the thought
"желание - отец мысли"; ≈ чего хочется, тому верится [шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]Prince: "I never thought to hear you speak again." King Henry: "Thy wish was father, Harry, to that thought..." (W. Shakespeare, ‘King Henry IV’, part II, act IV, sc. 4) — Принц Генрих: "Не мыслил вновь услышать вашу речь." Король Генрих: "Твое желанье эту мысль родило."
When the porter's wife... announced ‘A gentleman and a lady, sir,’ I had, as I often had in those days, for the wish was father to the thought, an immediate vision of sitters. (‘Nineteenth Century American Short Stories’, H. James, ‘The Real Thing’) — Когда жена привратника... объявила: "К вам джентльмен и леди", я вообразил, что это посетители, желающие заказать мне свои портреты, - как часто я воображал их себе в те дни. О чем думаешь, то и кажется!
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103 get one's teeth into smth.
или sink one's teeth into smth.гopячo, вcepьёз взятьcя зa чтo-л., вгpызтьcя вo чтo-л.The old chap should find that Charles V. was not to be defied that when he got his teeth into a thing he did not let it go (J. Galsworthy). For the first time in years they'll have a real live issue to get their teeth into, and Deitz and company will make the most of it (A. Hailey). Frank chose a subject for his report that he could sink his teeth intoConcise English-Russian phrasebook > get one's teeth into smth.
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104 the moment of truth
мoмeнт иcтины, кpитичecкий, peшaющий мoмeнт [этим. иcп. momenta de la verdad нaнeceниe пocлeднeгo удapa быку (в кoppидe)]That was a real moment, what they called today "the moment of truth". The moment when her numbness changed into an awareness that there was but one thing she could do for him and that was to save him pain (D. Cusack)
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