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с французского на английский

to deliver the final blow to sth

  • 1 deliver

    A vtr
    1 ( take to address) livrer [goods, milk, groceries] (to à) ; ( to several houses) distribuer [newspaper, mail] ; ( to an individual) apporter [newspaper, mail] (to à) ; remettre [note, written message] ; transmettre [oral message] ; ‘delivered to your door’ ‘livraison à domicile’ ;
    2 Med [doctor, midwife] mettre au monde [baby] ; [vet] délivrer [baby animal] ; to be delivered [baby] être né ; she was delivered of a son elle a accouché d'un garçon ;
    3 ( utter) faire, prononcer [speech, lecture, sermon] ; faire [reprimand, rebuke] ; donner [ultimatum, decision] ; rendre [verdict, ruling] ; réciter [line, speech in play] ; lancer [verbal attack, joke] ;
    4 ( hand over) céder [property, money, goods] (over to, up to à) ; livrer [town, ship] (over to, up to à) ; to deliver sth/sb into sb's care confier qch/qn à qn ;
    5 (give, strike) asséner [blow, punch] ; donner [knife thrust] ; tirer [bullets, round] ; fournir [voltage] (to à) ; to deliver the final blow to sth fig porter le coup fatal à qch ;
    6 ( rescue) délivrer [person] (from de) ; ‘deliver us from evil’ ‘délivrez-nous du mal’.
    B vi
    1 [tradesman, company] livrer ; the postman doesn't deliver on Sundays le facteur ne distribue pas le courrier le dimanche ;
    2 tenir ses engagements (on quant à) ; ultimately, the film doesn't deliver au bout du compte, le film déçoit.
    C v refl to deliver oneself of sout émettre [opinion].
    stand and deliver! la bourse ou la vie! ; to deliver the goods tenir ses engagements.

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См. также в других словарях:

  • blow — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 hard knock that hits sb/sth ADJECTIVE ▪ hard, heavy, nasty, painful, powerful, severe, sharp, stinging, violent …   Collocations dictionary

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