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121 grease the wheels
сдвинуть с места; ускорить процесс; уладить дело (лестью, деньгами)You can count on Ben to grease the wheels so we'll be waited on promptly.
Credit cards greased the wheels of the consumer boom by allowing us to buy what we want, when we want.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > grease the wheels
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122 oil the wheels
сдвинуть с места; ускорить процесс; уладить дело (лестью, деньгами)It would have taken a long time to get permission to build a new house but fortunately my Father knew the chairman of the planning committee and that helped to oil the wheels a bit.
An aid programme was established to oil the wheels of economic reform in the region.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > oil the wheels
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123 spin one's wheels
толочь воду в ступе; переливать из пустого в порожнее; коптить небо (попусту терять время)This is a terrible job. I'm just spinning my wheels and not getting anywhere.
Get organized and try to accomplish something. Stop spinning your wheels.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > spin one's wheels
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124 training wheels
маленькие колёсики (дополнительные колёса у велосипеда; помогают начинающему велосипедисту удержать равновесие)a bike that ditches the training wheels, but keeps rookies stable — велосипед, конструкция которого позволяет новичкам удерживать равновесие без помощи вспомогательных колёс
democracy on training wheels — демократия, делающая первые шаги
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125 (the) wheels of the state
the wheels of the state/wheels of state государственная машинаEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > (the) wheels of the state
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126 set of wheels
n AmE slMan, look at that set of wheels that chick has! — Посмотри, какой клевый автомобиль у этой чувихи!
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > set of wheels
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127 go on wheels
≈ идти как по маслуThe thing went on wheels. Richard Bassett was engaged to Jane Wright almost before he was aware. (Ch. Reade quoted in EI) — Все шло как по нотам. Не успел Ричард Бассет оглянуться, как их с Джейн Райт обручили.
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128 go on wheels
идти кaк пo мacлуThe thing went on wheels. Richard Bassett was engaged to Jane Wright almost before he was aware (Ch. Reade)
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