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101 set one's face to smth.
(set (или turn) one's face to (или towards) smth.)1) направиться, отправиться куда-л. [этим. библ. Genesis XXXI, 21; 2 Kings XII, 17]Jolyon... turned his face towards the Connoisseurs. (J. Galsworthy, ‘In Chancery’, part II, ch. XII) — Джолион... отправился в "Клуб знатоков"
2) сделать первый шаг, намереваться (сделать что-л.); отдавать предпочтение чему-лBut Pétion and his mulatoes in the South had their faces set toward the new democracy of the nineteenth century, as led by France and America. (W. Du Bois, ‘Worlds of Color’, ch. V) — А на Юге Петион и его мулаты тяготели к буржуазной демократии XIX века, образцом которой служили для них Франция и Америка.
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102 set up one's bristles
(set up one's (или smb.'s) bristles (тж. raise smb.'s bristles))ощетиниться, рассердиться (рассердить кого-л.)The feeling that he is to be lectured... set up his bristles. — Почувствовав, что его сейчас будут отчитывать, он весь ощетинился.
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103 Set of Symbols
[`set əv `sɪmbəlz]прог тип набор знаков.▫ Группа букв, цифр и пр. знаков, необходимых для отображения текста на каком-л. конкретном языке. Син Character Set.English-Russian dictionary with terms in the field of electronics > Set of Symbols
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104 set screw
English-Russian dictionary of planing, cross-planing and slotting machines > set screw
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105 set one's cap at a
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > set one's cap at a
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106 set ones teeth
set one's teeth: стиснуть зубы ;
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > set ones teeth
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107 set upon
= set on подвигаться, двигаться вперед приводить в движение обыкн. pass подвергнуться нападению - he was * in the street на него напали на улице - he was * and killed на него напали и убилиБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > set upon
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108 set a trap
set a trap ставить ловушку -
109 set a-going
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110 set above
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111 set all springs a-going
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112 set at liberty
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113 set at nought
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114 set at variance
set at variance вызывать конфликт, приводить к столкновению; ссорить -
115 set beards wagging
set beards wagging дать повод для сплетен; вызвать толки -
116 set bounds
set bounds ограничивать (to - что-л.) -
117 set chins wagging
set chins wagging дать повод для сплетен; вызвать толки -
118 set fair
set fair установившийся (о погоде) -
119 set free
set free освобождать -
120 set in motion
set in motion пустить; привести в движение (тж. перен.)
См. также в других словарях:
Set — (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Set — (s[e^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Set}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Setting}.] [OE. setten, AS. setton; akin to OS. settian, OFries. setta, D. zetten, OHG. sezzen, G. setzen, Icel. setja, Sw. s[ a]tta, Dan. s?tte, Goth. satjan; causative from the root of E.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
set — /set/, v., set, setting, n., adj., interj. v.t. 1. to put (something or someone) in a particular place: to set a vase on a table. 2. to place in a particular position or posture: Set the baby on his feet. 3. to place in some relation to something … Universalium
Set (game) — Set! redirects here. Set! is also a special form in the Scheme programming language. Set is a real time card game designed by Marsha Falco and published by Set Enterprises in 1991. The deck consists of 81 cards varying in four features: number… … Wikipedia
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set — Ⅰ. set [1] ► VERB (setting; past and past part. set) 1) put, lay, or stand in a specified place or position. 2) put, bring, or place into a specified state. 3) cause or instruct (someone) to do something. 4) give someone (a task) … English terms dictionary
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set*/*/*/ — [set] (past tense and past participle set) verb I 1) [T] to put someone or something in a position, or to be in a particular place or position Tea s ready, he told them and set down the tray.[/ex] She set the baby on the floor to play.[/ex] 2)… … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
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Set — has 464 separate definitions in the Oxford English Dictionary, the most of any English word; its full definition comprises 10,000 words making it the longest definition in the OED. Set may refer to:In mathematics and science:*Set (mathematics), a … Wikipedia
Set packing — is a classical NP complete problem in computational complexity theory and combinatorics, and was one of Karp s 21 NP complete problems. Suppose we have a finite set S and a list of subsets of S. Then, the set packing problem asks if some k… … Wikipedia