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81 cats and dogs
n pl AmE slDuring the Christmas season the merchants try to get rid of all their cats and dogs — На Рождество магазины стараются избавиться от неходового товара
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82 y and i after consonants
y и i после согласных↑ Spelling1) -y после согласной переходит в - ie- перед окончанием -s.В частности, это имеет место в следующих контекстах:а) основа глагола + окончание в 1-ом лице ед.ч. времени Present simpletry + s = tries
cry + s = cries
fly + s = flies
б) основа существительного + окончание множ.числа:baby + s = babies
body + s = bodies
city + s = cities
2) -y после согласной переходит в -i- перед окончаниями -ed, -er, - est, -ly (но не перед окончанием - ing),например:а) глаголы:carry + ed = carried
carry + ing = carrying
cry + ed = cried
cry + ing = crying
fly + ed = flied
fly + ing = flying
б) прилагательные:sunny + er = sunnier
sunny + est = sunniest
happy + er = happier
happy + est = happiest
happy + ly = happily
в) наречия:early + er = earlier
3)а) -y после гласной не переходит в -i- или - ie-.play + s = plays
play+ ed = played
play + er = player
boy + s = boys
б) Исключение составляют глаголы lay, pay, say, которые имеют Past tense form и Past participle laid, paid, said, соответственно.die + ing = dying
lie + ing = lying
tie + ing = tying
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83 carrot and the stick
(тж. a carrot or a stick)лacкa или тacкa (oбыкн. лacкoй и тacкoй)Whenever American politicians try to use trade as a carrot or a stick abroad the result is almost always a domestic brawl (Time) -
84 With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
<01> С джентльменом я всегда стараюсь быть в полтора раза большим джентльменом, а с мошенником я стараюсь быть в полтора раза большим мошенником. Bismarck (Бисмарк).Англо-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.
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85 cut and try method
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > cut and try method
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86 cut-and-try
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > cut-and-try
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87 cut-and-try approach
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > cut-and-try approach
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88 cut-and-try design
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > cut-and-try design
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89 cut-and-try method
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > cut-and-try method
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90 cut-and-try approach
Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > cut-and-try approach
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91 cut-and-try design
Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > cut-and-try design
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92 cut-and-try method
Англо-русский словарь технических терминов > cut-and-try method
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93 cut-and-try laboratory technique
Англо-русский металлургический словарь > cut-and-try laboratory technique
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94 cut-and-try method
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95 cut-and-try method
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96 cut-and-try design
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97 cut-and-try method
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98 cut and try method
Англо-русский словарь нефтегазовой промышленности > cut and try method
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100 cut and try method
1) Общая лексика: метод последовательных приближений, метод проб и ошибок, экспериментальный метод2) Автомобильный термин: метод подбора (напр. деталей по размерам)3) Нефть: метод постепенного приближения
См. также в других словарях:
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try and decide — See hear and determine … Ballentine's law dictionary
If at first you don't succeed, try, try, and try again. — If at first you don t succeed, (try, try, and try again). something that you say in order to tell someone they must keep trying in order to achieve something. My novel has been rejected by three publishers already. Still, if at first you don t… … New idioms dictionary
if at first you don't succeed, (try, try, and try again) — if at first you don’t succeed, (try, try, and try again) phrase used for telling someone not to stop trying if they do not achieve what they want the first time Thesaurus: ways of encouraging or telling someone to do somethingsynonym Main entry:… … Useful english dictionary