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101 let down
1) опускать
2) разочаровать I've never felt so let down as when I was refused entry to the group that I wished to join. ≈ Никогда я не чувствовал себя хуже, чем когда меня не приняли в группу, в которую я хотел вступить.
3) подвести;
покинуть в беде
4) унизить( кого-л.) ;
повредить( чьей-л.) репутации to let smb. down easily/gently ≈ пощадить чье-л. самолюбие, отнестись мягко
5) тех. отпускать (металл)
6) разбавлять, разжижать
7) спускать (воздух) Some of the students, angry at their marks, went into the college car park and let down the teachers' tyres. ≈ Группа студентов, недовольная своими оценками, отправилась на университетскую парковку и проколола преподавателю шины.
8) работать, не прилагая усилий Don't let down now, just when the job's nearly finished. ≈ Не опускай сейчас руки, работа почти сделана. опускать, спускать - to * a window опустить /открыть/ окно - to * one's skirt выпустить /удлинить/ юбку ослаблять, замедлять - to * the speed снижать скорость подводить;
покидать в беде - to * a friend покинуть друга в беде - don't let me down (смотри) не подведи меня обескураживать;
разочаровывать - the plot is good but the end lets you down сюжет хорош, но конец разочаровывает ставить( кого-л.) на место;
сбивать спесь - this lets him down a little после этого он стал меньше задаваться /заноситься/ - to let smb. down gently /easily, softly/ щадить чье-л. самолюбие (авиация) производить планирующий спуск перед посадкой отпускать, отжигать( металл) (специальное) растворять, разбавлять, разжижать;
уменьшать содержание > to let one's (back) hair down распускать волосы;
расслабляться, сбрасывать напряжение (после работы и т. п.) ;
расходиться, вести себя раскованно, без стесненияБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > let down
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102 let down
vttyre spuszczać (spuścić perf) powietrze z +gen; person zawodzić (zawieść perf); dress podłużać (podłużyć perf)to let one's hair down ( fig) — wyluzowywać się (wyluzować się perf) (inf)
* * *1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) opuścić, spuścić2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) zawieść3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) spuścić powietrze z4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) podłużyć, wypuścić -
103 let someone off the hook
expr infml1)That lets me off the hook — Таким образом, с меня взятки гладки
She will be let off the hook if she gets on the stand and tells everything — Ее отпустят на свободу, если она даст правдивые показания в суде
2)Please, let me off the hook for Saturday — Разрешите мне не приходить в субботу
That task was too much for him and finally I had to let him off the hook — Задание было явно ему не по силам, поэтому я его освободил от него
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > let someone off the hook
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104 let smb. in on the ground floor
разг.(let (или put) smb. in on the ground floor)1) принять кого-л. в дело на взаимовыгодных условиях (особ. предоставить кому-л. акции на равных основаниях с учредителями); предоставить кому-л. возможность выгодно вложить деньги [первонач. амер.]When he learned that his father had let Zaharoff in "on the ground floor"... Lanny wasn't surprised... (U. Sinclair, ‘Between Two Worlds’, ch. 3) — Когда Ланни узнал, что отец принял Захарова в дело на выгодных для того условиях... то не испытал удивления...
I'm going to let you in on the ground floor. Then you and I are going to make some dough. (E. S. Gardner, ‘Gold Comes in Bricks’, ch. 3) — Я готов сделать тебя моим компаньоном. Вдвоем мы немало заработаем.
2) поставить кого-л. в выгодные условияIt all depended on just where the bypass went. That would put him in on the ground floor... (J. Jones, ‘Some Came Running’, book II, ch. XVII) — Все зависело от того, где именно пройдет обходная дорога. Если он узнает это, то опередит всех своих конкурентов.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > let smb. in on the ground floor
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105 let alone, leave alone
تَرَكَهُ وشَأنَه \ leave (or let) alone: not to touch: Leave that radio alone!. let alone, leave alone: not to touch; not trouble: Let that dog alone or he’ll bite you. -
106 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) draga niður2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) svíkja, bregðast3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) hleypa lofti úr4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) síkka -
107 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) leenged2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) becsap3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) leereszt4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) leereszt -
108 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) baixar2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) desapontar3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) esvaziar4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) baixar -
109 let down
indirmek, düşürmek, yüzüstü bırakmak, hayal kırıklığına uğratmak, atlatmak, rezil etmek* * *kandır* * *1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) (aşağı) indirmek2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) düş kırıklığına uğratmak3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) havasını indirmek4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) uzatmak -
110 let down
• aiheuttaa pettymys• pettää• laskea alas• laskea (alas)• laskea* * *1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) laskea alas2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) tuottaa pettymys3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) päästää ilma4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) pidentää -
111 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) senke, fire2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) skuffe, svikte3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) slippe ut lufta4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) legge ned -
112 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) nolaist zemē2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) piekrāpt; pamest nelaimē3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) saplacināt (izlaižot gaisu)4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) pagarināt; palaist garāku (tērpu) -
113 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) nuleisti2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) nuvilti3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) nuleisti, išleisti orą iš4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) atleisti, pailginti -
114 let down
göra besviken; släppa ner; lägga ner (klädesplagg)* * *1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) släppa (fira, sänka) ner2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) göra besviken, svika3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) släppa ut luften ur4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) lägga (släppa) ner -
115 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) stáhnout2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) zklamat, zradit3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) vypustit4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) popustit* * *• zklamat• oklamat• nechat na holičkách -
116 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) stiahnuť2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) sklamať3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) vypustiť4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) vypustiť* * *• spustit -
117 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) a coborî, a lăsa2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) dezamăgire)3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) a (pre)lungi4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) -
118 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) κατεβάζω2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) απογοητεύω, εγκαταλείπω, ρίχνω3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) ξεφουσκώνω4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) μακραίνω -
119 let down
1) to lower:يُسْقِطShe let down the blind.
You must give a film show at the party – you can't let the children down (noun ˈlet-down)
يَخْذُل، يَتَخَلّى عنShe felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.
3) to make flat by allowing the air to escape:يُفْرِغ الهَواء من إطار السَّيّارَهWhen he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.
4) to make longer:يُطَوِّل، يُسْدِلShe had to let down the child's skirt.
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120 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) baisser2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) décevoir (n: déception)3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) dégonfler4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) (r)allonger
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