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чем он живёт?; что даёт ему силы? — what makes him tick?
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3 что даёт ему силы?
General subject: what makes him tick?Универсальный русско-английский словарь > что даёт ему силы?
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4 что придаёт ему силы
General subject: what makes him tickУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > что придаёт ему силы
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ЧЕМ ДЫШИТ coll VP subj: human pres only fixed WOwhat interests, plans etc motivate ones actions and behavior:...чем X дышит -...what X lives by...what makes X tick (in limited contexts)...what X lives for....Он для того, казалось, и начал этот разговор, чтобы слышать, что имеет ответить сын, что нажил он за последние, не связанные с домом годы самостоятельной жизни, чем дышит и какими правилами руководится (Распутин 4). Не had brought up the subject to hear what his son would say, what he had become in the last years of independent life away from home, what he lived by and what principles guided him (4a).«Да вот товарищ Борщёв, - сказал он (Молоков) с легким сарказмом, - предлагает мне вместе с ним отстраниться от активной деятельности, уйти во внутреннюю эмиграцию». Но Борщёв был тоже парень не промах. «Дурак ты! - сказал он, поднимаясь и расправляя грудь. - Я тебя только пощупать хотел, чем ты дышишь» (Войнович 5). "Comrade Borshchev here," he (Molokov) said with a touch of sarcasm, "was just suggesting that he and I abandon our political activities and join the inner emigration." But you couldn't put anything over on Borshchev either. "You fool!" he said, rising and smoothing his chest. "I only wanted to feel you out and see what makes you tick" (5a).Как же так выходит, секретарь? Живу я на виду у всех. Чем дышу, всякий в городе знает. С чем в революцию пришёл — тоже известно. Первым начинал и не последний кончил» (Максимов 3). "How do you make that out, secretary? I live a completely open life. Everybody in town knows what I live for. What I did for the revolution is also well known. I was one of the first to begin and the last to stop" (3a). -
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• ЧЕМ ДЫШИТ coll[VP; subj: human; pres only; fixed WO]=====⇒ what interests, plans etc motivate ones actions and behavior:- ...what makes X tick;- [in limited contexts] ... what X lives for.♦...Он ДЛЯ ТОГО, казалось, и начал этот разговор, чтобы слышать, что имеет ответить сын, что нажил он за последние, не связанные с домом годы самостоятельной жизни, чем дышит и какими правилами руководится (Распутин 4). He had brought up the subject to hear what his son would say, what he had become in the last years of independent life away from home, what he lived by and what principles guided him (4a).♦ "Да вот товарищ Борщёв, - сказал он [Молоков] с легким сарказмом, - предлагает мне вместе с ним отстраниться от активной деятельности, уйти во внутреннюю эмиграцию". Но Борщёв был тоже парень не промах. "Дурак ты! - сказал он, поднимаясь и расправляя грудь. - Я тебя только пощупать хотел, чем ты дышишь" (Войнович 5). "Comrade Borshchev here," he [Molokov] said with a touch of sarcasm, "was just suggesting that he and I abandon our political activities and join the inner emigration." But you couldn't put anything over on Borshchev either. "You fool!" he said, rising and smoothing his chest. "I only wanted to feel you out and see what makes you tick" (5a).♦ "Как же так выходит, секретарь? Живу я на виду у всех. Чем дышу, всякий в городе знает. С чем в революцию пришёл - тоже известно. Первым начинал и не последний кончил" (Максимов 3). "How do you make that out, secretary? I live a completely open life. Everybody in town knows what I live for. What I did for the revolution is also well known. I was one of the first to begin and the last to stop" (3a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > чем дышит
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