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1 wildfires
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2 wildfires
Экология: зарница, пожар, сплошная молния -
3 be stretched
Общая лексика: не хватать (With over 500 wildfires burning across B.C., firefighting resources are stretched.) -
4 Smokey the Bear
1.Принятый решением Конгресса США [ Congress, U.S.] в 1944 символ борьбы за предотвращение лесных пожаров: симпатяга-медведь в джинсах [ jeans], шляпе и униформе лесника [forest ranger], с лопатой в руках. Талисман Службы леса [ Forest Service]. На плакатах с его изображением надпись: "Предотвратить лесные пожары можете только вы" ["Only you can prevent forest fires (wildfires)"]. Живой прототип символа по имени Смоуки живет в зоопарке г. Вашингтона2. жарг"косолапый"В радиопереговорах друг с другом [ CB radio] водители грузовиков называют так полицейского, укрывшегося в засаде на обочине шоссе в надежде поймать нарушителей правил движения (форма патрульных офицеров полиции штата [ state trooper] похожа на форму лесников, особенно шляпой)тж SmokeyEnglish-Russian dictionary of regional studies > Smokey the Bear
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