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41 обращаться к
1. resort2. turn3. appeal toвызвать к жизни; создать — to call into being
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42 Перед тем, как станет лучше - будет хуже
General subject: It’s going to get worse before it gets better (англ. цитата - из репортажа агентства Bloomberg)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Перед тем, как станет лучше - будет хуже
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43 в радости и в горе
General subject: for better or worseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в радости и в горе
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44 в счастье и в несчастье
General subject: for better or worseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > в счастье и в несчастье
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45 жена без мужа - вдовы хуже
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > жена без мужа - вдовы хуже
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46 к худу ли, к добру ли
General subject: for better or worseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > к худу ли, к добру ли
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47 как сажа бела
American English: as bad as bad can be, couldn't get any worse, could be better (in response to как дела) -
48 мы надеялись, что положение улучшится, но в
General subject: we hoped things would get better but as it is they are getting worseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > мы надеялись, что положение улучшится, но в
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49 мы надеялись, что положение улучшится, но в действительности оно ухудшается
General subject: we hoped things would get better but as it is they are getting worseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > мы надеялись, что положение улучшится, но в действительности оно ухудшается
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50 на горе и радость
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51 плохо ли, хорошо ли
General subject: for better or worseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > плохо ли, хорошо ли
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52 похвала делает хорошего человека лучше, а плохого-хуже
General subject: praise makes good men better and bad men worseУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > похвала делает хорошего человека лучше, а плохого-хуже
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53 сильнее
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54 так или иначе
1) General subject: anyhow (в утверд. предл.), anyway (в утверд. предл.), by hook or by crook, by hook or by crook, by some means (or other), for better or worse, in either event, in one way or other, one way or another, some way or other, somehow, somehow or other, someway or other, someways or other, whether or no, whatever (ответ на реплику, с которой не вполне согласен, но и не хочешь спорить), one way or the other (One way or the other, taxpayers will foot this bill.), whatever happens, at any rate, regardless, be that as it may, therefore2) Sports: either way3) Mathematics: in either case, in one way or other somehow or other, in some way or other4) Advertising: in any event5) Set phrase: (used as paren.) in any case6) Makarov: any way, in some or other way, whether (...) or not -
55 хрен редьки не слаще
1) General subject: it's a toss-up which is worse, skeleton of one and half a dozen of the other2) Set phrase: between two evils 'tis not worth choosing, between two evils 'tis not worth choosing (дословно: Из двух зол выбирать не стоит), horse-radish isn't sweeter than garden radish!, six of one and half a dozen of the other a is the devil any better than the deep blue sea?, there is small choice in rotten apples (there is little difference between two equally upleasant things, phenomena, persons; that's just as bad), one is just as bad as the otherУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > хрен редьки не слаще
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56 чужую беду руками разведу (а к своей ума не приложу)
Set phrase: I follow the worse a other folks' troubles are easily borne (but), it is easy to bear the misfortunes of others (used ironicallv to mean: we are so much better judges of another's problems than our own)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > чужую беду руками разведу (а к своей ума не приложу)
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57 Б-166
БОЛЕЕ (БОЛЬШЕ) ЧЕМ... AdvP these forms only modif ( intensif) fixed WOextremely, to the highest degreemore than AdjPa more-than- AdjP + NP) (in limited contexts) ( s.o. (sth.)) couldn't be more AdjP ( s.o. (sth.) is) nothing if not AdjP stranger than strangebetter than good, worse than bad etc)....(Наши предки) остались верными начальстволюбию и только слегка позволили себе пособолезновать и попенять на своего более чем странного градоначальника (Салтыков-Щедрин 1). They (our forebears) remained faithful to archophilism, and only in passing allowed themselves to complain and reproach their more-than-strange town governor (1a).Ваше предложение более чем своевременно. Your suggestion is nothing if not timely. -
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ВИДАТЬ (ВИДЫВАТЬ) ВИДЫ coll VP usu. this WO1. Also: ВИДАТЬ (ВИДЫВАТЬ) ВСЯКИЕ ВИДЫsubj: human often active past Part) to have experienced much in life, endured various troublesX видал виды - X has been through plenty (in his time (life, lifetime))X has seen much (a great deal, a lot) in his time (day, life, lifetime) X has seen all sorts (kinds) of things (in his time etc) X has been through the mill X has been around (around the block) X is schooled in the ways of the worldвидавший виды — seasonedbattle-scarred.Фомин с силой сжал ногами бока коня, послал его в толпу. Народ шарахнулся в разные стороны. В широком кругу осталась одна вдова. Она видала всякие виды и потому спокойно глядела на оскаленную морду фоминского коня, на бледное от бешенства лицо всадника (Шолохов 5). Fomin dug his heels into his horse's flanks and rode into the crowd It drew back, leaving only the widow in the middle of a wide circle. She had seen much in her time, so she looked up imperturbably at the horse's bared teeth and the furious face of its rider (5a).Они слушали неумолчную трескотню словоохотливой и видавшей виды девушки (Пастернак 1)....They listened to the incessant chatter of the garrulous girl, who had seen a great deal in her life (1a)У Моей был неистовый темперамент южанина и не вполне безукоризненная биография мальчишки, видавшего за свои двадцать три года всякие виды (Катаев 1). Mosya had the violent temperament of a southerner, and the not entirely faultless biography of a gamin who had seen all sorts of things in the course of his twenty-three years (1a)....Кирпиченко вдруг увидел, что ей (Ларисе) под тридцать, что она видала виды (Аксёнов 5)....Kirpichenko suddenly saw that she (Larisa) was getting on for thirty and that she had been around (5a).И кому-то нужно с таким человеком (, как Никандров,) связываться?.. Видавшие виды дамы просто обязаны предупреждать молодёжь женского пола: «И не вздумайте! Кроме головной боли, ничего не маячит!» (Залыгин 1). Who needed to get involved with a man like him (Nikandrov)? Seasoned women had a duty to warn the younger of their sex about men like him: "Don't even think about it! You'll get yourself nothing but a headache!" (1a).2. ( subj: concr) (of various devices, machines etc, often of furniture, clothes, footwear etc) to have been used a great deal, show signs of much wearX видал виды - X looks (is) the worse for wearX has seen better days X is timeworn (worn-out, well-worn, shabby). -
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(И (ДА» ЕЩЁ КАК coll these forms only adv (intensif) or indep. sent may be foil. by the verb used in the preceding context more often this WO) used to emphasize the intensity of an action, desire, quality, characteristic etc, and/or the certainty that an action did or will occurand how!you bet ( s.o. sth. will (does etc))! doesn't (wouldn't etc) s.o. just! ( s.o. sth. is (does, will etc),) all right thai one did (it will etc) (as a response) you can say that again!«Скучал?» - спрашивает она. «Ещё как», - отвечаю я (Аксёнов 8). "Did you miss me?" she would ask. "And how!" I would reply (8a).(Ким:) Я тоже буду таким... таким... (Алла:) Не будешь. (Ким:) Почему это? Ещё как буду! Вот увидишь (Розов 4). (К.:) I'm going to be like them. (A.:) You never will be. (K.:) Why not? You bet I will! Wait and see (4a).А ведь если (Антонина) не лучше других была, то и не хуже, право! Мужика ей не хотелось? Ещё как! (Максимов 3). If she (Anto-nina) was no better-looking than most, she was no worse either. Didn't she want a husband? Didn't she just! (3a).(Колесов:) Пойти к геологам, авось рассмешат... (Маша:) Ещё как рассмешат (Вампилов 3). (К.:) I'm going to join the geologists, perhaps they can make me laugh. (M.:) They'll make you laugh all right (3a).Кровь кинулась Григорию в голову, когда напал глазами на свой курень... «Не щипет ( ungrammat = щиплет) глаза?» - улыбнулся Пантелей Прокофьевич, оглядываясь, и Григорий, не лукавя и не кривя душой, сознался: «щипет... да ишо ( ungrammat = ещё) как!..» (Шолохов 3). The blood rushed to Grigory's head as his eyes rested on his own home... "Aren't your eyes stinging?" Pantelei smiled as he looked round at his son, and Grigory confessed frankly and without dissembling, "Yes they are-that they are!" (3a). -
60 З-180
ИЗ ДВУХ ЗОЛ МЕНЬШЕЕ выбрать NP obj usu this WO) (to choose) sth. that is, although undesirable, somewhat better than the available alternative: (choose) the lesser of two evils.Но все-таки я пожал эту руку. Значит, если бы я не пожал ее, я бы чувствовал себя еще хуже? Из двух зол я выбираю меньшее? Почему оно меньшее? (Искандер 4). Yet, despite it all, 1 did shake the hand Does that mean that if I hadn't I would have felt even worse? Am I choosing the lesser of two evils? Why is it the lesser? (4a).Modified loan translation of the Latin ex malts eligere minima (Cicero, De qfficiis. III, 1, 3).
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