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1 американский вариант английского языка
1) General subject: American English, American language, the American idiom2) Linguistics: AmericanУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > американский вариант английского языка
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2 английский язык в США
General subject: American English, American language, the American idiomУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > английский язык в США
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3 медлительный
1) General subject: Fabian, bovine, costive, dilatory, indolent, laggard, lagging, languid market, languishing, leaden, lingering, logy, long (how long he is! - как он копается!), poky, procrastinative, procrastinatory, slack, slothful, slow, sluggish, snail like, snail paced, snail-like, snail-paced, tardy, testudineous, unready, foot-dragging, languid, lymphatic2) Colloquial: thick in the head (American idiom), (человек) slow burner4) Accounting: reticent (напр. о фирмах, не реагирующих своевременно на технологические новшества)5) Psychology: inert6) Jargon: sloppy7) Business: dull -
4 идиома-американизм
General subject: the American idiomУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > идиома-американизм
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5 специфически американская манера выражаться
Diplomatic term: the American idiomУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > специфически американская манера выражаться
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6 оборот речи, свойственный английскому языку, на котором говорят североамериканские индейцы
Linguistics: indianism (a word or idiom characteristic of Indian English or North American Indians)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > оборот речи, свойственный английскому языку, на котором говорят североамериканские индейцы
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