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1 change
change [tʃeɪndʒ]changement ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (c) correspondance ⇒ 1 (c) monnaie ⇒ 1 (d) changer ⇒ 2, 3 (a), 3 (d) se changer ⇒ 3 (b), 3 (c)1 noun(a) (alteration) changement m;∎ we expect a change in the weather nous nous attendons à un changement de temps;∎ there's been a change in the law la loi a été modifiée;∎ there has been a change in thinking regarding nuclear power il y a eu un changement d'opinion ou une évolution de l'opinion concernant l'énergie nucléaire;∎ a survey showed a radical change in public opinion un sondage a montré un revirement de l'opinion publique;∎ the party needs a change of direction le parti a besoin d'un changement de direction ou d'orientation;∎ a change for the better/worse un changement en mieux/pire, une amélioration/dégradation;∎ walking to work makes a pleasant change from driving c'est agréable d'aller travailler à pied plutôt qu'en voiture;∎ it'll be or make a nice change for them not to have the children in the house cela les changera agréablement de ne pas avoir les enfants à la maison;∎ that makes a change! ça change un peu!;∎ yes, it makes a nice change, doesn't it? oui, ça change un peu de l'ordinaire, n'est-ce pas?;∎ living in the country will be a big change for us cela nous changera beaucoup de vivre à la campagne;∎ there's been little change in his condition son état n'a guère évolué;∎ she dislikes change of any kind tout changement lui déplaît;∎ there are going to be some changes in this office! il va y avoir du nouveau ou du changement dans ce bureau!;∎ to have a change of heart changer d'avis;∎ figurative I need a change of scene or scenery j'ai besoin de changer de décor ou d'air;∎ a change is as good as a rest changer de décor fait autant de bien que de partir en vacances∎ a change of clothes des vêtements de rechange;∎ he had to spend a week without a change of clothes il a dû passer une semaine sans changer de vêtements(c) (in journey) changement m, correspondance f;∎ if you go by underground you'll have to make two changes si vous y allez en métro vous serez obligé de changer deux fois;∎ you can get there by train with a change at Bristol vous pouvez y aller en train avec un changement ou une correspondance à Bristol∎ small or loose change petite ou menue monnaie f;∎ she gave me two pounds in change elle m'a donné deux livres en monnaie;∎ can you give me change for five pounds? pouvez-vous me faire la monnaie de cinq livres?;∎ the machine doesn't give change la machine ne rend pas la monnaie;∎ the change (menopause) le retour d'âge(a) (substitute, switch) changer, changer de;∎ to change one's name changer de nom;∎ she's going to change her name to Parker elle va prendre le nom de Parker;∎ to change a fuse changer un fusible;∎ to change one's clothes changer de vêtements, se changer;∎ to change trains changer de train;∎ they're going to change the guard at 11 o'clock ils vont faire la relève de ou relever la garde à 11 heures;∎ to change sides changer de côté;∎ Sport to change ends changer de camp;∎ this old desk has changed hands many times ce vieux bureau a changé maintes fois de mains;∎ to change one's mind changer d'avis;∎ I've changed my mind about him j'ai changé d'avis ou d'idée à son égard;∎ he's changed his mind about moving to Scotland pour ce qui est de s'installer en Écosse il a changé d'avis;∎ you'd better change your ways tu ferais bien de t'amender;∎ to change the subject changer de sujet;∎ don't change the subject! ne détourne pas la conversation!;∎ to change one's tune changer de ton(b) (exchange) changer;∎ when are you thinking of changing your car? quand pensez-vous changer de voiture?;∎ if the shoes are too small we'll change them for you si les chaussures sont trop petites nous vous les changerons;∎ to change places with sb changer de place avec qn;∎ figurative I wouldn't want to change places with him! je n'aimerais pas être à sa place!;∎ I'd like to change my pounds into dollars j'aimerais changer mes livres contre des ou en dollars;∎ does this bank change money? est-ce que cette banque fait le change?;∎ can you change a ten-pound note? (into coins) pouvez-vous me donner la monnaie d'un billet de dix livres?(c) (alter, modify) changer;∎ there's no point in trying to change him c'est inutile d'essayer de le changer;∎ she wants to change the world elle veut changer le monde;∎ he won't change anything in the text il ne changera rien au texte;∎ the illness completely changed his personality la maladie a complètement transformé son caractère;∎ she doesn't want to change her routine in any way elle ne veut rien changer à sa routine;∎ figurative to change one's spots changer ou modifier totalement son caractère(d) (transform) changer, transformer;∎ to change sb/sth into sth changer qn/qch en qch;∎ the prince was changed into a frog le prince fut changé en grenouille;∎ Bible to change water into wine changer l'eau en vin;∎ the liquid/her hair has changed colour le liquide a/ses cheveux ont changé de couleur(e) (baby, bed) changer;∎ the baby needs changing le bébé a besoin d'être changé;∎ I've changed the sheets j'ai changé les draps(f) to change gear changer de vitesse∎ to change for the better/worse changer en mieux/pire;∎ nothing will make him change rien ne le changera, il ne changera jamais;∎ wait for the lights to change attendez que le feu passe au vert;∎ winter changed to spring le printemps a succédé à l'hiver;∎ the wind has changed le vent a changé ou tourné(b) (become transformed) se changer, se transformer;∎ to change into sth se transformer en qch;∎ the ogre changed into a mouse l'ogre s'est transformé en souris;∎ the country had changed from dictatorship to democracy overnight en une nuit, le pays était passé de la dictature à la démocratie;∎ the lights changed from green to amber les feux sont passés du vert à l'orange;∎ to change from one system to another passer d'un système à un autre(c) (change clothing) se changer;∎ she's gone upstairs to change elle est montée se changer;∎ they changed out of their uniforms ils ont enlevé leurs uniformes;∎ he changed into a pair of jeans il s'est changé et a mis un jean;∎ I'm going to change into something warmer je vais mettre quelque chose de plus chaud(d) (transportation) changer;∎ is it a direct flight or do I have to change? est-ce que le vol est direct ou faut-il changer?;∎ we had to change twice nous avons eu deux correspondances ou deux changements;∎ all change! (announcement) tout le monde descend!∎ she changed into fourth gear elle a passé la quatrième∎ it's nice to see you smiling for a change c'est bien de te voir sourire pour une fois;∎ he was early for a change pour une fois il était en avance►► the change of life le retour d'âge;change machine distributeur m de monnaie;American change purse porte-monnaie m invCars rétrograder;∎ he changed down into third il est passé en troisième∎ to change off with sb échanger avec qn∎ he changed over from smoking cigarettes to smoking cigars il s'est mis à fumer des cigares à la place de cigarettes;∎ the country has changed over to nuclear power le pays est passé au nucléaire;∎ one day I wash and he dries and the next day we change over un jour je fais la vaisselle et il l'essuie et le jour d'après on change;∎ Television to change over (to another channel) passer sur une autre chaîne;∎ Television why don't you change over to ITV? et si on mettait ITV?Cars passer la vitesse supérieure;∎ he changed up into third il a passé la troisième, il est passé en troisième -
2 pump
насос || качать, накачивать; откачивать; перекачивать; выкачивать ( насосом), нагнетатьfree-type subsurface hydraulic pump — гидропоршневой погружной насос, приводимый в действие жидкостью, подаваемой с поверхности
pump set at... — насос установлен на глубине...; глубина подвески насоса...
— air pump— jet pump— mud pump— oil pump— pump off— pump out— pump up— ram pump— rig pump— rod pump
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tubing pump with automatic coupling device — скважинный штанговый невставной нефтяной насос с автосцепом
— gas pump— jet pump— mud pump— oil pump— rod pump
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||насос || качать, накачивать, перекачивать насосом
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насос || подавать насосом, нагнетать насосом; прокачивать ( буровой раствор по замкнутой системе)pump on beam — насосная добыча с помощью станка-качалки;
to pump off — откачивать;
to pump out — выкачивать; откачивать;
to pump over — перекачивать;
to port the pump — подсоединять линию к насосу;
to put on pump — 1) устанавливать насос у устья скважины 2) начинать насосную эксплуатацию;
to start a pump — включать насос;
to sunk a subsurface pump — устанавливать глубинный насос;
to turn on a pump — включать насос;
- aeration jet pumpto pump up — накачивать; нагнетать;
- air pump
- air-chamber pump
- air-driven pump
- air-operated sump pump
- airlift pump
- American pump
- aspirator pump
- bilge pump
- boost pump
- booster pump
- borehole pump
- boring pump
- bottomhole pump
- Butterworth pump
- cargo pump
- casing sucker rod pump
- cementing pump
- cementing piston pump
- centrifugal pump
- charging pump
- chemical injection pump
- chemical proportioning pump
- circulating pump
- circulation pump
- cold pump
- compounded pumps
- compressed-air-driven pump
- compression pump
- concrete pump
- condensate pump
- constant displacement pump
- controlled capacity plunger pump
- controlled volume pump
- crude pump
- deep well pump
- delivery pump
- diaphragm pump
- direct current motor driven pump
- dispensing pump
- displacement pump
- dosing pump
- double-acting pump
- double-displacement pump
- double-suction pump
- downhole pump
- drawoff pump
- dredge pump
- drill pump
- drilling mud transfer pump
- drum pump
- duplex pump
- ejector pump
- electrical pump
- electrical centrifugal pump
- electrical centrifugal pump for tubingless well operation
- end suction pump
- explosive pump
- extraction pump
- feed pump
- field pump
- fire extinguishing pump
- fixed pump
- fixed-delivery pump
- fixed-displacement pump
- fluid-operated pump
- fluid-packed pump
- flushing pump
- flywheel pump
- force pump
- free hydraulic downhole pump
- free-type subsurface hydraulic pump
- fresh feed pump
- fuel pump
- fuel backup pump
- fuel feed pump
- fuel injection pump
- fuel lift pump
- fuel oil pump
- fuel priming pump
- fuel transfer pump
- gas pump
- gasoline pump
- gear pump
- grouting pump
- hand force pump
- high-pressure pump
- high-pressure concrete pump
- hot oil pump
- hydraulic pump
- hydraulic core pump
- hydraulic downhole pump
- immersed pump
- immersible pump
- insert pump with bottom hold-down
- insert oil-well pump
- inserted pump
- jack pump
- jerk pump
- jerker pump
- jet pump
- jet aspirator pump
- jet slurry pump
- lift pump
- line pump
- liner pump
- liquid ring pump
- long-stroke pump
- lorry-mounted concrete pump
- low-down pump
- metering pump
- monoblock pump
- motor pump
- motor-driven slush pump
- mud pump
- multicylinder pump
- multistage pump
- noninserted pump
- oil pump
- oil-line pump
- oil-transfer pump
- oil-well pump
- oil-well sucker-rod pump with bottom hold-down
- parallel pump s
- piston pump
- plunger pump
- pneumatic sump pump
- portable pump
- portable utility pump
- positive displacement pump
- power driven pump
- pressure pump
- priming pump
- propeller pump
- push pump
- ram pump
- raw oil pump
- reciprocating pump
- recirculating pump
- Reda pump
- reflux pump
- rig pump
- rod pump
- rod traveling barrel pump
- rodless pump
- rod-line pump
- rotary pump
- rough pump
- sand pump
- scavenge pump
- scavenging pump
- screw pump
- shell pump
- simplex pump
- single-acting pump
- single-vane pump
- sinking pump
- sliding-vane pump
- sludge pump
- slurry pump
- slush pump
- slush-fitted pump
- soil pump
- solids pump
- standby pump
- stationary pump
- steam pump
- stripping pump
- submerged pump
- submersible pump
- subsurface pump
- sucker-rod pump
- suction pump
- sump pump
- supply pump
- surge pump
- tail pump
- tank-cleaning pump
- test pump
- three-throw pump
- transfer pump
- transporting pump
- traveling barrel pump
- triplex pump
- tubing pump
- tubing pump with automatic coupling device
- tubing oil-well pump
- twin pump
- twin single pump
- vacuum pump
- variable displacement pump
- variable stroke plunger pump
- volume pump
- washing pump
- washover pump
- water pump
- water injection pump
- water jet pump
- well pump
- well-service pump
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3 blood
blʌd
1. сущ.
1) кровь to let draw one's blood ≈ пустить кровь to lose, shed, spill blood ≈ истекать кровью, потерять кровь to staunch the flow of blood ≈ останавливать потоки крови to donate blood ≈ давать свою кровь, быть донором to type blood ≈ определять группу крови to preserve the blood ≈ консервировать кровь fresh blood ≈ свежезаготовленная кровь oxygenated blood ≈ кровь, насыщенная кислородом blood drawing ≈ взятие крови massive loss of blood ≈ большая потеря крови banked blood contained blood preserved blood stored blood aerated blood bright-red blood blood bath blood-groove blood wagon black blood dark-red blood flesh and blood
2) происхождение, род;
родовитость, высокое происхождение;
кровь как носитель наследственности и жизни it runs in his blood ≈ это у него в крови, в роду related by blood ≈ кровные родственники of royal blood ≈ королевских кровей full blood blue blood high blood pure blood royal blood of blood fresh blood - half-blood blood is thicker than water ≈ посл. кровь не вода
3) темперамент, страстность;
настроение, состояние;
плохое настроение, гнев, ярость cold blood hot blood make smb.'s blood boil make smb.'s blood creep breed ill blood in blood
4) кровопролитие, убийство blood and thunder blood and iron
5) сок( плодов, ягод и т.п.) ∙ you cannot take/get blood from a stone, out of a stone ≈ его не разжалобишь
2. гл.
1) пускать кровь;
заливать кровью, пятнать кровью
2) охот. кормить собаку свежим мясом, натравливать на живую добычу
3) вымазывать кровью лицо охотника, убившего своего первого зверя, тж. перен. He rolled and wallowed in kill, he let life "blood" him. ≈ Он все глубже и глубже погружался в жизнь убийцы, он давал самой жизни возможность дать ему "крещение".
4) поливать кожу кровью (в покраске с целью получить более темный оттенок черного)
5) в выражении to blood it быть "законодателем мод" в каком-л. узком сообществе, быть кумиром какой-л. группы людейкровь;
- * loss потеря крови, кровопотеря;
- * flow кровоток;
- * supply кровоснабжение;
- * clot сгусток крови;
- * spitting кровохарканье;
- * on the floor кровопролитие;
- man of * жестокий человек, убийца;
- to spit * харкать кровью;
- to shed * проливать кровь;
- to give one's * for one's country отдать жизнь за родину;
- to let one's * пустить кровь;
- to set one's * hammering in one's temples заставить кровь стучать в висках;
- to taste * узнать вкус крови;
вкусить( чего-л) ;
- * rushed into her cheeks она покраснела;
- * rushed to his head кровь ударила ему в голову;
- to stain one's hands with * запятнать руки кровью;
- to dip one's hands in * убивать;
- to have smb.'s * on one's head быть виновным в чьей-л смерти или в чьем-л несчастье род;
происхождение - base * незаконнорожденность;
низкое происхождение;
- fresh * новая кровь в семье;
- high * родовитость, аристократическое происхождение, "голубая кровь";
- of the royal * королевского происхождения;
- the ties of * узы крови;
- one's own flesh and * родственник;
- * will tell происхождение сказывается;
- the call of the * голос крови;
- it runs in his * это у него в роду родовитость;
высокое происхождение;
- prince of the * принц крови обыкн. pl (американизм) (сленг) американские негры (разговорное) чистокровное животное темперамент, характер;
страстность;
- * is up страсти разгорелись;
- my * is up я взбешен сок (дерева, плода) (сленг) (устаревшее) франт, денди дешевый сенсационный роман;
журнал, печатающий страшные или дешевые сенсационные истории;
- * books дешевые детективные романы > young * новый член партии;
> bad * враждебность;
> to make bad * between smb. вызывать вражду между кем-л;
> cold * хладнокровие;
> in cold * хладнокровно;
> * and iron военная сила, милитаризм > the Man of B. and Iron (историческое) "Железный канцлер" (прозвище Бисмарка) > to be out for * жаждать крови;
> more than flesh and * can stand больше, чем может выдержать человек;
> to chill the * леденить кровь;
> to make smb.'s * boil привести кого-л в бешенство;
> to make smb.'s * turn привести кого-л в ужас;
> to have no * in one's veins быть трусом;
> to infuse * into an undertaking оживить дело;
> * is thicker than water кровь не вода;
голос крови не заглушить;
свой своему поневоле брат;
> you cannot get * from a stone его не разжалобишь пускать кровь приучать собаку к крови приучать (к чему-л)blood уст. денди, светский человек ~ кровь;
to let one's blood пустить кровь ~ охот. приучать собаку к крови ~ пускать кровь ~ род, происхождение ~ родство;
родовитость;
full blood чистокровная лошадь;
blue (или high) blood аристократическое происхождение, "голубая кровь";
it runs in his blood это у него в крови, в роду ~ сенсация;
сенсационный роман ~ сок (плодов, растений) ~ темперамент, страстность;
состояние, настроение ~ убийство, кровопролитие~ and iron грубая сила;
милитаризм;
blood is thicker than water = кровь не вода;
you cannot take (или get) blood from (или out of) a stone = его, ее не разжалобишь~ ~ враждебность~ and iron грубая сила;
милитаризм;
blood is thicker than water = кровь не вода;
you cannot take (или get) blood from (или out of) a stone = его, ее не разжалобишь~ родство;
родовитость;
full blood чистокровная лошадь;
blue (или high) blood аристократическое происхождение, "голубая кровь";
it runs in his blood это у него в крови, в роду blue: ~ blood аристократическое происхождение, "голубая кровь" ~ blood венозная кровьcold ~ хладнокровие;
in cold blood хладнокровно~ родство;
родовитость;
full blood чистокровная лошадь;
blue (или high) blood аристократическое происхождение, "голубая кровь";
it runs in his blood это у него в крови, в родуhot ~ горячность, вспыльчивость;
to make (smb.'s) blood boil (creep) приводить( кого-л.) в бешенство (в содрогание) ;
his blood is up он раздраженhot ~ горячность, вспыльчивость;
to make (smb.'s) blood boil (creep) приводить (кого-л.) в бешенство (в содрогание) ;
his blood is up он раздраженcold ~ хладнокровие;
in cold blood хладнокровно cold: cold безучастный, равнодушный;
music leaves him cold музыка его не волнует;
in cold blood хладнокровно, обдуманно~ родство;
родовитость;
full blood чистокровная лошадь;
blue (или high) blood аристократическое происхождение, "голубая кровь";
it runs in his blood это у него в крови, в роду~ кровь;
to let one's blood пустить кровьhot ~ горячность, вспыльчивость;
to make (smb.'s) blood boil (creep) приводить (кого-л.) в бешенство (в содрогание) ;
his blood is up он раздражен boil: ~ кипеть;
бурлить;
to make (smb.'s) blood boil довести( кого-л.) до бешенства~ and iron грубая сила;
милитаризм;
blood is thicker than water = кровь не вода;
you cannot take (или get) blood from (или out of) a stone = его, ее не разжалобишь -
4 well
1. скважина2. колодец3. источник4. отстойник, зумпфdual completion gas well — газовая скважина, законченная в двух горизонтах
dual completion oil well — нефтяная скважина, законченная в двух горизонтах
multiple string small diameter well — скважина, пробуренная для одновременной и раздельной эксплуатации нескольких продуктивных горизонтов, в которую спущено две и более эксплуатационных колонн малого диаметра
well out of control — скважина, фонтанирование которой не удаётся закрыть; открыто фонтанирующая скважина
well producing from … — эксплуатационная скважина, проведенная на (такой-то) пласт
— dry well— gas well— key well— oil well— well off— wet well
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to abandon a well — ликвидировать скважину;
to bean a well back — снижать дебит фонтанирующей скважины;
to bean a well up — повышать дебит фонтанирующей скважины;
to blow a well — открывать фонтанирующую скважину на короткое время (для удаления воды, песка);
to bring a well in — вызывать приток пластового флюида в скважину;
to bump off a well — отсоединять насосную скважину от группового привода;
to case a well — обсаживать ствол скважины;
to complete a well — заканчивать скважину;
to dry up a well — откачивать жидкость из скважины;
to flow a well hard — эксплуатировать фонтанирующую скважину с максимально возможным дебитом;
to flush a well out — промывать скважину;
to hand off a well — отсоединять насосную скважину от группового привода;
to junk a well — ликвидировать скважину;
to kill a well — глушить скважину (уравновешивать пластовое давление);
to knife a well — чистить скважину (от парафина) скребками;
to line a well — обсаживать ствол скважины;
to mud a well up — подавать буровой раствор в скважину (после бурения с продувкой);
to place a well on choke — начинать дросселировать поток из скважины с помощью штуцера;
to plug up a well — устанавливать в скважину цементную пробку (с целью её ликвидации);
to pull a well — ликвидировать скважину с извлечением лифтовых труб и насосного оборудования;
to put a well on production — вводить скважину в эксплуатацию;
to put a well on the pump — 1. начинать насосную эксплуатацию скважины; 2. устанавливать насосный подъёмник в скважине
to rework a well — восстановить дебит скважины;
to rock a well — возбуждать приток в скважине попеременным открытием и закрытием устья;
to shoot a well — торпедировать скважину;
to shut down a well — консервировать скважину (в процессе строительства);
to shut in a well — закрывать скважину, останавливать скважину (устьевой задвижкой);
to strip a well — попеременно двигать колонны насосных штанг и лифтовых труб в скважине (для предотвращения скопления парафина);
to suspend a well — законсервировать строящуюся скважину;
to test a well — измерять дебит скважины;
to wake up a well — вызывать приток пластового флюида в скважину;
well on the pump — насосная скважина;
— dry well— gas well— key well— oil well
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скважина; колодец
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2) резервуар; компенсационный колодец, отстойник, зумпф•well has stopped flowing naturally — скважина прекратила естественное фонтанирование;
well imperfect due of method of completion — скважина, несовершенная по способу заканчивания;
well in operation — действующая скважина;
well kicked off natural — скважина, начавшая фонтанировать без возбуждения, без тартания и без кислотной обработки;
well off — простаивающая скважина;
well on the beam — скважина с насосным подъёмником;
well on the pump — насосная скважина;
well out of control — открыто фонтанирующая скважина; скважина, фонтанирование которой не удается остановить ();
well out of operation — бездействующая скважина;
well put into production — скважина, введённая в эксплуатацию;
well set on packer — скважина, оборудования пакером;
to bean a well back — снижать дебит фонтанирующей скважины;
to bean a well up — повышать дебит фонтанирующей скважины;
to blow a well — открывать фонтанирующую скважину на короткое время (<<для удаления воды>);
to blow a well clean — продувать скважину;
to bring a well in — вызывать приток пластового флюида в скважину;
to bring in a well — ввести скважину в эксплуатацию;
to bump off a well — отсоединять насосную скважину от группового привода;
to cap a well — ликвидировать скважину;
to case a well — крепить скважину обсадными трубами, обсаживать ствол скважины;
to complete a well — 1) подготавливать скважину к эксплуатации 2) заканчивать скважину;
to drill a well — бурить скважину;
to drive a well — бурить скважину;
to dry up a well — откачивать жидкость из скважины;
to dual a well — 1) эксплуатировать одновременно два горизонта в скважине 2) использовать силовую установку одной скважины для эксплуатации другой;
to flow a well hard — эксплуатировать фонтанирующую скважину с максимально возможным дебитом;
to flush a well out — промывать скважину;
to get a well back on production — возвращать скважину в эксплуатацию;
to hand a well off — прекращать насосную эксплуатацию скважины;
to hand off a well — отсоединять насосную скважину от группового привода;
to junk a well — ликвидировать скважину;
to knife a well — чистить скважину ( от парафина) скребками;
to line a well — крепить скважину обсадными трубами, обсаживать ствол скважины;
to place a well on choke — начинать дросселировать поток из скважины с помощью штуцера;
to prepare a well for production — подготавливать скважину к эксплуатации;
to pull a well — ликвидировать скважину с извлечением насосно-компрессорных труб и насосного оборудования;
to put a well back on production — возвращать скважину в эксплуатацию;
to put a well into production — вводить скважину в эксплуатацию;
to put a well on production — вводить скважину в эксплуатацию;
to put a well on stream — вводить скважину в эксплуатацию;
to put a well on the pump — 1) начинать насосную эксплуатацию скважины 2) устанавливать насосный подъёмник в скважине;
to return a well on production — возвращать скважину в эксплуатацию; повторно вводить скважину в эксплуатацию;
to rework a well — восстановить дебит скважины;
to rock a well — возбуждать приток в скважине попеременным открытием и закрытием устья;
to shoot a well — торпедировать скважину;
to shut in a well — закрывать скважину; останавливать фонтанирование; останавливать скважину ( устьевой задвижкой);
to start a well — приступать к бурению скважины;
to strip a well — попеременно двигать колонны насосных штанг и насосно-компрессорных труб в скважине ( для предотвращения скопления парафина);
to suspend a well — консервировать строящуюся скважину;
to test a well — измерять дебит скважины;
to test a well for production — испытывать скважину на приток;
to wake up a well — вызывать приток пластового флюида в скважину;
to wash a well into production — вводить скважину в эксплуатацию понижением уровня воды;
- abandoned condensate wellto wash a well out — промывать скважину;
- abandoned gas well
- abandoned oil well
- abandoned oil-and-gas well
- abnormal-pressure well
- absorption well
- Abyssinian well
- adjacent well
- adjoining well
- appraisal well
- artesian well
- barefooted well
- barren well
- base well
- beam well
- beam-pumped well
- belching well
- benchmark well
- blow well
- blowing well
- blowout well
- blue sky exploratory well
- borderline well
- bore well
- Braden head gas well
- breakthrough well
- breathing well
- brought-in well
- cable-tool well
- cased well
- cased-through well
- cemented-up well
- center well
- closed-in well
- close-spaced wells
- cluster well
- commercial well
- completed well
- condensate well
- confirmation well
- connected well
- controlled directional well
- converted gas-input well
- cored well
- corner well
- corrosive well
- cratering well
- crooked well
- curved well
- dead well
- declined well
- deep well
- deflected well
- development well
- development gas well
- development test well
- deviated well
- deviating well
- dewatering well
- directional well
- directionally drilled well
- discovery well
- disposal well
- diving well
- down-dip well
- drain-hole well
- drawn well
- drawned-out well
- drill well
- drill ship well
- drill ship center well
- drilled well
- drilled gas-input well
- drilled water-input well
- drilling well
- driven well
- drowned well
- dry well
- dual well
- dual-completion well
- dual-completion gas well
- dual-completion oil well
- dually-completed well
- dual-pumping well
- dual-zone well
- edge well
- exception well
- exhausted well
- exploratory well
- extension well
- field well
- field development well
- fill-in well
- flank well
- flooded well
- flowing well
- flowing producing oil well
- fresh-water well
- fully penetrating well
- gas well
- gas-injection well
- gaslift well
- geophysical well
- geothermal well
- gurgling well
- gusher well
- hand dog well
- head well
- high-flow-rate well
- high-pressure well
- horizontal well
- hydrodynamically imperfect well
- hydrodynamically perfect well
- hypothetical well
- image well
- imperfect well
- inactive well
- inclined well
- individual well
- infill well
- injection well
- injured well
- input well
- inspection well
- intake well
- intracontour well
- isolated-branched well
- jack well
- junked well
- key well
- kicking well
- killed well
- killer well
- leaking well
- line well
- low pressure well
- marginal well
- medium-depth well
- monitor well
- most probably well
- mudded well
- mudded-up well
- multipay well
- multiple-completion well
- multiple-string small diameter well
- multiple-zone well
- multistring well
- natural well
- neighboring well
- noncommercial well
- nonproducing well
- nonproductive well
- observation well
- off-pattern injection well
- off-structure well
- offset well
- offshore well
- oil well
- old well drilled deeper
- old well plugged back
- old well worked-over
- old abandoned well
- on-structure well
- on-the-beam well
- on-the-pump well
- open hole well
- orifice well
- out-of-control well
- outpost extension well
- output well
- overhauled well
- partially penetrating well
- paying well
- perfect well
- perforated well
- perimeter well
- piestic well
- pinch-out well
- pioneer well
- pipe well
- planned well
- platform well
- plugged-and-abandoned well
- pressure well
- pressure-observation well
- pressure-relief well
- producing well
- producing oil well
- producing oil-and-gas well
- production well
- prolific well
- prospect well
- pumped well
- pumper well
- pumping well
- pumping producing oil well
- purposely deviated well
- purposely slanted well
- quadruple completion well
- recipient wells
- recovery well
- relief well
- returned well to production
- rod-line well
- running well
- salt-dome well
- salt-up well
- salt-water well
- salt-water disposal well
- salt-water injection well
- sand well
- sand-clogged well
- sanded well
- sanded-up well
- sanding-up well
- sand-plugged well
- sand-producing well
- sand-up well
- sandy well
- satellite well
- seabed well
- selective water-injection well
- service well
- shallow well
- shut-in well
- shut-in gas well
- shut-in oil well
- side well
- single well
- single-completion well
- single-jacker well
- single-string well
- slanted well
- slim hole well
- special well
- staggered wells
- steam well
- steam-injection well
- step-out well
- straight well
- stratigraphic well
- stratigraphic test well
- stripped well
- stripper well
- strong well
- structure test well
- subsalt well
- sunken well
- superdeep well
- supply well
- surging well
- suspended well
- temporarily abandoned well
- temporarily shut-in well
- test well
- triple-completion well
- tubed well
- turnkey well
- twin well
- two-casing well
- two-string well
- ultradeep well
- underwater well
- unloading well
- unprofitable well
- untubed well
- upstream well
- vertical well
- waste disposal well
- water well
- water-dependent well
- water-disposal well
- water-free well
- water-injection well
- water-producing well
- water-supply well
- wet well
- wide-spaced wells
- wild well
- wild gas well
- wildcat well
- worked-over well
- workover well* * * -
5 Well
[Wellington] — веллингтон (свита отдела леонард пермской системы, Среднеконтинентальный район)
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to abandon a well — ликвидировать скважину;
to bean a well back — снижать дебит фонтанирующей скважины;
to bean a well up — повышать дебит фонтанирующей скважины;
to blow a well — открывать фонтанирующую скважину на короткое время (для удаления воды, песка);
to bring a well in — вызывать приток пластового флюида в скважину;
to bump off a well — отсоединять насосную скважину от группового привода;
to case a well — обсаживать ствол скважины;
to complete a well — заканчивать скважину;
to dry up a well — откачивать жидкость из скважины;
to flow a well hard — эксплуатировать фонтанирующую скважину с максимально возможным дебитом;
to flush a well out — промывать скважину;
to hand off a well — отсоединять насосную скважину от группового привода;
to junk a well — ликвидировать скважину;
to kill a well — глушить скважину (уравновешивать пластовое давление);
to knife a well — чистить скважину (от парафина) скребками;
to line a well — обсаживать ствол скважины;
to mud a well up — подавать буровой раствор в скважину (после бурения с продувкой);
to place a well on choke — начинать дросселировать поток из скважины с помощью штуцера;
to plug up a well — устанавливать в скважину цементную пробку (с целью её ликвидации);
to pull a well — ликвидировать скважину с извлечением лифтовых труб и насосного оборудования;
to put a well on production — вводить скважину в эксплуатацию;
to put a well on the pump — 1. начинать насосную эксплуатацию скважины; 2. устанавливать насосный подъёмник в скважине
to rework a well — восстановить дебит скважины;
to rock a well — возбуждать приток в скважине попеременным открытием и закрытием устья;
to shoot a well — торпедировать скважину;
to shut down a well — консервировать скважину (в процессе строительства);
to shut in a well — закрывать скважину, останавливать скважину (устьевой задвижкой);
to strip a well — попеременно двигать колонны насосных штанг и лифтовых труб в скважине (для предотвращения скопления парафина);
to suspend a well — законсервировать строящуюся скважину;
to test a well — измерять дебит скважины;
to wake up a well — вызывать приток пластового флюида в скважину;
well on the pump — насосная скважина;
— dry well— gas well— key well— oil well
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скважина; колодец
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2) резервуар; компенсационный колодец, отстойник, зумпф•well has stopped flowing naturally — скважина прекратила естественное фонтанирование;
well imperfect due of method of completion — скважина, несовершенная по способу заканчивания;
well in operation — действующая скважина;
well kicked off natural — скважина, начавшая фонтанировать без возбуждения, без тартания и без кислотной обработки;
well off — простаивающая скважина;
well on the beam — скважина с насосным подъёмником;
well on the pump — насосная скважина;
well out of control — открыто фонтанирующая скважина; скважина, фонтанирование которой не удается остановить ();
well out of operation — бездействующая скважина;
well put into production — скважина, введённая в эксплуатацию;
well set on packer — скважина, оборудования пакером;
to bean a well back — снижать дебит фонтанирующей скважины;
to bean a well up — повышать дебит фонтанирующей скважины;
to blow a well — открывать фонтанирующую скважину на короткое время (<<для удаления воды>);
to blow a well clean — продувать скважину;
to bring a well in — вызывать приток пластового флюида в скважину;
to bring in a well — ввести скважину в эксплуатацию;
to bump off a well — отсоединять насосную скважину от группового привода;
to cap a well — ликвидировать скважину;
to case a well — крепить скважину обсадными трубами, обсаживать ствол скважины;
to complete a well — 1) подготавливать скважину к эксплуатации 2) заканчивать скважину;
to drill a well — бурить скважину;
to drive a well — бурить скважину;
to dry up a well — откачивать жидкость из скважины;
to dual a well — 1) эксплуатировать одновременно два горизонта в скважине 2) использовать силовую установку одной скважины для эксплуатации другой;
to flow a well hard — эксплуатировать фонтанирующую скважину с максимально возможным дебитом;
to flush a well out — промывать скважину;
to get a well back on production — возвращать скважину в эксплуатацию;
to hand a well off — прекращать насосную эксплуатацию скважины;
to hand off a well — отсоединять насосную скважину от группового привода;
to junk a well — ликвидировать скважину;
to knife a well — чистить скважину ( от парафина) скребками;
to line a well — крепить скважину обсадными трубами, обсаживать ствол скважины;
to place a well on choke — начинать дросселировать поток из скважины с помощью штуцера;
to prepare a well for production — подготавливать скважину к эксплуатации;
to pull a well — ликвидировать скважину с извлечением насосно-компрессорных труб и насосного оборудования;
to put a well back on production — возвращать скважину в эксплуатацию;
to put a well into production — вводить скважину в эксплуатацию;
to put a well on production — вводить скважину в эксплуатацию;
to put a well on stream — вводить скважину в эксплуатацию;
to put a well on the pump — 1) начинать насосную эксплуатацию скважины 2) устанавливать насосный подъёмник в скважине;
to return a well on production — возвращать скважину в эксплуатацию; повторно вводить скважину в эксплуатацию;
to rework a well — восстановить дебит скважины;
to rock a well — возбуждать приток в скважине попеременным открытием и закрытием устья;
to shoot a well — торпедировать скважину;
to shut in a well — закрывать скважину; останавливать фонтанирование; останавливать скважину ( устьевой задвижкой);
to start a well — приступать к бурению скважины;
to strip a well — попеременно двигать колонны насосных штанг и насосно-компрессорных труб в скважине ( для предотвращения скопления парафина);
to suspend a well — консервировать строящуюся скважину;
to test a well — измерять дебит скважины;
to test a well for production — испытывать скважину на приток;
to wake up a well — вызывать приток пластового флюида в скважину;
to wash a well into production — вводить скважину в эксплуатацию понижением уровня воды;
- abandoned condensate wellto wash a well out — промывать скважину;
- abandoned gas well
- abandoned oil well
- abandoned oil-and-gas well
- abnormal-pressure well
- absorption well
- Abyssinian well
- adjacent well
- adjoining well
- appraisal well
- artesian well
- barefooted well
- barren well
- base well
- beam well
- beam-pumped well
- belching well
- benchmark well
- blow well
- blowing well
- blowout well
- blue sky exploratory well
- borderline well
- bore well
- Braden head gas well
- breakthrough well
- breathing well
- brought-in well
- cable-tool well
- cased well
- cased-through well
- cemented-up well
- center well
- closed-in well
- close-spaced wells
- cluster well
- commercial well
- completed well
- condensate well
- confirmation well
- connected well
- controlled directional well
- converted gas-input well
- cored well
- corner well
- corrosive well
- cratering well
- crooked well
- curved well
- dead well
- declined well
- deep well
- deflected well
- development well
- development gas well
- development test well
- deviated well
- deviating well
- dewatering well
- directional well
- directionally drilled well
- discovery well
- disposal well
- diving well
- down-dip well
- drain-hole well
- drawn well
- drawned-out well
- drill well
- drill ship well
- drill ship center well
- drilled well
- drilled gas-input well
- drilled water-input well
- drilling well
- driven well
- drowned well
- dry well
- dual well
- dual-completion well
- dual-completion gas well
- dual-completion oil well
- dually-completed well
- dual-pumping well
- dual-zone well
- edge well
- exception well
- exhausted well
- exploratory well
- extension well
- field well
- field development well
- fill-in well
- flank well
- flooded well
- flowing well
- flowing producing oil well
- fresh-water well
- fully penetrating well
- gas well
- gas-injection well
- gaslift well
- geophysical well
- geothermal well
- gurgling well
- gusher well
- hand dog well
- head well
- high-flow-rate well
- high-pressure well
- horizontal well
- hydrodynamically imperfect well
- hydrodynamically perfect well
- hypothetical well
- image well
- imperfect well
- inactive well
- inclined well
- individual well
- infill well
- injection well
- injured well
- input well
- inspection well
- intake well
- intracontour well
- isolated-branched well
- jack well
- junked well
- key well
- kicking well
- killed well
- killer well
- leaking well
- line well
- low pressure well
- marginal well
- medium-depth well
- monitor well
- most probably well
- mudded well
- mudded-up well
- multipay well
- multiple-completion well
- multiple-string small diameter well
- multiple-zone well
- multistring well
- natural well
- neighboring well
- noncommercial well
- nonproducing well
- nonproductive well
- observation well
- off-pattern injection well
- off-structure well
- offset well
- offshore well
- oil well
- old well drilled deeper
- old well plugged back
- old well worked-over
- old abandoned well
- on-structure well
- on-the-beam well
- on-the-pump well
- open hole well
- orifice well
- out-of-control well
- outpost extension well
- output well
- overhauled well
- partially penetrating well
- paying well
- perfect well
- perforated well
- perimeter well
- piestic well
- pinch-out well
- pioneer well
- pipe well
- planned well
- platform well
- plugged-and-abandoned well
- pressure well
- pressure-observation well
- pressure-relief well
- producing well
- producing oil well
- producing oil-and-gas well
- production well
- prolific well
- prospect well
- pumped well
- pumper well
- pumping well
- pumping producing oil well
- purposely deviated well
- purposely slanted well
- quadruple completion well
- recipient wells
- recovery well
- relief well
- returned well to production
- rod-line well
- running well
- salt-dome well
- salt-up well
- salt-water well
- salt-water disposal well
- salt-water injection well
- sand well
- sand-clogged well
- sanded well
- sanded-up well
- sanding-up well
- sand-plugged well
- sand-producing well
- sand-up well
- sandy well
- satellite well
- seabed well
- selective water-injection well
- service well
- shallow well
- shut-in well
- shut-in gas well
- shut-in oil well
- side well
- single well
- single-completion well
- single-jacker well
- single-string well
- slanted well
- slim hole well
- special well
- staggered wells
- steam well
- steam-injection well
- step-out well
- straight well
- stratigraphic well
- stratigraphic test well
- stripped well
- stripper well
- strong well
- structure test well
- subsalt well
- sunken well
- superdeep well
- supply well
- surging well
- suspended well
- temporarily abandoned well
- temporarily shut-in well
- test well
- triple-completion well
- tubed well
- turnkey well
- twin well
- two-casing well
- two-string well
- ultradeep well
- underwater well
- unloading well
- unprofitable well
- untubed well
- upstream well
- vertical well
- waste disposal well
- water well
- water-dependent well
- water-disposal well
- water-free well
- water-injection well
- water-producing well
- water-supply well
- wet well
- wide-spaced wells
- wild well
- wild gas well
- wildcat well
- worked-over well
- workover well* * * -
6 ready
'redi1) ((negative unready) prepared; able to be used etc immediately or when needed; able to do (something) immediately or when necessary: I've packed our cases, so we're ready to leave; Is tea ready yet?; Your coat has been cleaned and is ready (to be collected).) preparado (para), listo2) ((negative unready) willing: I'm always ready to help.) dispuesto (a)3) (quick: You're too ready to find faults in other people; He always has a ready answer.) pronto4) (likely, about (to do something): My head feels as if it's ready to burst.) a punto de•- readily
- ready cash
- ready-made
- ready money
- ready-to-wear
- in readiness
ready adj1. listo / preparadois dinner ready? ¿está preparada la comida?2. dispuestoto get ready preparar / prepararsehow long do you need to get ready? ¿cuánto tiempo necesitas para prepararte?ready, steady, go! preparados, listos, ¡ya!tr['redɪ]1 (prepared) preparado,-a, listo,-a■ are you ready to begin? ¿estás listo para empezar?2 (willing) dispuesto,-a1 preparar1 SMALLBRITISH ENGLISH/SMALL familiar dinero\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLat the ready listo,-a, preparado,-ato get ready prepararseto get something ready preparar algoto make ready prepararready, steady, go! ¡preparados, listos, ya!ready cash dinero en efectivoready reckoner baremo1) prepared: listo, preparado2) willing: dispuesto3) : a punto deready to cry: a punto de llorar4) available: disponibleready cash: efectivo5) quick: vivo, agudoa ready wit: un ingenio agudoadj.• aprestado, -a adj.• dispuesto, -a adj.• listo, -a adj.• preparado, -a adj.• presto, -a adj.• pronto, -a adj.• propenso, -a adj.v.• preparar v.
I 'rediadjective -dier, -diest1)a) ( having completed preparations) (pred)to be ready — estar* listo, estar* pronto (RPl)
to be ready to + INF — estar* listo para + inf
to get ready — ( prepare oneself) prepararse, aprontarse (CS); (get dressed, made up etc) arreglarse, prepararse, aprontarse (CS)
(get) ready, (get) steady o set, go — preparados or en sus marcas or (Ur tb) prontos, listos ya!
to get something/somebody/oneself ready: I'm getting the meal ready estoy preparando la comida; it takes her ages to get herself/the children ready tarda siglos en arreglarse/arreglar a los niños; to make ready — prepararse
b) ( mentally prepared) (pred)to be ready FOR something/to + inf — estar* preparado para algo/para + inf
phew, I'm ready for my bed — estoy que me caigo
c) ( on point of) (colloq)ready to + INF — a punto de + inf
2) ( willing) dispuestoto be ready to + INF — estar* dispuesto a + inf
3) (easy, available)ready money o cash — dinero m (en efectivo)
ready to hand — a mano
4) ( quick) <wit/intellect> vivo, agudo
II
1)the reporters waited, pens at the ready — los periodistas esperaban, bolígrafo en ristre or en mano
2)the readies — pl ( cash) (BrE sl) la guita (arg), la plata (AmL fam), la lana (AmL fam), la pasta (Esp arg)
III
transitive verb -dies, -dying, -died preparar['redɪ]1. ADJ(compar readier) (superl readiest)1) (=prepared)a) (physically) listoyour glasses will be ready in a fortnight — sus gafas estarán listas dentro de quince días, tendrá sus gafas listas dentro de quince días
(are you) ready? — ¿(estás) listo?
ready when you are! — ¡cuando quieras!
ready, steady, go! — ¡preparados, listos, ya!
ready to serve — [food] listo para servir
•
to be ready for sth — estar listo para algoeverything is ready for the new arrival — todo está listo or dispuesto para la llegada del bebé
•
to get (o.s.) ready — prepararse, arreglarseto get ready for school/bed — prepararse para ir al colegio/a la cama
•
I'll have everything ready — lo tendré todo listo•
to hold o.s. ready (for sth) — mantenerse listo (para algo)b) (mentally, emotionally) preparadoI was all ready with a prepared statement — me había preparado bien con una declaración hecha de antemano
she wanted a baby but didn't feel ready yet — quería un bebé, pero todavía no se sentía preparada
she's not ready to take on that kind of responsibility — no está preparada para asumir tanta responsabilidad
are you ready to order? — (in restaurant) ¿desean pedir ya?
•
to be ready for sth — estar preparado para algoto be ready for anything — estar preparado para lo que sea, estar dispuesto a lo que sea
•
to be ready with an excuse — tener preparada una excusa2) (=available) disponible3) (=willing) dispuesto4) (=quick) [solution, explanation, smile] fácil; [wit] agudo, vivo; [market] muy receptivoto have a ready answer/excuse (for sth) — tener una respuesta/excusa a punto (para algo)
•
one advantage of this model is the ready availability of spare parts — una de las ventajas de este modelo es que se pueden obtener recambios fácilmente•
to ensure a ready supply of fresh herbs, why not try growing your own? — para contar siempre con una provisión de hierbas ¿por qué no cultivarlas tú mismo?5) (=on the point of)2. N1)• at the ready — listo, preparado
with rifles at the ready — con los fusiles listos or preparados para disparar
pencil at the ready — lápiz en ristre, lápiz en mano
riot police were at the ready — la policía antidisturbios estaba lista or preparada para actuar
2)the readies * — (=cash) la pasta *, la plata (LAm) *, la lana (LAm) *
3.to ready o.s. — (for news, an event, a struggle) disponerse, prepararse; (for a party etc) arreglarse ( for para)
4.CPDready cash, ready money N — dinero m en efectivo
ready meal N — comida f precocinada or preparada
ready reckoner N — tabla f de equivalencias
* * *
I ['redi]adjective -dier, -diest1)a) ( having completed preparations) (pred)to be ready — estar* listo, estar* pronto (RPl)
to be ready to + INF — estar* listo para + inf
to get ready — ( prepare oneself) prepararse, aprontarse (CS); (get dressed, made up etc) arreglarse, prepararse, aprontarse (CS)
(get) ready, (get) steady o set, go — preparados or en sus marcas or (Ur tb) prontos, listos ya!
to get something/somebody/oneself ready: I'm getting the meal ready estoy preparando la comida; it takes her ages to get herself/the children ready tarda siglos en arreglarse/arreglar a los niños; to make ready — prepararse
b) ( mentally prepared) (pred)to be ready FOR something/to + inf — estar* preparado para algo/para + inf
phew, I'm ready for my bed — estoy que me caigo
c) ( on point of) (colloq)ready to + INF — a punto de + inf
2) ( willing) dispuestoto be ready to + INF — estar* dispuesto a + inf
3) (easy, available)ready money o cash — dinero m (en efectivo)
ready to hand — a mano
4) ( quick) <wit/intellect> vivo, agudo
II
1)the reporters waited, pens at the ready — los periodistas esperaban, bolígrafo en ristre or en mano
2)the readies — pl ( cash) (BrE sl) la guita (arg), la plata (AmL fam), la lana (AmL fam), la pasta (Esp arg)
III
transitive verb -dies, -dying, -died preparar -
7 blood
1. [blʌd] n1. кровьblood loss - потеря крови, кровопотеря
blood clot [coagulation] - сгусток [свёртывание] крови
man of blood - жестокий человек, убийца
to shed /to spill/ blood - проливать кровь
to set one's blood hammering in one's temples - заставить кровь стучать в висках
to taste blood - а) узнать вкус крови ( о животных); б) вкусить (чего-л.)
blood rushed into her cheeks /to her forehead/ - она покраснела
to have smb.'s blood on one's head - быть виновным в чьей-л. смерти или в чьём-л. несчастье
2. 1) род; происхождениеbase blood - а) незаконнорождённость; б) низкое происхождение
fresh blood - новая /неродственная/ кровь в семье
high /blue/ blood - родовитость, аристократическое происхождение, «голубая кровь» [см. тж. blue blood]
it runs in his blood - это у него в роду /в крови/
2) родовитость; высокое происхождение3) обыкн. pl амер. сл. американские негры4) разг. чистокровное животное3. темперамент, характер; страстность4. сок (дерева, плода)5. сл. уст. франт, денди6. дешёвый сенсационный роман; журнал, печатающий страшные или дешёвые сенсационные истории♢
young blood - новый /молодой/ член партииto make bad blood between smb. - вызывать вражду между кем-л.
blood and iron - а) военная сила, милитаризм; б) = the Man of Blood and Iron
the Man of Blood and Iron - ист. «Железный канцлер» ( прозвище Бисмарка)
more than flesh and blood can stand - больше, чем может выдержать человек
to chill /to freeze/ the blood - леденить кровь
to curdle smb.'s /the/ blood - холодить /леденить/ кровь, ужасать
to make smb.'s blood boil - привести кого-л. в бешенство
to make smb.'s blood turn - привести кого-л. в ужас
to have no blood in one's veins - быть трусом /нерешительным, несмелым/
blood is thicker than water - кровь не вода; голос крови не заглушить; ≅ свой своему поневоле брат
2. [blʌd] vyou cannot get /take/ blood from /out of/ a stone - его /её и т. п./ не разжалобишь
1. пускать кровь2. 1) приучать собаку к крови2) приучать (к чему-л.) -
8 EXPO '98
Portugal's world's fair, held from May to October 1998, set in Lisbon. Designed to commemorate and celebrate the 500th anniversary of Vasco da Gama's 1498 discovery of an all-water route to India, this was an ambitious undertaking for a small country with a developing economy. The setting of the exposition was remote eastern Lisbon, along the banks of the Tagus estuary. To facilitate logistics, Portugal opened a new Metro station (Oriente) for the Expo and the new Vasco da Gama Bridge, just northeast of the site. More than 10 million visitors, many of them from abroad but a large proportion from Spain and Portugal, arrived at the site by Metro, bus, taxi, or car and were guided by signs in three languages: Portuguese, Spanish, and English. To the dismay of Francophones, the choice of English and Spanish reflected both the nature of the globalization process and Portugal's growing connections with Europe and the wider world.The theme of Expo '98 was "The Oceans, Heritage for the Future," and the official mascot-symbol was "Gil," a cartoon characterization of a drop of ocean water, based on the suggestion of schoolchildren from the small town of Barrancos. Somewhat in the spirit of Disney's Mickey Mouse, "Gil" reflected cheeriness, but his message was serious, alerting the public to the fact that the oceans were endangered and fresh drinking water increasingly in short supply for a burgeoning world population. Among the outstanding structures at Expo '98 was the Pavilion of Portugal, designed by Portuguese architect Álvaro Siza Vieira, and the Pavilion of the Oceans or the Oceanarium (which remained open to the public after the exposition closed), which was designed by an American architect.Despite the general success of the fair, critics gave mixed reviews to the historic commemoration of the Discoveries facets of the effort. No vessel from Vasco da Gama's 1497-99 famous voyage was reproduced at the fair's dockside exhibit—although there was a 19th-century sailing vessel and a reproduction of one of the vessels from Christopher Columbus's first voyage, constructed by Portuguese in Madeira—nor was there much else on Vasco da Gama in the Pavilion of Portugal. Instead, visitors were impressed with a multimedia show based on knowledge of a Portuguese shipwreck, a 17th-century nau, found by archaeologists in recent years. The sound and light show in this lovely space was magnificent. The most popular exhibits were the Oceanarium and the Utopia Pavilion, where lines could be hours long. Despite the fact that Expo '98 made only a weak effort to attract visitors from outside Europe, the general consensus was that it was a successful enterprise, unique in Portugal's record of historic and contemporary expositions since 1940. -
9 Cubitt, William
[br]b. 1785 Dilham, Norfolk, Englandd. 13 October 1861 Clapham Common, Surrey, England[br]English civil engineer and contractor.[br]The son of a miller, he received a rudimentary education in the village school. At an early age he was helping his father in the mill, and in 1800 he was apprenticed to a cabinet maker. After four years he returned to work with his father, but, preferring to leave the parental home, he not long afterwards joined a firm of agricultural-machinery makers in Swanton in Norfolk. There he acquired a reputation for making accurate patterns for the iron caster and demonstrated a talent for mechanical invention, patenting a self-regulating windmill sail in 1807. He then set up on his own as a millwright, but he found he could better himself by joining the engineering works of Ransomes of Ipswich in 1812. He was soon appointed their Chief Engineer, and after nine years he became a partner in the firm until he moved to London in 1826. Around 1818 he invented the treadmill, with the aim of putting prisoners to useful work in grinding corn and other applications. It was rapidly adopted by the principal prisons, more as a means of punishment than an instrument of useful work.From 1814 Cubitt had been gaining experience in civil engineering, and upon his removal to London his career in this field began to take off. He was engaged on many canal-building projects, including the Oxford and Liverpool Junction canals. He accomplished some notable dock works, such as the Bute docks at Cardiff, the Middlesborough docks and the coal drops on the river Tees. He improved navigation on the river Severn and compiled valuable reports on a number of other leading rivers.The railway construction boom of the 1840s provided him with fresh opportunities. He engineered the South Eastern Railway (SER) with its daringly constructed line below the cliffs between Folkestone and Dover; the railway was completed in 1843, using massive charges of explosive to blast a way through the cliffs. Cubitt was Consulting Engineer to the Great Northern Railway and tried, with less than his usual success, to get the atmospheric system to work on the Croydon Railway.When the SER began a steamer service between Folkestone and Boulogne, Cubitt was engaged to improve the port facilities there and went on to act as Consulting Engineer to the Boulogne and Amiens Railway. Other commissions on the European continent included surveying the line between Paris and Lyons, advising the Hanoverian government on the harbour and docks at Hamburg and directing the water-supply works for Berlin.Cubitt was actively involved in the erection of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition of 1851; in recognition of this work Queen Victoria knighted him at Windsor Castle on 23 December 1851.Cubitt's son Joseph (1811–72) was also a notable civil engineer, with many railway and harbour works to his credit.[br]Principal Honours and DistinctionsKnighted 1851. FRS 1830. President, Institution of Civil Engineers 1850 and 1851.Further ReadingObituary, 1862, Minutes of 'the Proceedings of the Institution of Civil Engineers 21:552– 8.LRD
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