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1 horse races
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2 horse races
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3 off-track betting on horse races
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4 be on one's high horse
разг.(be on (get on, mount или ride) one's (или the) high horse)высокомерно держаться, важничать, задаваться; ≈ задирать нос, ломиться, впадать в амбицию [выражение возникло в связи с тем, что феодалы, обыкновенно сражавшиеся верхом, презрительно относились к пехоте, состоявшей из наёмников или простолюдинов; ср.; фр. monter sur ses grands chevaux, нем. sich aufs hohe Pferd setzen]Miss Ingram, who had now seated with proud grace at the piano... commenced a brilliant prelude... She appeared to be on her high horse tonight... (Ch. Brontë, ‘Jane Eyre’, ch. XVII) — Мисс Инграм, с горделивой грацией усевшись за рояль... с блеском заиграла прелюдию... В этот вечер она держалась особенно высокомерно...
Not that she didn't try to persuade me, but I got on my high horse and was stubborn. (R. P. Warren, ‘All the King's Men’, ch. III) — Мать пыталась меня переубедить, но спесь во мне взыграла, и я уперся на своем.
...when I suggested Harry might give the gardener a hand he got on his high horse and threatened to leave. (D. Cusack, ‘Picnic Races’, ch. 16) —...когда я предложила конюху Гарри помочь садовнику, Гарри вломился в амбицию и пригрозил уходом.
‘My, but ye're on your high horse, me lad,’ said Mary. (S. Chaplin, ‘The Watchers and the Watched’, ch. 5) — - Ну и задаешься же ты, дружок, - сказала Мэри.
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5 the races
(a meeting for horse-racing.) hestevæddeløb* * *(a meeting for horse-racing.) hestevæddeløb -
6 the races
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7 the races
(a meeting for horse-racing.) veðreiðar -
8 the races
(a meeting for horse-racing.) lóverseny, galopp -
9 the races
(a meeting for horse-racing.) as corridas -
10 the races
(a meeting for horse-racing.) at yarışı -
11 the races
(a meeting for horse-racing.) konjske dirke -
12 the races
• ratsastuskilpailut* * *(a meeting for horse-racing.) hevoskilpailut -
13 the races
(a meeting for horse-racing.) veddeløp -
14 the races
(a meeting for horse-racing.) corse -
15 the races
(a meeting for horse-racing.) das Pferderennen -
16 the races
(a meeting for horse-racing.) wyścigi -
17 the races
(a meeting for horse-racing.) zirgu skriešanās sacīkstes -
18 the races
(a meeting for horse-racing.) lenktynės -
19 the races
(a meeting for horse-racing.) tävlingarna, kapplöpningarna -
20 the races
(a meeting for horse-racing.) curse (de cai)
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