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121 the old lady in Threadneedle Street
шутл."старая леди с Треднидл-стрит", Английский банк [выражение обязано своим происхождением карикатуре, на которой премьер-министр Уильям Питт Младший пытается завладеть золотом старой леди, сидящей на запертом сундуке. Деньги были нужны Питту для войны с Наполеоном. Подпись под карикатурой гласила: Political Ravishment, or The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street in Danger!]When dinner was announced, Mr. Dombey took down an old lady like a crimson pin-cushion stuffed with banknotes, who might have been the identical old lady of Threadneedle Street, she was so rich and looked so unaccommodating... (Ch. Dickens, ‘Dombey and Son’, ch. XXXVI) — Когда доложили, что обед подан, мистер Домби предложил руку старой леди, похожей на малиновую бархатную подушечку для булавок, набитую банковыми билетами, которая могла бы сойти за "старую леди с Треднидл-стрит" - так была она богата и такой казалась непокладистой...
Though some still call the Bank of England "the old lady of Threadneedle Street" she is, in fact, a wicked old Tory harridan, whose aim in life is to help the City of London make more money at the expense of the working people. — Хотя кое-кто все еще называет Английский банк "старой леди с Треднидл-стрит", но банк этот лучше назвать старой злой каргой консервативного толка, озабоченной только тем, чтобы помогать лондонскому Сити богатеть за счет трудящихся.
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122 the likes of someone
n pl infmlI've met the likes of you before — Я таких, как ты, уже видел
I've no time for the likes of him — Таких, как он, я презираю
The bloody nerve - how dare you. I'm a respectable girl - I'd never mix with the likes of you — Какая наглость! Что ты тут себе позволяешь?! Я честная девушка и не хочу иметь дело с такими, как ты
People have got to be protected against the likes of him — Людей надо защищать от таких, как он
It's not for the likes of us who've never had to go without anything we really needed to condemn him — У нас всегда всего было полно, и поэтому не нам его осуждать
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123 -the army is o the army are?-
Nota d'usoI sostantivi come army sono chiamati collettivi perché indicano un gruppo di persone. In inglese possono essere seguiti dal verbo al singolare o al plurale, a seconda del contesto e di ciò che vuole esprimere chi parla. In generale, se si pensa al sostantivo in modo impersonale, si sceglie il singolare: The army is a career option for many people, per molte persone l'esercito è una scelta di carriera. Se invece si pensa alle singole persone che fanno cose diverse all'interno del gruppo, si sceglie il plurale: The army are calling for new equipment, l'esercito richiede nuove attrezzature. Si noti che quando il verbo è al singolare, un'eventuale proposizione relativa sarà introdotta da which o that, mentre se il verbo è al plurale, poiché si pensa alle persone, si ricorre a who. -
124 the digestion of an ostrich
всеядный, "лужёный" желудокShe's all alone in London, with a red-haired impressionist girl, who probably has the digestion of an ostrich. Most red-haired people have. (R. Kipling, ‘The Light That Failed’, ch. V) — Она одна в Лондоне, с рыжей импрессионисткой, у которой, по всей вероятности, луженый желудок, как почти у всех рыжих.
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125 the three r's
Reading, [w]riting and [a]rithmetic — чтение, письмо и арифметика, являющиеся основой образования. Говорят, что это выражение впервые употребил сэр Уильям Кёртис (William Curtis,1752—1829), неграмотный лорд-мэр Лондона, который на банкете предложил тост за 'Reading,'riting and 'rithmetic', полагая, что все три слова начинаются с 'r'.I don't know what's happened to education in this country. There are young people today who simply don't know their three r's. — Я не знаю, что произошло с образованием в нашей стране. Сейчас молодые люди просто не знают азбучных истин.
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126 a hair of the dog
разг.вино для опохмелки [часть выражения take a hair of the dog that bit you; см. take a hair of the dog that bit you]The people who lodged here were not... racing men who rose in the morning with headaches and asked for a hair of the dog that bit them, but respectable women from the country and elderly gentlemen who belonged to exclusive clubs. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Cakes and Ale’, ch. II) — В этих меблированных комнатах проживали не... любители играть на бегах, просыпающиеся утром с головной болью и жаждущие опохмелиться, а вполне респектабельные дамы из провинции и пожилые джентльмены - члены фешенебельных клубов.
‘A hair of the dog that bit him,’ he would say as he poured out the beer, carefully so that the foam should not make him wait too long to drink. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, ch. 23) — - Клин клином вышибай, - изрекал Уортон, осторожно наливая себе пиво, чтобы пена не мешала ему поскорее добраться до вожделенной влаги.
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127 a hair of the dog (that bit one)
paзг.выпивкa для oпoxмeлки [чacть выpaжeния take a hair of the dog that bit you]The people who lodged here were not... racing men who rose in the morning with headaches and asked for a hair of the dog that bit them, but respectable women from the country and elderly gentlemen who belonged to exclusive clubs (W. S. Maugham)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > a hair of the dog (that bit one)
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128 grind the faces of the poor
жестоко угнетать, безжалостно эксплуатировать бедняков [этим. библ. Isaiah III, 15]In the democratic press he was as sailed... as an oppressor of the people, who ground the faces of the poor, and fattened in the luxury wrung from the toiling millions. (Fr. Norris, ‘The Pit’, ch. IX) — Демократическая печать обрушилась на него... называя его угнетателем народа, эксплуататором бедных, разжиревшим за счет миллионов тружеников.
Machiavelli, himself as lean as a rail, did not like fat men, he was used to say that no man could grow fat in Italy without robbing the widow and the orphan and grinding the faces of the poor. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Then and Now’, ch. VIII) — Макиавелли, сам тощий как жердь, не любил толстяков. Он утверждал, что в Италии можно разжиреть, только грабя вдов и сирот и наживаясь на бедняках.
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