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121 make out a case against smb.
(make out a case (или put the case) against (или for) smb. (или smth.))выступать против ( или за) кого-л. (или чего-л.); приводить доводы против ( или в защиту) кого-л. (или чего-л.)There has been a heavy shower of letters in The Times about the mistakes made by famous novelists... The correspondence was extremely interesting, but as one read it, one became more and more astonished at the weakness of the case made out against the novelists... (Kenk) — В "Таймс" хлынул поток писем об ошибках, допущенных великими романистами... Письма были чрезвычайно интересны, но, читая их, я все больше удивлялся, как ничтожна, в сущности, эта критика в адрес великих писателей...
If, as I think, we are still... subconsciously a little prejudiced against the use of idiom, I should like to put the case for it as emphatically as I can (L. P. Smith, ‘Words and Idioms’) — Так как мы, я полагаю, все еще... подсознательно предубеждены против идиом, то мне хотелось бы самым решительным образом выступить в их защиту.
I must say he put the case for me rather well; I couldn't have done better myself. (E. O'Connor, ‘The Last Hurrah’, part II, ch. VIII) — Надо сказать, что Джон очень хорошо изложил мою позицию в этом вопросе. Я бы и сам лучше не смог.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > make out a case against smb.
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122 take a leaf out of smb.'s book
бpaть пpимep c кoгo-л., cлeдoвaть чьeму-л. пpимepуDon't you think it's rather a pretty compliment we pay the other sex if we sometimes take a leaf out of their books? (W. S. Maugham). He's got his head screwed on the right way, your father has. You want to take a leaf out of his book (D. Cusack and F. James)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > take a leaf out of smb.'s book
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123 cook out
обескураживать Do you think you'll be able to cool the other firm out? ≈ Ты думаешь, нам удастся впечатлить наших конкурентов?Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > cook out
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125 check out the plumbing
Сленг: идти в ванную, принять ванну (I think I'd better check out the plumbing before we go. Я думая мне лучше принять ванну до того как мы пойдём.)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > check out the plumbing
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126 run out of patience
лопаться (о терпении); терять терпениеYou still haven't got your new car yet? — No, they phoned to say it still hasn't been delivered. I think I'll cancel the order and look somewhere else. I'm running out of patience.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > run out of patience
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127 brazen it out
expr infmlGeorge, here comes my husband. Do you think we can brazen it out? — Джордж, идет мой муж. Как ты думаешь, если мы нагло будем говорить, что между нами ничего не было, то выкрутимся?
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > brazen it out
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128 check out the plumbing
expr AmE slI think I'd better check out the plumbing before we go — Я думаю, мне нужно зайти в туалет, прежде чем мы выйдем
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