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  • 101 обить пороги

    • ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]
    =====
    ⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:
    - X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;
    || X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;
    - X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;
    - X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;
    - X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).
         ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).
         ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).
         ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).
         ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > обить пороги

  • 102 пообивать весь порог

    • ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]
    =====
    ⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:
    - X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;
    || X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;
    - X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;
    - X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;
    - X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).
         ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).
         ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).
         ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).
         ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пообивать весь порог

  • 103 пообивать все пороги

    • ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]
    =====
    ⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:
    - X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;
    || X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;
    - X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;
    - X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;
    - X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).
         ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).
         ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).
         ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).
         ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пообивать все пороги

  • 104 пообивать порог

    • ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]
    =====
    ⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:
    - X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;
    || X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;
    - X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;
    - X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;
    - X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).
         ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).
         ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).
         ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).
         ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пообивать порог

  • 105 пообивать пороги

    • ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]
    =====
    ⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:
    - X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;
    || X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;
    - X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;
    - X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;
    - X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).
         ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).
         ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).
         ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).
         ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пообивать пороги

  • 106 пообить весь порог

    • ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]
    =====
    ⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:
    - X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;
    || X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;
    - X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;
    - X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;
    - X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).
         ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).
         ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).
         ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).
         ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пообить весь порог

  • 107 пообить все пороги

    • ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]
    =====
    ⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:
    - X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;
    || X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;
    - X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;
    - X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;
    - X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).
         ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).
         ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).
         ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).
         ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пообить все пороги

  • 108 пообить порог

    • ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]
    =====
    ⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:
    - X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;
    || X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;
    - X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;
    - X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;
    - X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).
         ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).
         ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).
         ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).
         ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пообить порог

  • 109 пообить пороги

    • ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ПОРОГИ( чьи) < ПОРОГ (чей)> (чего, у кого, где; ОБИВАТЬ/ОБИТЬ <ПООБИВАТЬ/ПООБИТЬ rare> ВСЕ ПОРОГИ < ВЕСЬ ПОРОГ> (у кого, где) all coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. impfv]
    =====
    ⇒ (usu. in refer, to trying to obtain sth. important for one's job or career from one's superior(s) or some organization(s); may refer to a person trying to get a job, a man trying to gain the affection of a woman etc) to go to some place(s) repeatedly, persistently requesting sth.:
    - X обивает пороги≈ X beats down doors;
    || X обивает пороги редакций (школ и т. п.) ≈ X haunts the door(way)s of various editorial (principals? etc) offices;
    - X haunts (the) editors' <(the) principals' etc> offices;
    - X runs from one editorial (principal's etc) office to another;
    - X pesters every editor (principal etc) (in town).
         ♦ "Я, конечно, напишу..." - "Напишу! Ты весь в этом. Не писать надо, а ехать, лично просить, пороги обивать!" (Стругацкие 1). "Of course I'll write-" "You'll write! That's just like you. It's not writing you have to do, you have to go there, ask in person, beat down doors" (1a).
         ♦ Статейки эти... быстро пошли в ход, и уж в этом одном молодой человек оказал всё своё практическое и умственное превосходство над тою многочисленною, вечно нуждающеюся и несчастною частью нашей учащейся молодёжи обоего пола, которая в столицах... с утра до ночи обивает пороги разных газет и журналов... (Достоевский 1). These little articles... were soon in great demand; and even in this alone the young man demonstrated his practical and intellectual superiority over that eternally needy and miserable mass of our students of both sexes who, in our capitals, from morning till night...haunt the doorways of various newspapers and magazines... (1a).
         ♦ [Тригорин:] Такой любви я не испытал ещё... В молодости было некогда, я обивал пороги редакций, боролся с нуждой... (Чехов 6). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that....In my youth there wasn't time, I was always haunting the editors' offices, fighting off poverty... (6a). [Т.:] I have never known a love like that. As a young man, I never had time; I was too busy running from one editorial office to another, trying to earn a living (6b).
         ♦ "Весьма обнадёживающе заявивший о себе ранее молодой поэт-колхозник Влад Самсонов из станицы Пластуновской, бросив семью и работу, ведёт богемный образ жизни, обивая пороги редакций со стихами, оставляющими желать много лучшего" (Максимов 2). "Vlad Samsonov, the peasant poet from the village of Plastunovskaya, whose early work was extremely promising, having abandoned his family and his work is now living a bohemian life and is pestering every editor in town with verses that leave a great deal to be desired" (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > пообить пороги

  • 110 grunt

    1. verb
    1) (to make a low, rough sound: The pigs grunted when the farmer brought their food.) gruñir
    2) ((of people) to say in a way that sounds like grunting: He grunted that he was too busy to talk to me.) decir gruñendo

    2. noun
    (a low, rough sound: a grunt of disapproval.) gruñido
    grunt1 n gruñido
    grunt2 vb gruñir
    tr[grʌnt]
    1 gruñido
    1 gruñir
    1 decir gruñiendo
    grunt ['grʌnt] vi
    : gruñir
    : gruñido m
    n.
    • gruñido s.m.
    • ronco s.m.
    v.
    • gemir v.
    • gruñir v.
    • verraquear v.

    I
    1. grʌnt
    a) \<\<pig\>\> gruñir*
    b) \<\<person\>\> gruñir*, dar* or lanzar* un gruñido; ( with effort) resoplar

    2.
    vt gruñir*

    II
    a) ( of pig) gruñido m
    b) ( of person) gruñido m; ( with effort) resoplido m
    [ɡrʌnt]
    1.
    N [of animal, person] gruñido m
    2.
    VI [animal, person] gruñir
    3.
    VT

    "yes," he grunted — -sí -gruñó

    * * *

    I
    1. [grʌnt]
    a) \<\<pig\>\> gruñir*
    b) \<\<person\>\> gruñir*, dar* or lanzar* un gruñido; ( with effort) resoplar

    2.
    vt gruñir*

    II
    a) ( of pig) gruñido m
    b) ( of person) gruñido m; ( with effort) resoplido m

    English-spanish dictionary > grunt

  • 111 petulantly

    ['petjʊlǝntlɪ]
    ADV de mal humor, con irritación

    "I'm too busy!" she said petulantly — -¡estoy demasiado ocupada! -dijo malhumorada or irritada

    English-spanish dictionary > petulantly

  • 112 preoccupation

    noun preocupación
    tr[priːɒkjʊ'peɪʃən]
    1 (worry) preocupación nombre femenino; (obsession) obsesión nombre femenino, manía
    preoccupation [pri.ɑkjə'peɪʃən] n
    : preocupación f
    n.
    • preocupación s.f.
    priː'ɑːkjə'peɪʃən
    count & mass noun
    1) ( obsession) obsesión f

    preoccupation WITH something: his excessive preoccupation with hygiene — su manía or su obsesión con la higiene

    2) ( concern)

    my main preoccupation was not to offend my parents — mi mayor preocupación/lo que más me importaba era no ofender a mis padres

    [priːˌɒkjʊ'peɪʃǝn]
    N preocupación f

    keeping warm was his main preoccupation — su principal preocupación or lo que más le preocupaba era no pasar frío

    * * *
    [priː'ɑːkjə'peɪʃən]
    count & mass noun
    1) ( obsession) obsesión f

    preoccupation WITH something: his excessive preoccupation with hygiene — su manía or su obsesión con la higiene

    2) ( concern)

    my main preoccupation was not to offend my parents — mi mayor preocupación/lo que más me importaba era no ofender a mis padres

    English-spanish dictionary > preoccupation

  • 113 Brummen

    I v/i
    1. Bär etc.: growl; Fliege, Käfer etc.: hum, buzz; Flugzeug, Motor etc.: drone; Lautsprecher etc.: hum; mir brummt der Kopf oder Schädel my head’s throbbing
    2. umg. im Gefängnis: brummen müssen have to do time
    II vt/i (murren) growl, grumble ( über + Akk about); (leise sagen) mutter; ein Lied brummen hum a tune
    * * *
    to growl; to hum; to buzz; to grunt; to grumble; to drone
    * * *
    brụm|men ['brʊmən]
    1. vi
    1) (Insekt) to buzz; (Bär) to growl; (Motor, Bass) to drone; (Kreisel etc) to hum
    2) (beim Singen) to drone
    3) (= murren) to grumble, to grouch (inf), to grouse (inf)
    4) (= brummeln) to mumble, to mutter
    5) (inf) (= in Haft sein) to be locked up (inf); (SCH = nachsitzen) to be kept in

    vier Monate brummen — to do four months (inf)

    6) (Wirtschaft, Geschäft) to boom, to flourish
    2. vt
    1) (= brummeln) to mumble, to mutter
    2) (beim Singen) to drone
    * * *
    das
    1) (a deep, humming sound: the distant drone of traffic.) drone
    2) (to make a low, humming sound: An aeroplane droned overhead.) drone
    3) ((of people) to say in a way that sounds like grunting: He grunted that he was too busy to talk to me.) grunt
    4) zoom
    * * *
    brum·men
    [ˈbrʊmən]
    I. vi
    1. (von Insekt, Klingel) to buzz; (von Bär) to growl; (von Wagen, Motor) to drone; (von Bass) to rumble; (von Kreisel) to hum
    2. (beim Singen) to drone
    3. (fam: in Haft sein) to be doing time fam
    drei Jahre \brummen to be doing three years fam
    4. (murren) to grumble
    II. vt
    ▪ etw \brummen to mumble sth
    * * *
    transitives, intransitives Verb
    1) < insect> buzz; < bear> growl; <engine etc.> drone

    mir brummt der Schädel od. Kopf — (ugs.) my head is buzzing

    2) (unmelodisch singen) drone
    3) (mürrisch sprechen) mumble; mutter
    * * *
    Brummen n; -s, kein pl
    1. Handlung: growling, muttering, humming
    2. Geräusch: growl, mutter, hum
    * * *
    transitives, intransitives Verb
    1) < insect> buzz; < bear> growl; <engine etc.> drone

    mir brummt der Schädel od. Kopf — (ugs.) my head is buzzing

    3) (mürrisch sprechen) mumble; mutter
    * * *
    v.
    to buzz v.
    to drone v.
    to grumble v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > Brummen

  • 114 brummen

    I v/i
    1. Bär etc.: growl; Fliege, Käfer etc.: hum, buzz; Flugzeug, Motor etc.: drone; Lautsprecher etc.: hum; mir brummt der Kopf oder Schädel my head’s throbbing
    2. umg. im Gefängnis: brummen müssen have to do time
    II vt/i (murren) growl, grumble ( über + Akk about); (leise sagen) mutter; ein Lied brummen hum a tune
    * * *
    to growl; to hum; to buzz; to grunt; to grumble; to drone
    * * *
    brụm|men ['brʊmən]
    1. vi
    1) (Insekt) to buzz; (Bär) to growl; (Motor, Bass) to drone; (Kreisel etc) to hum
    2) (beim Singen) to drone
    3) (= murren) to grumble, to grouch (inf), to grouse (inf)
    4) (= brummeln) to mumble, to mutter
    5) (inf) (= in Haft sein) to be locked up (inf); (SCH = nachsitzen) to be kept in

    vier Monate brummen — to do four months (inf)

    6) (Wirtschaft, Geschäft) to boom, to flourish
    2. vt
    1) (= brummeln) to mumble, to mutter
    2) (beim Singen) to drone
    * * *
    das
    1) (a deep, humming sound: the distant drone of traffic.) drone
    2) (to make a low, humming sound: An aeroplane droned overhead.) drone
    3) ((of people) to say in a way that sounds like grunting: He grunted that he was too busy to talk to me.) grunt
    4) zoom
    * * *
    brum·men
    [ˈbrʊmən]
    I. vi
    1. (von Insekt, Klingel) to buzz; (von Bär) to growl; (von Wagen, Motor) to drone; (von Bass) to rumble; (von Kreisel) to hum
    2. (beim Singen) to drone
    3. (fam: in Haft sein) to be doing time fam
    drei Jahre \brummen to be doing three years fam
    4. (murren) to grumble
    II. vt
    ▪ etw \brummen to mumble sth
    * * *
    transitives, intransitives Verb
    1) < insect> buzz; < bear> growl; <engine etc.> drone

    mir brummt der Schädel od. Kopf — (ugs.) my head is buzzing

    2) (unmelodisch singen) drone
    3) (mürrisch sprechen) mumble; mutter
    * * *
    A. v/i
    1. Bär etc: growl; Fliege, Käfer etc: hum, buzz; Flugzeug, Motor etc: drone; Lautsprecher etc: hum;
    Schädel my head’s throbbing
    2. umg im Gefängnis:
    brummen müssen have to do time
    B. v/t & v/i (murren) growl, grumble (
    über +akk about); (leise sagen) mutter;
    ein Lied brummen hum a tune
    * * *
    transitives, intransitives Verb
    1) < insect> buzz; < bear> growl; <engine etc.> drone

    mir brummt der Schädel od. Kopf — (ugs.) my head is buzzing

    3) (mürrisch sprechen) mumble; mutter
    * * *
    v.
    to buzz v.
    to drone v.
    to grumble v.

    Deutsch-Englisch Wörterbuch > brummen

  • 115 grunt

    1. noun
    Grunzen, das
    2. intransitive verb
    * * *
    1. verb
    1) (to make a low, rough sound: The pigs grunted when the farmer brought their food.) grunzen
    2) ((of people) to say in a way that sounds like grunting: He grunted that he was too busy to talk to me.) brummen
    2. noun
    (a low, rough sound: a grunt of disapproval.) das Grunzen
    * * *
    [grʌnt]
    I. n
    1. (snorting sound) Grunzen nt kein pl; (groan) Ächzen nt kein pl
    to give a \grunt grunzen
    2. AM ( fam: low-ranking soldier) gemeiner Soldat/gemeine Soldatin
    3. AM ( fam: unskilled worker) Hilfsarbeiter(in) m(f)
    II. vi grunzen; (groan) ächzen
    to \grunt with pain vor Schmerz aufseufzen
    * * *
    [grʌnt]
    1. n
    1) (of animal, person) Grunzen nt no pl; (of pain, in exertion) Ächzen nt no pl, Ächzer m (inf)

    to give a grunt — grunzen (of vor +dat ), ächzen (of vor +dat )

    2) (US inf) kleiner Angestellter, kleine Angestellte; (= dogsbody) Mädchen nt für alles (inf)
    2. vi
    (animal, person) grunzen; (with pain, exertion) ächzen, aufseufzen; (in irritation) knurren
    3. vt
    reply brummen, knurren
    * * *
    grunt [ɡrʌnt]
    A v/i
    1. grunzen (Schwein, auch Person)
    2. fig murren, brummen ( beide:
    at über akk)
    3. fig ächzen, stöhnen ( beide:
    with vor dat)
    B v/t oft grunt out etwas grunzen, murren, brummen
    C s
    1. Grunzen n:
    give a grunt (of agreement) (zustimmend) grunzen
    2. fig Ächzen n, Stöhnen n:
    give a grunt ächzen, stöhnen ( beide:
    of vor dat)
    3. FISCH (ein) Knurrfisch m
    * * *
    1. noun
    Grunzen, das
    2. intransitive verb
    * * *
    v.
    grunzen v.

    English-german dictionary > grunt

  • 116 grunt

    1. verb
    1) (to make a low, rough sound: The pigs grunted when the farmer brought their food.) grynte
    2) ((of people) to say in a way that sounds like grunting: He grunted that he was too busy to talk to me.) grynte
    2. noun
    (a low, rough sound: a grunt of disapproval.) grynt(ing)
    grynt
    I
    subst. \/ɡrʌnt\/
    1) grynt, snøft
    2) grynting, snøfting
    3) ( hverdagslig) kraft, styrke
    4) (spesielt amer., hverdagslig) infanterisoldat, marinesoldat
    5) ( en av flere arter i fiskefamiliene Pomadasyidae eller Banjosidae) gryntefisk
    II
    verb \/ɡrʌnt\/
    grynte (frem), snøfte (frem)

    English-Norwegian dictionary > grunt

  • 117 hibernate

    ((of certain animals, eg hedgehogs) to pass the winter in a condition like sleep.) gå/ligge i hi
    verb \/ˈhaɪbəneɪt\/
    1) overvintre
    2) ( zoologi) gå i hi, ligge i hi, ligge i vinterdvale
    3) ( overført) gå i hi

    English-Norwegian dictionary > hibernate

  • 118 paro

    m.
    1 unemployment (desempleo). (peninsular Spanish)
    estar en (el) paro to be unemployed
    quedarse en paro to be left unemployed
    paro cíclico/encubierto/estructural cyclical/hidden/structural unemployment
    paro biológico = temporary halt to fishing at sea to preserve fish stocks
    paro cardiaco cardiac arrest
    paro laboral industrial action
    3 strike (huelga). (especially Latin American Spanish)
    4 suspension, stop.
    5 forced unemployment, lockout, suspension of work, work stoppage.
    6 cardiac arrest.
    7 titmouse, straight-beaked bird.
    pres.indicat.
    1 1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: parir.
    2 1st person singular (yo) present indicative of spanish verb: parir.
    * * *
    1 stop
    2 (desempleo) unemployment; (subsidio) unemployment benefit, US unemployment compensation
    3 (interrupción) stoppage, strike
    \
    cobrar el paro to be on unemployment benefit, be on the dole
    estar en el paro to be unemployed
    paro cardiaco cardiac arrest
    paro indefinido indefinite strike
    * * *
    noun m.
    * * *
    I
    SM (Orn) tit
    II
    SM
    1) (=desempleo) unemployment

    lo han enviado al paro — they have put him out of a job, they have made him unemployed

    2) (=subsidio) unemployment benefit, unemployment insurance (EEUU)

    cobrar el paro — to be on the dole *, receive unemployment benefit frm

    3) (=interrupción) stoppage

    paro biológico — (Pesca) temporary fishing ban

    paro del sistema — (Inform) system shutdown

    4) (=huelga) strike
    5) And, Caribe (Dados) throw
    6)

    en paro — And (=de una vez) all at once, in one go

    * * *
    1) (esp AmL) ( huelga) strike

    están en or de paro — (AmL) they're on strike

    2) (Esp)
    a) ( desempleo) unemployment
    b) ( subsidio) unemployment benefit
    3) (de máquina, proceso) stoppage
    4) (Col)

    en paro — ( totalmente) completely, totally

    * * *
    = stoppage, halt, unemployment, joblessness.
    Ex. The induction course will give all the necessary employment details relating to such matters as the amount of leave entitlement, insurance stoppages, what to do in case of sickness, etc..
    Ex. The success of the investment campaign has led some to call for a total embargo, which would include an academic boycott and a halt to the sale of books.
    Ex. But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex. The growth of poverty and joblessness, new immigrant populations, and the ubiquitous need for technical literacy continue to increase the significance of the public library's role in lifelong learning = En los Estados Unidos, el aumento de la pobreza y el desempleo, la nueva población de inmigrantes y la necesidad de poseer conocimientos básicos en tecnología continúa aumentando la importancia del papel de la biblioteca pública en el aprendizaje permanente.
    ----
    * paro cardiaco = cardiac arrest.
    * * *
    1) (esp AmL) ( huelga) strike

    están en or de paro — (AmL) they're on strike

    2) (Esp)
    a) ( desempleo) unemployment
    b) ( subsidio) unemployment benefit
    3) (de máquina, proceso) stoppage
    4) (Col)

    en paro — ( totalmente) completely, totally

    * * *
    = stoppage, halt, unemployment, joblessness.

    Ex: The induction course will give all the necessary employment details relating to such matters as the amount of leave entitlement, insurance stoppages, what to do in case of sickness, etc..

    Ex: The success of the investment campaign has led some to call for a total embargo, which would include an academic boycott and a halt to the sale of books.
    Ex: But the good times ran out and the world recession of the 1970s brought rising inflation, unemployment and increasing pressure for better social services.
    Ex: The growth of poverty and joblessness, new immigrant populations, and the ubiquitous need for technical literacy continue to increase the significance of the public library's role in lifelong learning = En los Estados Unidos, el aumento de la pobreza y el desempleo, la nueva población de inmigrantes y la necesidad de poseer conocimientos básicos en tecnología continúa aumentando la importancia del papel de la biblioteca pública en el aprendizaje permanente.
    * paro cardiaco = cardiac arrest.

    * * *
    paro (↑ paro a1)
    A ( esp AmL) (huelga) strike
    hacer un paro de 24 horas to go on o stage a 24-hour strike
    están en or de paro ( AmL); they're on strike
    Compuestos:
    ( Col) community protest
    ( esp AmL); sit-down strike
    ( esp AmL) general strike
    ( AmL) lockout
    B ( Esp)
    1 (desempleo) unemployment
    está en paro he's unemployed
    2 (subsidio) unemployment benefit, unemployment compensation ( AmE)
    cobrar el paro to claim unemployment benefit, to draw the dole ( BrE colloq)
    Compuestos:
    ( Esp): están en paro forzoso they have been laid off
    ( Esp) official unemployment figures (pl)
    ( Esp); (huelga) occupation ( by workers on strike); (desempleo) layoff; (en la producción) stoppage (due to lack of parts, etc)
    C (de una máquina, un proceso) stoppage
    Compuesto:
    paro cardíaco or cardiaco
    heart failure, cardiac arrest
    D ( Zool) tit
    Compuesto:
    coal tit
    E
    ( Col): en paro (totalmente) completely, totally
    The name in Spain for both unemployment and unemployment benefit. The period for which paro can be claimed ranges from three months to a year, depending on how long a person has been working. The amount paid decreases over the period of unemployment.
    * * *

     

    Del verbo parar: ( conjugate parar)

    paro es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    paró es:

    3ª persona singular (él/ella/usted) pretérito indicativo

    Del verbo parir: ( conjugate parir)

    paro es:

    1ª persona singular (yo) presente indicativo

    Multiple Entries:
    parar    
    parir    
    paro
    parar ( conjugate parar) verbo intransitivo
    1 ( detenerse) to stop;

    ir/venir a paro to end up;
    fue a paro a la cárcel he ended up in prison;
    ¿a dónde habrá ido a paro aquella foto? what can have happened to that photo?;
    ¡a dónde iremos a paro! I don't know what the world's coming to
    2 ( cesar) to stop;

    ha estado lloviendo sin paro it hasn't stopped raining;
    no para quieto ni un momento he can't keep still for a minute;
    no para en casa she's never at home;
    paro DE + INF to stop -ing;
    paró de llover it stopped raining
    3 (AmL) [obreros/empleados] to go on strike
    verbo transitivo
    1
    a) ‹coche/tráfico/persona› to stop;

    ‹motor/máquina› to stop, switch off
    b) ‹ hemorragia› to stanch (AmE), to staunch (BrE)

    c) ‹balón/tiro› to save, stop;

    ‹ golpe› to block, ward off
    2 (AmL)

    b) ( poner vertical) ‹vaso/libro› to stand … up;


    pararse verbo pronominal
    1 ( detenerse)

    b) [reloj/máquina] to stop;

    [coche/motor] to stall;

    2


    se paró en una silla she stood on a chair;
    ¿te puedes paro de cabeza/de manos? can you do headstands/handstands?
    b) (AmL) [ pelo] ( hacia arriba) to stick up;

    ( en los lados) to stick out

    parir ( conjugate parir) verbo intransitivo [ mujer] to give birth;
    [ vaca] to calve;
    [yegua/burra] to foal;
    [ oveja] to lamb
    verbo transitivo

    b) [ mamíferos] to have, bear (frml)

    paro sustantivo masculino
    1 (esp AmL) ( huelga) strike;

    están en or de paro (AmL) they're on strike;
    paro cívico (Col) community protest;
    paro general (esp AmL) general strike
    2 (Esp)




    3 paro cardíaco or cardiaco cardiac arrest
    parar
    I verbo intransitivo
    1 to stop: para de saltar, stop jumping
    para un momento en la farmacia, stop a minute at the chemist's
    no pares de hablar, por favor, keep talking, please
    2 (alojarse) to stay
    3 (finalizar, terminar) el cuadro fue a parar al rastro, the painting ended up in the flea market
    II verbo transitivo
    1 to stop
    2 Dep to save
    3 LAm to stand up
    ♦ Locuciones: dónde va a parar, by far: mi hija es muchísmo más inteligente que la suya, dónde va a parar, my daughter is far more intelligent than theirs
    parir verbo transitivo & verbo intransitivo to give birth (to)
    ♦ Locuciones: poner a alguien a parir, to run sb down
    paro sustantivo masculino
    1 (desempleo) unemployment: ahora está en el paro, he's unemployed now
    estoy cobrando el paro, I'm on the dole
    2 (huelga) strike, stoppage
    3 paro cardíaco, heart failure
    ' paro' also found in these entries:
    Spanish:
    balón
    - cardiaca
    - cardíaca
    - cardiaco
    - cardíaco
    - fregotear
    - seca
    - seco
    - simbólica
    - simbólico
    - apuntar
    - forzoso
    - interponerse
    - parar
    English:
    blow
    - deal with
    - dole
    - drain
    - draw up
    - entitlement
    - flag down
    - grind
    - idleness
    - mass
    - off
    - on
    - pull over
    - seasonal
    - sign on
    - tit
    - unemployed
    - unemployment
    - work-to-rule
    - cardiac
    - general
    - jobless
    - lock
    - prick
    - short
    - sign
    - still
    - stoppage
    - strike
    * * *
    paro1 nm
    1. Esp [desempleo] unemployment;
    estar en (el) paro to be unemployed;
    lleva cinco meses en el paro she's been unemployed for five months;
    quedarse en paro to be left unemployed
    paro cíclico cyclical unemployment;
    paro encubierto hidden unemployment;
    paro estructural structural unemployment;
    paro registrado registered unemployment, official unemployment
    2. Esp [subsidio] unemployment benefit, Br dole money;
    apuntarse al paro to sign on;
    cobrar el paro to claim o receive unemployment benefit
    3. esp Am [huelga] strike;
    Am
    estar en o [m5] de paro to be on strike;
    Am
    hacer paro to strike;
    Am paro de brazos caídos sit-down (strike); Am paro cívico community protest;
    paro general general strike;
    Am paro indefinido indefinite strike;
    paro laboral Br industrial o US job action
    4. [cesación] [acción] shutdown;
    [estado] stoppage;
    los trabajadores realizaron un paro de diez minutos para condenar el último atentado the workers staged a ten-minute stoppage in protest at the latest attack
    paro biológico = temporary halt to fishing at sea to preserve fish stocks;
    paro cardiaco cardiac arrest
    5. Méx Fam [excusa] excuse;
    con el paro de que tiene mucho trabajo nunca sale she never goes out, saying she's too busy
    6. Méx Fam [favor] favour;
    hazme el paro, dile que la llamaré luego be a dear, tell her I'll call her later
    7. RP paro de manos handstand;
    hacer un paro de manos to do a handstand
    paro2 nm
    [ave] titmouse
    * * *
    m
    1 unemployment;
    estar en paro be unemployed;
    cobrar el paro collect unemployment benefits
    2 ZO tit(mouse)
    * * *
    paro nm
    1) huelga: strike
    2) : stoppage, stopping
    3)
    paro forzoso : layoff
    * * *
    paro n unemployment

    Spanish-English dictionary > paro

  • 119 quiá

    intj.
    nonsense, never, come off it.
    * * *
    1 no!, surely not!, never!
    * * *
    ( fam); no!
    * * *
    quia interj
    Fam bah!;
    ¿vendrás? – ¡quia, estoy muy ocupado! will you come? – bah! I'm too busy!

    Spanish-English dictionary > quiá

  • 120 недосуг

    разг.
    1. м.:
    2. предик. (+ инф.):

    ему недосуг (+ инф.) — he is too busy (+ to inf.); he has no time (+ to inf., for ger.)

    Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > недосуг

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