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1 Harmsworth
(Surnames) Harmsworth /ˈhɑ:mzwəɵ, -ɜ:ɵ/ -
2 Harmsworth
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3 be fond of the bottle
(be fond of (или take to) the bottle (тж. жарг. belt the bottle))питать пристрастие к спиртному, прикладываться к бутылке; ≈ закладывать за галстук, за воротникThe poor man, so it was said, had been fond of the bottle; and his family, after his death, and before it, were left in the rough and rocky lap of poverty. (S. O'Casey, ‘Pictures in the Hallway’, ‘All Heaven and Harmsworth Too’) — Бедняга, говорят, питал пристрастие к бутылочке, и его семейство - до и после его смерти - перебивалось с хлеба на воду.
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4 dolled up fit to kill
разг.(dolled up fit to kill (тж. dressed (fit или up) to kill))шикарно, щегольски одетый, расфранчённый, разряженный в пух и прах, одетый с иголочки...Clarence Dram comes... up to our table, all dolled up fit to kill in his nice lil [= little] cap'n's uniform... (S. Lewis, ‘Babbitt’, ch. XXVIII) —...подходит к нашему столу Кларенс Драм... в своем капитанском мундирчике, словом, разодет в пух и прах...
...he liked Western women least when they were all dressed to kill. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Wonder Hero’, ch. VI) —...европейские дамы нравились Тьюби меньше всего, когда они были в сногсшибательных туалетах.
We're not used to seeing people all dressed up to kill - like you. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Wonder Hero’, ch. VI) — Мы не привыкли к таким расфранченным особам, как ты.
Rarely he came to the office, and when he did, he came dressed fit to kill, with a fine geranium or a dainty rose fast fixed in his buttonhole. (S. O'Casey, ‘Pictures in the Hallway’, ‘All Heaven and Harmsworth Too’) — Он редко появлялся в конторе, но когда приходил, всегда был щегольски одет, с пышной геранью или изящной розочкой в петлице.
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5 far and away
(far and away (тж. out and away))намного, значительно, гораздо; бесспорно, несомненно, безусловно; см. тж. by far‘Who's the best shot?’ ‘Mr. Trelawney, out and away!’ (R. L. Stevenson, ‘Treasure Island’, ch. XVII) — - Кто лучший стрелок? - Мистер Трелони, конечно.
He knew that he was far and away his brother's superior... (S. O'Casey, ‘Pictures in the Hallway’, ‘All Heaven and Harmsworth Too’) — Он понимал, что брату во всех отношениях далеко до него...
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Harmsworth, Alfred vizconde — (15 jul. 1865, Chapelizod, cerca de Dublín, Irlanda–14 ago. 1922, Londres, Inglaterra). Propietario de periódicos británicos. Tras una infancia pobre y algunos intentos por hacer fortuna en poco tiempo, se asoció con su hermano, Harold Sidney… … Enciclopedia Universal
Harmsworth — I. biographical name Alfred Charles William 1865 1922 Viscount Northcliffe English publisher & politician II. biographical name Harold Sidney 1868 1940 1st Viscount Rothermere brother of A.C.W. English publisher & politician … New Collegiate Dictionary
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Harmsworth — Harms•worth [[t]ˈhɑrmz wɜrθ[/t]] n. big Alfred Charles William, Viscount Northcliffe, 1865–1922, British publisher and politician … From formal English to slang
