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a wind from a southerly quarter

  • 1 quarter

    A n
    1 ( one fourth) (of area, cake, litre, kilometre, tonne) quart m ; a quarter of a hectare/of the population un quart d'hectare/de la population ;
    2 ( 15 minutes) quarter of an hour quart m d'heure ; in quarter of an hour dans un quart d'heure ;
    3 gen, Fin ( three months) trimestre m ;
    4 ( district) quartier m ; residential/poor/artists' quarter quartier résidentiel/pauvre/des artistes ;
    5 ( group) milieu m ; there was criticism in some ou certain quarters il y a eu des critiques dans certains milieux ; don't expect help from that quarter n'attends aucune aide de ce côté-là ;
    6 ( mercy) littér quartier m liter, pitié f ; to get no quarter from sb ne recevoir aucune pitié de la part de qn ; to give no quarter ne pas faire de quartier ;
    7 US ( 25 cents) vingt-cinq cents mpl ;
    8 GB Meas = 113,4 g ;
    9 US Meas = 12,7 kg ;
    10 Culin quartier m ; quarter of beef quartier de bœuf ;
    11 Sport ( time period) quart m de temps ;
    12 Astron quartier m ;
    13 gen, Naut on the port/starboard quarter par la hanche de bâbord/tribord ; a wind from a southerly quarter un vent du sud ; from all quarters of the globe fig de tous les coins du monde ;
    14 Herald quartier m.
    B quarters npl Mil quartiers mpl, gen logement m ; to take up quarters se loger (in dans) ; to retire to one's quarters rentrer dans ses quartiers ; to be confined to quarters Mil être cantonné dans ses quartiers ; single/married quarters logements pour célibataires/familles ; servants' quarters quartiers des domestiques ; we're living in very cramped quarters nous vivons à l'étroit ; battle ou general quarters Mil poste m de combat.
    C pron
    1 (25%) quart m ; only a quarter passed seul le quart a réussi ; you can have a quarter now and the rest later tu peux en avoir le quart maintenant et le reste plus tard ;
    2 ( in time phrases) at (a) quarter to 11 GB, at a quarter of 11 US à onze heures moins le quart ; an hour and a quarter une heure et quart ;
    3 ( in age) she's ten and a quarter elle a dix ans et trois mois.
    D adj she has a quarter share in the company elle a un quart des actions de l'entreprise ; a quarter century ( 25 years) un quart de siècle ; ( 25 runs at cricket) 25 points au cricket ; a quarter mile ≈ 500 m ; a quarter tonne ≈ 250 kg ; three and a quarter years trois ans et trois mois.
    E adv a quarter full au quart plein ; a quarter as big quatre fois moins grand ; quarter the price/size quatre fois moins cher/grand.
    F at close quarters adv phr de près ; I had never seen a zebra at close quarters je n'avais jamais vu un zèbre de près ; seen at close quarters, he's ugly vu de près il est laid ; to fight at close quarters lutter au corps à corps.
    G vtr
    1 ( divide into four) couper [qch] en quatre [cake, apple] ;
    2 ( accommodate) cantonner [troops] ; loger [people] ; abriter [livestock] ;
    3 Hist ( torture) écarteler [prisoner] ;
    4 Hunt [dogs] quêter.

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  • 2 blow

    1. I
    1) a wind (a breeze, a storm, a mistral, etc.) blows дует ветер и т. д; there was a cold wind blowing дул холодный ветер; dry leaves blow кружатся /несутся по ветру/ сухие листья; the smoke blows вьется дымок
    2) bugles (horns, organs, etc.) blow звучат горны и т. д.; trumpets are blowing трубы трубят; stop work when the whistle blows прекратите работу, когда загудит гудок
    3) a whale blows кит выпускает фонтан [воды]
    4) a fuse has blown а) предохранитель сгорел; б) запал сработал
    2. II
    blow in some manner the wind blew strong (warm, cold, etc.) дул крепкий /сильный/ и т. д. ветер; it was blowing hard было очень ветрено; the wind blows violently (ceaselessly, incessantly, etc.) дует сильный и т д. ветер; blow in some direction the wind is blowing northerly (southerly, east, etc.) ветер дует с севера и т. д
    3. III
    blow smth.
    1) blow hot food (one's coffee, one's tea, one's nails, etc.) (поддуть на горячую пищу и т. д.
    2) blow a boiler (the tanks, etc.) продувать котел и т. д.; blow eggs выдувать из яйца содержимое (сделав дырочки с обоих концов), blow the fire (the bellows) раздувать огонь (мехи); blow bubbles пускать пузыри; blow glass выдувать стекло; blow bottles выдувать бутылки; blow ape's nose сморкаться || blow a kiss послать воздушный поцелуй
    3) blow dry leaves (scraps of paper, dust, etc.) развевать /гнать, нести/ сухие листья и т. д; the wind blew clouds
    4) blow a trumpet (a horn, a bugle, a flute, etc.) играть на трубе и т. д.; I blew the whistle я засвистел в свисток
    5) blow a door (a rock, the side of the hill, etc.) взрывать дверь и т. д.; blow a fuse пережигать "пробку"
    6) coll. blow a sum of money (all his money, the reward, L 100, etc.) растранжирить деньги и т. д.
    4. IV
    blow smth. somewhere blow a ship ashore пригнать /прибить/ корабль к берегу; what [good] wind blows you here? coll. каким [добрым] ветром вас занесло сюда?
    5. XVI
    1)
    blow from /in/ s ome direction the wind is blowing from the east (from the west, from the north, etc.) ветер дует с востока и т. д; а breeze blew from the sea с моря дул /веял/ легкий ветерок; from what quarter does the wind blow? с какой стороны ветер?; there was a chilly wind blowing in our faces холодный ветер дул нам в лицо; blow trough (in(to)) smth. the wind blew through the forest ветер гудел /свистел/в лесу; the dust has blown Into the house в дом налетела пыль, her hair (her scarf, etc.) blew in the wind ее волосы и т. д. развевались по ветру2)
    blow (up)on (at, against) smth. blow on one's fingers (upon smb.'s face, on one's food, upon one's tea, on a hot drink, etc.) дуть на свои пальцы и т. д., blow at a candle задувать свечу; blow against the sail надувать паруса
    3)
    blow for smth. blow for the end of the day's labour (for the beginning of the shift, etc.) гудеть, оповещая о конце рабочего дня и т. д.
    6. XXI1
    1) blow smth. from /off/smth. blow a roof from a house снести /сорвать/ крышу с дома; blow the fruit off a tree сбивать плоды с дерева; blow a ship off the shore относить корабль от берега, сносить корабль в открытое море; the wind blew me off my feet ветер сбил меня с ног; blow smth. into (out of) smth. blow air into a chamber нагнетать воздух в камеру; blow dirt into a wound заносить [ветром] грязь в рану; the wind blew the papers out of my hand ветер вырвал листочки у меня из рук; blow smth. against (over) smth. the wind blew the rain against the window при порывах ветра дождь стучал в окно; the wind blew the leaves over the bushes ветер взметнул.листья над кустами || blow a kiss to smb. посылать кому-л. воздушный поцелуй
    2) blow smb. to smth. coll. blow smb. to a dinner (to a good supper, etc.) угостить кого-л. обедом и т. д.; he blew me to a bottle of wine он поставил мне бутылку [вина]
    3) blow smth. on smth. coll. he blew his last money on a dinner for me он потратил свои последние деньги, чтобы накормить меня обедом
    7. XXV
    blow when... the old man was puffing and blowing when he got to the top of the hill когда старик взобрался на вершину холма, ой стал пыхтеть и отдуваться

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > blow

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