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accomplish (verb)

  • 1 К-330

    ЛЕЧЬ КОСТЬМИ VP subj: human
    1. - (за кого-что) elev. Also: ПОЛЕЧЬ КОСТЬМИ obs to perish, fall in battle ( usu. in a fight for a just cause)
    X ляжет костьми (за Y-a) = X will lay down his life (for Y)
    X will give (up) his life (for Y).
    ...Он (рыцарь) всегда готов был лечь костьми за то, что считал правым... (Герцен 2)...Не (the knight) was always ready to lay down his life for what he thought right... (2a).
    2. ( usu. fut foil. by Conj «a» or «но» and another pfv verb) to exert every effort in order to accomplish sth. (when used in the 1st pers, expresses the speaker's firm resolve to accomplish sth.): X костьми ляжет - X will do his damnedest (darnedest)
    X will go all out X will do it even if it kills him X will knock himself out.
    ...Костьми» is the old instrumental plural form of «кость» (the contemporary form is «костями»).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > К-330

  • 2 убивать двух зайцев

    I
    • ГОНЯТЬСЯ < ГНАТЬСЯ>/ПОГНАТЬСЯ ЗА ДВУМЯ ЗАЙЦАМИ coll
    [VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to attempt to reach two different goals, accomplish two different things at the same time:
    - X погнался за двумя зайцами≈ X chased two hares at the same time.
    —————
    ← From the proverb "За двумя зайцами погонишься, ни одного не поймаешь". See 3-37.
    II
    • УБИВАТЬ/УБИТЬ ДВУХ ЗАЙЦЕВ
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv]
    =====
    ⇒ to accomplish two important things at once, realize two goals through a single action (the notion of a single action may either be expressed by adverbials like сразу, одним ударом, одновременно etc, or be implied):
    - X убил двух зайцев≈ X killed two birds with one stone.
         ♦ Я помню растерянный вид Мандельштама, когда мы вернулись домой, поглядев, как происходит изъятие [церковного имущества]... Предложение [патриарха] Тихона [организовать помощь голодающим] отклонили, а теперь вопят, что церковники не жалеют голодающих и прячут свои сокровища. Одним ударом убивали двух зайцев: загребали золото и порочили церковников (Мандельштам 2). I remember the appalled look on M[andelstam]'s face as we returned home after watching the "confiscation" [of church property] for a while....[Patriarch] Tikhon's proposal [to organize aid for the starving] had been turned down, and now they were shrieking that the church people had no pity for the starving and were hoarding their treasures. In this way they were killing two birds with one stone: while vilifying the church, they were also grabbing its gold (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > убивать двух зайцев

  • 3 убить двух зайцев

    I
    • ГОНЯТЬСЯ < ГНАТЬСЯ>/ПОГНАТЬСЯ ЗА ДВУМЯ ЗАЙЦАМИ coll
    [VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to attempt to reach two different goals, accomplish two different things at the same time:
    - X погнался за двумя зайцами≈ X chased two hares at the same time.
    —————
    ← From the proverb "За двумя зайцами погонишься, ни одного не поймаешь". See 3-37.
    II
    • УБИВАТЬ/УБИТЬ ДВУХ ЗАЙЦЕВ
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv]
    =====
    ⇒ to accomplish two important things at once, realize two goals through a single action (the notion of a single action may either be expressed by adverbials like сразу, одним ударом, одновременно etc, or be implied):
    - X убил двух зайцев≈ X killed two birds with one stone.
         ♦ Я помню растерянный вид Мандельштама, когда мы вернулись домой, поглядев, как происходит изъятие [церковного имущества]... Предложение [патриарха] Тихона [организовать помощь голодающим] отклонили, а теперь вопят, что церковники не жалеют голодающих и прячут свои сокровища. Одним ударом убивали двух зайцев: загребали золото и порочили церковников (Мандельштам 2). I remember the appalled look on M[andelstam]'s face as we returned home after watching the "confiscation" [of church property] for a while....[Patriarch] Tikhon's proposal [to organize aid for the starving] had been turned down, and now they were shrieking that the church people had no pity for the starving and were hoarding their treasures. In this way they were killing two birds with one stone: while vilifying the church, they were also grabbing its gold (2a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > убить двух зайцев

  • 4 лечь костьми

    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. лечь костьми (за кого-что) elev. Also: ПОЛЕЧЬ КОСТЬМИ obs to perish, fall in battle (usu. in a fight for a just cause):
    - X ляжет костьми (за Y-a) ≈ X will lay down his life (for Y);
    - X will give (up) his life (for Y).
         ♦...Он [ рыцарь] всегда готов был лечь костьми за то, что считал правым... (Герцен 2)... Не [the knight] was always ready to lay down his life for what he thought right... (2a).
    2. [usu. fut foll. by Conj " а" or "но" and another pfv verb]
    ⇒ to exert every effort in order to accomplish sth. (when used in the 1st pers, expresses the speaker's firm resolve to accomplish sth.):
    - X костьми ляжет≈ X will do his damnedest (darnedest);
    - X will knock himself out.
    —————
    ← " Костьми" is the old instrumental plural form of " кость" (the contemporary form is "костями").

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > лечь костьми

  • 5 полечь костьми

    [VP; subj: human]
    =====
    1. полечь костьми (за кого-что) elev. Also: ПОЛЕЧЬ КОСТЬМИ obs to perish, fall in battle (usu. in a fight for a just cause):
    - X ляжет костьми (за Y-a) ≈ X will lay down his life (for Y);
    - X will give (up) his life (for Y).
         ♦...Он [ рыцарь] всегда готов был лечь костьми за то, что считал правым... (Герцен 2)... Не [the knight] was always ready to lay down his life for what he thought right... (2a).
    2. [usu. fut foll. by Conj " а" or "но" and another pfv verb]
    ⇒ to exert every effort in order to accomplish sth. (when used in the 1st pers, expresses the speaker's firm resolve to accomplish sth.):
    - X костьми ляжет≈ X will do his damnedest (darnedest);
    - X will knock himself out.
    —————
    ← " Костьми" is the old instrumental plural form of " кость" (the contemporary form is "костями").

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > полечь костьми

  • 6 З-36

    гоняться (гнАться) /ПОГНАТЬСЯ ЗА ДВУМЯ ЗАЙЦАМИ coll VP subj: human the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO
    to attempt to reach two different goals, accomplish two different things at the same time
    X погнался за двумя зайцами — X chased two hares at the same time.
    From the proverb «За двумя зайцами погонишься, ни одного не поймаешь». See 3-37.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > З-36

  • 7 гнаться за двумя зайцами

    • ГОНЯТЬСЯ < ГНАТЬСЯ>/ПОГНАТЬСЯ ЗА ДВУМЯ ЗАЙЦАМИ coll
    [VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to attempt to reach two different goals, accomplish two different things at the same time:
    - X погнался за двумя зайцами≈ X chased two hares at the same time.
    —————
    ← From the proverb "За двумя зайцами погонишься, ни одного не поймаешь". See 3-37.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > гнаться за двумя зайцами

  • 8 гоняться за двумя зайцами

    • ГОНЯТЬСЯ < ГНАТЬСЯ>/ПОГНАТЬСЯ ЗА ДВУМЯ ЗАЙЦАМИ coll
    [VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to attempt to reach two different goals, accomplish two different things at the same time:
    - X погнался за двумя зайцами≈ X chased two hares at the same time.
    —————
    ← From the proverb "За двумя зайцами погонишься, ни одного не поймаешь". See 3-37.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > гоняться за двумя зайцами

  • 9 погнаться за двумя зайцами

    • ГОНЯТЬСЯ < ГНАТЬСЯ>/ПОГНАТЬСЯ ЗА ДВУМЯ ЗАЙЦАМИ coll
    [VP; subj: human; the verb may take the final position, otherwise fixed WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to attempt to reach two different goals, accomplish two different things at the same time:
    - X погнался за двумя зайцами≈ X chased two hares at the same time.
    —————
    ← From the proverb "За двумя зайцами погонишься, ни одного не поймаешь". See 3-37.

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > погнаться за двумя зайцами

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  • accomplish */ — UK [əˈkʌmplɪʃ] / US verb [transitive] Word forms accomplish : present tense I/you/we/they accomplish he/she/it accomplishes present participle accomplishing past tense accomplished past participle accomplished to succeed in doing something,… …   English dictionary

  • accomplish — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English accomplisshen, from Anglo French accompliss , stem of accomplir, from Vulgar Latin *accomplēre, from Latin ad + complēre to fill up more at complete Date: 14th century 1. to bring about (a result) by… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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