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101 half the battle
зaлoг уcпexa, пoбeды [чacть пocлoвицы the final blow или stroke is half the battle дoбpoe нaчaлo пoлдeлa oткaчaлo]Half the battle is the impression the accused makes on the jury (A. Christie). 'We'll be having our annual visit from the management committee this afternoon.'...'What's the procedure?' 'We feed them - that's half the battle - then take them round' (A. J. Cronin) -
102 fly the coop
expr AmE infml1)The man in the condemned cell managed to fly the coop miraculously — Как это дико ни покажется, но заключенному в камере смертников удалось бежать
2)She accused him of flying the coop — Она обвинила его в том, что он хочет увильнуть от выполнения своих обязанностей
I was afraid he would fly the coop if I didn't tie him up — Я боялась, что он уйдет от меня, если я его каким-то образом не привяжу к себе
I flew the coop before my dad got home — Я смылся до того, как отец пришел домой
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103 a fox should not be in the jury of the goose's trial
var: when the foxes pack the jury box, the chicken is always found guilty as accusedлисиця – не суддя, коли судять гусакаEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > a fox should not be in the jury of the goose's trial
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104 when the foxes pack the jury box, the chicken is always found guilty as accused
English-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > when the foxes pack the jury box, the chicken is always found guilty as accused
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105 counsel for the accused
= counsel for the defence, counsel for the defendant, counsel for the defense захисник (адвокат) відповідача (обвинуваченого); адвокат захисту; адвокат сторони, яка відповідає в суді; захист обвинуваченого ( про адвоката тощо) -
106 sell someone down the river
expr infml esp AmEThe official leadership was accused of selling the rank and file down the river — Официальное руководство обвинили в предательстве интересов рядовых членов
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > sell someone down the river
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107 not the half of smth.
разг.хотя и важно, но далеко ещё не всёHe accused them of being responsible for the error, and that's not the half of the story. (RHD) — Он сказал, что в этой ошибке повинны только они и никто другой, но что это еще далеко не все.
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108 behind the times
отставать от времени (устареть)We have made changes here — we don't want to be accused of being behind the times.
Educationally, three schools are twenty years behind the times.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > behind the times
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109 ordeal of the cross
Религия: (The accuser and accused stood upright before a cross and he who moved first was adjudged guilty) испытание крестом -
110 counsel for the defence
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111 counsel for the defendant
English-Ukrainian law dictionary > counsel for the defendant
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112 counsel for the defense
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113 prisoner at the bar
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > prisoner at the bar
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114 take the bread out of somebody's mouth
отбирать хлебShe accused her husband of drinking and gambling — taking bread out of his children's mouths.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > take the bread out of somebody's mouth
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115 prisoner at the bar
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116 Gregory (Pope from 1045 to 1046 who was accused of simony at the Council of Sutri, Papal States, held by the Holy Roman emperor Henry III in 1046, and he abdicated on December 20)
Религия: Григорий VIУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > Gregory (Pope from 1045 to 1046 who was accused of simony at the Council of Sutri, Papal States, held by the Holy Roman emperor Henry III in 1046, and he abdicated on December 20)
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117 offence indictable at the election of the accused
Юридический термин: преступление, преследуемое по обвинительному акту по выбору обвиняемогоУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > offence indictable at the election of the accused
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118 ordeal of the cross (The accuser and accused stood upright before a cross and he who moved first was adjudged guilty)
Религия: испытание крестомУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > ordeal of the cross (The accuser and accused stood upright before a cross and he who moved first was adjudged guilty)
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119 statement of the rights of the accused
Jur. rappel des droits de l'accuséEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > statement of the rights of the accused
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120 surrender of the accused to the Tribunal
Jur. défèrement [de l'accusé] [ONU]English-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > surrender of the accused to the Tribunal
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