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21 fortuna
fortuna sustantivo femenino probar fortuna to try one's luck
fortuna sustantivo femenino
1 (destino, sino) fortune, fate
2 (buena suerte) luck
3 (riquezas, dinero) fortune Locuciones: por fortuna, fortunately, rueda de la fortuna, wheel of fortune ' fortuna' also found in these entries: Spanish: amasar - ansiosa - ansioso - azar - heredera - heredero - suerte - vaivén - ventura - adquirir - buscar - colosal - farrear - hacer - inmenso - menoscabar - poseer - sonreír English: accumulate - amass - build up - chain letter - eat - fortune - killing - packet - pass - pay - pile - strike - worth - you - stand - world -
22 огребать
, огрести (вн.) rake in( smth.) ;
(перен. тж.) amass( smth.) ;
~ деньги, огрести целый капитал rake in a lot of money, amass fortune.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > огребать
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23 pile
куча имя существительное:столбик (column, pile)волос (hair, pile)обратная сторона монеты (pile, tail)глагол:громоздить (pile, stack)сваливать в кучу (huddle, pile) -
24 accumulate
1. v накапливать; аккумулировать2. v скопляться; накапливаться3. v нарастать4. v собиратьcomposer accumulating one award after another — композитор, получающий одну награду за другой
5. v унив. сдавать несколько экзаменов для одновременного получения двух учёных степеней6. v унив. сдавать экзамены в сжатые срокиСинонимический ряд:1. amass (verb) amass; cumulate; heap; hive; lay up; stockpile; store up; uplay2. store (verb) accrue; aggregate; collect; garner; gather; hoard; pile up; reserve; roll up; save; store; stowАнтонимический ряд:disperse; dissipate; divide; scatter -
25 accumulate
əˈkju:mjuleɪt гл.
1) аккумулировать, накапливать;
накоплять, складывать, собирать Syn: amass, collect, gather, hoard Ant: disperse, dissipate, scatter, spend, squander, waste
2) увеличиваться, копиться, накапливаться Lead can accumulate in the body until toxic levels are reached. ≈ Свинец может накапливаться в организме, пока не достигнет уровня токсикации.накапливать;
аккумулировать;
- to * a fortune составить состояние скопляться;
накапливаться нарастать собирать (данные и т. п.) ;
- composer accumulating one award after another композитор, получающий одну награду за другой( университетское) сдавать несколько экзаменов для одновременного получения двух ученых степеней (университетское) сдавать экзамены в сжатые срокиaccumulate аккумулировать, накапливать;
скучивать;
складывать ~ аккумулировать ~ накапливать ~ нарастать ~ скопляться ~ собирать ~ собирать (данные) ~ собирать данныеБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > accumulate
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26 possession
[pə'zeʃ(ə)n]n1) владение, обладаниеWe bought the house, but we can't get possession of it before July. — Мы купили дом, но не можем вступить во владение им/переехать в него до июля.
- territorial possessionSoldiers took possession of the enemy fort. — Солдаты овладели крепостью противника.
- possession of wealth
- man of great possession
- in smb's possession
- according to the information in my possession
- be in possession of smth
- come into possession of a fortune
- fight for possession of the ball
- gain possession of smth
- gain possession of new lands
- pass into smb's possession
- put smb in possession of smth
- come into possession2) (часто pl) собственность, имущество, пожитки, территориальные владения, зависимая территорияHe was found in possession of a revolver. — При нем был найден револьвер. /У него был обнаружен револьвер.
The child's favourite possession was a little wooden horse. — Любимой игрушкой ребенка была деревянная лошадка.
- one's possessionsThe heir is eager to get possession of the property. — Наследник очень хочет скорее вступить в права собственности.
- Spain's possession
- his personal possessions
- her treasured possession
- lose one's possession
- part with one's possession
- amass material possession
- yield possession of smthIn this crisis his possession was admirable. — Можно было восхищаться его самообладанием в этот критический момент
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27 riches
1. n употр. с гл. в ед. и мн. ч. богатство, обилиеto heap up riches — накапливать богатства; богатеть
2. n употр. с гл. в ед. и мн. ч. богатства, сокровищаСинонимический ряд:1. precious metal (noun) beaten gold; gold; gold alloy; gold coin; gold plate; golden trinkets; heavy metal; precious metal2. wealth (noun) affluence; fortune; money; property; resources; substance; treasure; wealth; worth -
28 McAdam, John Loudon
[br]b. 21 September 1756 Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotlandd. 26 November 1836 Moffat, Dumfriesshire, Scotland[br]Scottish road builder, inventor of the macadam road surface.[br]McAdam was the son of one of the founder of the first bank in Ayr. As an infant, he nearly died in a fire which destroyed the family's house of Laywyne, in Carsphairn parish; the family then moved to Blairquhan, near Straiton. Thence he went to the parish school in Maybole, where he is said to have made a model section of a local road. In 1770, when his father died, he was sent to America where he was brought up by an uncle who was a merchant in New York. He stayed in America until the close of the revolution, becoming an agent for the sale of prizes and managing to amass a considerable fortune. He returned to Scotland where he settled at Sauchrie in Ayrshire. There he was a magistrate, Deputy-Lieutenant of the county and a road trustee, spending thirteen years there. In 1798 he moved to Falmouth in Devon, England, on his appointment as agent for revictualling of the Royal Navy in western ports.He continued the series of experiments started in Ayrshire on the construction of roads. From these he concluded that a road should be built on a raised foundation with drains formed on either side, and should be composed of a number of layers of hard stone broken into angular fragments of roughly cubical shape; the bottom layer would be larger rocks, with layers of progressively smaller rocks above, all bound together with fine gravel. This would become compacted and almost impermeable to water by the action of the traffic passing over it. In 1815 he was appointed Surveyor-General of Bristol's roads and put his theories to the test.In 1823 a Committee of the House of Commons was appointed to consider the use of "macadamized" roads in larger towns; McAdam gave evidence to this committee, and it voted to give him £10,000 for his past work. In 1827 he was appointed Surveyor-General of Roads and moved to Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. From there he made yearly visits to Scotland and it was while returning from one of these that he died, at Moffat in the Scottish Borders. He had married twice, both times to American women; his first wife was the mother of all seven of his children.McAdam's method of road construction was much cheaper than that of Thomas Telford, and did much to ease travel and communications; it was therefore adopted by the majority of Turnpike Trusts in Britain, and the macadamization process quickly spread to other countries.[br]Bibliography1819. A Practical Essay on the Scientific Repair and Preservation of Roads.1820. Present State of Road-Making.Further ReadingR.Devereux, 1936, John Loudon McAdam: A Chapter from the History of Highways, London: Oxford University Press.IMcN
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