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= fast and thick градом, один за другим, во множестве, обильно; стремительноBlows rained down thick and fast. — Посыпался град ударов.
The guests came fast and thick, and the lawn began to be crowded. — Гости приходили один за другим, и на лужайке начала собираться толпа.
Thick and fast indeed came the events. — События действительно развивались очень стремительно.
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1. adj phrтвёрдый, жёсткий, непреложный (о правилах и т. п.); строго определённый; непоколебимый, нерушимый (отсюда hard-and-fastness непоколебимость, нерушимость) [букв.; мор. на мели (о судне)]Brunetière had no tolerance; he measured writers by hard and fast rules and was incapable of seeing merit in those who had aims with wnich he did no sympathize. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Summing Up’, ch. 60) — Брюнетьеру не хватало терпимости; он подходил к автору с жесткой меркой и не способен был увидеть достоинства тех писателей, чьим идеям не сочувствовал.
2. adv phr‘The only reasonable thing is to be as normal as we can possibly manage,’ I suggested. The words sounded very feeble even to me. I hurried on: ‘We can't make any hard and fast rules of what we shall or shall not do’. (C. P. Snow, ‘Death under Sail’, ch. 3) — - Единственно разумный выход - это вести себя по возможности естественно, - предложил я и, почувствовав беспомощность своих слов, поспешил добавить: - А впрочем, лучше не устанавливать непреложных правил, что можно делать и чего нельзя.
But through it all and above it all James Brodie will stand hard and fast like the Castle Rock... (A. J. Cronin, ‘Hatter's Castle’, book II, ch. 4) — Но Джемс Броуди, пройдя через все это и надо всем возвысившись, будет стоять гордо и неколебимо, как утес Касл-Рок...
‘But if we give our ages wrong, are we married all right - legally?’ ‘Hard and fast.’ (Gr. Greene, ‘Brighton Rock’, part IV, ch. I) — - Если мы скроем свой возраст, наш брак все равно будет считаться законным? - Конечно, будет. Твердо и неоспоримо.
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(frequently and in large numbers: The bullets/insults were flying thick and fast.) en abundanciaen cantidad -
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один за другим словосочетание:стремительно (like a shot, like the wind, thick and fast, like mad, like hell, like sixty) -
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I. adj phrтвёpдый, жёcткий, нeпpeлoжный (o пpaвилax и т. п.)Brunetiere had no tolerance; he measured writers by hard and fast rules and was incapable of seeing merit in those who had aims with which he did not sympathize (W. S. Maugham). I have a hard and fast rule: I won't represent anyone who lies to me (S. Shetdon)II. adv phrтвёpдo и нeпoкoлeбимo, нeocпopимo'But if we give our ages wrong, are we married 'all right - legally?" 'Hard and fast' (Gr. Greene) -
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О корабле, севшем на песчаную отмель в устье реки, говорят, что он is stuck hard and fast, т. е. его будет нелегко сдвинуть. Это выражение употребляется как прилагательное и применяется к правилам, решениям, критериям и т. п., обозначая жёсткость, твёрдость, негибкость.There are no hard and fast rules in this game. — В этой игре нет твёрдых правил.
Between these two colours you can hardly draw a hard and fast line. — Трудно точно/чётко разграничить эти два цвета.
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(frequently and in large numbers: The bullets/insults were flying thick and fast.) lige efter hinanden* * *(frequently and in large numbers: The bullets/insults were flying thick and fast.) lige efter hinanden -
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быстро, стремительно, один за другимSome of them have existed for over a thousand years; others came thick and fast into what is termed the middle period of our language. (DEI) — Некоторые из этих фраз существуют в английском языке вот уже свыше тысячи лет; другие одна за одной возникают в среднеанглийском периоде...
His performance was a great success and congratulations began to come thick and fast. — Его выступление прошло очень успешно, и сразу же посыпались поздравления.
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adjective ((of rules) that can never be changed or ignored.) unyansert, fastadj. \/ˌhɑːd(ə)nˈfɑːst\/unyansert, stiv, uelastisk, bestemt, fast -
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adjective ((of rules) that can never be changed or ignored.) inflexível* * *hard-and-fast[ha:d n f'a:st] adj estrito, rigoroso, imutável. a hard-and-fast rule / uma regra rigorosa. -
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adj жесткий; строгий; неизменный (о правилах, законах)There are no hard-and-fast rules about the use of hyphens in English.
The rule isn't hard-and-fast but we expect you to obey it anyway.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > hard-and-fast
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adv infmlThe new dictionary of modern spoken language > thick and fast
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(rule) strict, absolu; (information) correct, vrai;∎ there's no hard-and-fast rule about it il n'existe pas de règle absolue là-dessusUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > hard-and-fast
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(frequently and in large numbers: The bullets/insults were flying thick and fast.) þétt -
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(frequently and in large numbers: The bullets/insults were flying thick and fast.) záporoztak... -
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(frequently and in large numbers: The bullets/insults were flying thick and fast.) em quantidade -
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(frequently and in large numbers: The bullets/insults were flying thick and fast.) sürekli ve çok sayıda
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Hard and fast — Fast Fast, a. [Compar. {Faster}; superl. {Fastest}.] [OE., firm, strong, not loose, AS. f[ae]st; akin to OS. fast, D. vast, OHG. fasti, festi, G. fest, Icel. fastr, Sw. & Dan. fast, and perh. to E. fetter. The sense swift comes from the idea of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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thick and fast — Frequently and in large numbers • • • Main Entry: ↑thick * * * thick and fast phrase frequently and in large numbers or amounts Applications have been coming in thick and fast. Thesaurus: often and many timessynonym words used to describe large… … Useful english dictionary
hard and fast — ADJ: usu with brd neg, usu ADJ n If you say that there are no hard and fast rules, or that there is no hard and fast information about something, you are indicating that there are no fixed or definite rules or facts. There are no hard and fast… … English dictionary
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Hard and fast — Hard Hard (h[aum]rd), a. [Compar. {Harder} ( [ e]r); superl. {Hardest}.] [OE. hard, heard, AS. heard; akin to OS. & D. hard, G. hart, OHG. herti, harti, Icel. har[eth]r, Dan. haard, Sw. h[*a]rd, Goth. hardus, Gr. kraty s strong, ka rtos, kra tos … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hard-and-fast — adj. invariable; firmly established; as, hard and fast regulations. Syn: strict. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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