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expr AmE infmlAny way you slice it we ought to give him his share — Как ни крути, мы должны отдать ему его долю
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[slaɪs] 1. сущ.1)а) ломтик, ломотьб) тонкий слой (чего-л.)2) часть; доляHe has spent a good slice of his life here. — Здесь он прожил большую часть своей жизни.
Fiction takes up a large slice of the publishing market. — Значительную часть печатной продукции составляет художественная литература.
Syn:3) широкий нож4) спорт. отклонение летящего мяча от прямой траектории (в теннисе, гольфе)2. гл.My slice (a left-hander's) will move to a right-hander's backhand, and that's convenient. — Мяч от моего удара левой рукой летит как раз в точку удара слева (для правши), это даёт мне преимущество.
1) = slice up резать ломтиками или слоями, нарезать; разрезатьFirst slice all the fruit up, then add the ice cream. — Сначала нарежь все фрукты, затем добавь мороженое.
2) разрезать волны ( о судне)The ship sliced through the waves. — Корабль двигался вперед, разрезая волны.
3) намазывать или счищать с помощью широкого ножа4) спорт. срезать мячSyn:chop I 2.•••no matter how / however you slice it, whichever way you slice it, any way you slice it амер.; разг. — как бы там ни было, с любой точки зрения
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[bred]n1) хлеб, перен. кусок хлеба- fresh bead
- stale bread
- rye bread
- home-baked bread
- raisin bread
- toast bread
- ships bread
- corn bread
- leavened bread
- sliced bread
- brown bread
- broken bread
- buttered bread - loaf of bread
- roll of bread
- slice of bread
- piece of bread
- bake bread
- butter one's bread
- knead bread
- munch bread
- offer bread
- raise bread
- share one's bread with smb
- take the bread out of smb's mouth
- break bread with smb2) средства к существованию; (one's) daily bread хлеб насущный- beg one's bread- be out of bread
- deprive smb of bread
- eat very hard bread
- make one's bread
- half a loaf is better than no bread
- man shall not live by bread alone
- know on which side one's bread is buttered
- he knows which side his bread is buttered
- have one's bread buttered on both sides•USAGE:(1.) Существительное bread, как и другие названия веществ и материалов, таких как butter, sugar, cheese, cotton, wool, sand, wood, grass, copper, brass не употребляются с неопределенным артиклем. (2.) Существительные этой группы обычно сочетаются с some, any, much, little, no: I take no bread with soup я с супом не ем хлеба; could you buy some bread on your way home? не купишь ли ты хлеба, когда пойдешь домой?; there is not any bread left хлеба не осталось. (3.) See piece, n
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slice — I UK [slaɪs] / US noun [countable] Word forms slice : singular slice plural slices ** 1) a flat piece of food that has been cut from something larger Cut the bread into thick slices. lemon slices slice of: a slice of bread/cake/ham/cheese 2)… … English dictionary
slice — I. verb (sliced; slicing) Etymology: Middle English sklicen, from Anglo French esclicer to splinter, of Germanic origin; akin to Old High German slīzan to tear apart more at slit Date: 1551 transitive verb 1. to cut with or as if with a knife 2.… … New Collegiate Dictionary