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41 steal a march on smb.
1) воен. опередить противника, совершить марш скрытно от противника2) незаметно обогнать, опередить кого-л.; обмануть чью-л. бдительностьAnd as I was even... then devising how to steal a march on my familiar enemy, I was conscious of a shade of embarrassment when he approached me with his hand extended. (R. L. Stevenson, ‘The Master of Ballantrae’, ch. IX) — И так как я уже... обдумывал, как мне похитрее обойти нашего недруга, я не без замешательства увидел, что он подходит ко мне с радушно протянутой рукой.
‘We've got to be quick,’ he cried. ‘They've stolen a march on us.’ (Fr. Norris, ‘The Octopus’, book II, ch. VI) — - Надо спешить! - крикнул Остерман. - Они подкрались к нам неожиданно.
Spain had stolen a march on England by her great initiative and energy in discovering, overrunning and conquering the largest and most preferred sections of the hemisphere. (W. Foster, ‘Outline Political History of the Americas’, ch. 7) — Испания опередила Англию, проявив Большую инициативу и энергию в открытии, завоевании и опустошении самых обширных и заманчивых областей этого полушария.
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42 заезжать
несовер. - заезжать;
совер. - заехать без доп.
1) (во что-л.) call in on the way (at), drive/go/come (into)
2) (к кому-л.) call in on the way (on), drive/go/come (to)
2) (за кем-л./чем-л.) pick up, fetch, call for, collect
3) (во что-л.;
разг.;
ударить) strike, заехать
1. (останавливаться по пути) stop (at), break* one`s journey (at) ;
(к дт. ;
посещать) drop in( at smb.`s), look in( at smb.`s) ;
2. (за тв.) come* and fetch (smb.) ;
3. (уезжать далеко или не туда, куда следует) stray into;
4. (подъезжать со стороны) approach;
он заехал с левой стороны he approached from the left, he rode in from the left.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > заезжать
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43 slither
['slɪðə]гл.1) скользить, плавно передвигаться; соскальзыватьSyn:2) скользить, мчаться, нестисьPhilip slithered softly through the door. — Филип тихо проскользнул в дверь.
3) ползти ( о рептилиях)Now and then, he could hear a crocodile slither into the water. — Время от времени, он слышал, как в воду сползает крокодил.
The snake slithered away as we approached. — Когда мы подошли, змея уползла.
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44 flea market
разг. «блошиный рынок», барахолка -
45 exam room
Медицина: смотровая (He approached in the exam room of the emergency clinic.), смотровая комната, смотровой кабинет -
46 unassured
ˈʌnəˈʃuəd прил.
1) неуверенный unassured of the effect ≈ неуверенный в результате
2) сомнительный;
ненадежный
3) незастрахованный Syn: uninsured, not insured неуверенный - she approached his bedside with * steps она робко подошла к его кровати ненадежный, сомнительный;
необеспеченный - * success сомнительный успех unassured незастрахованный ~ неуверенный ~ сомнительный;
ненадежныйБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > unassured
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47 not to get engaged
Общая лексика: не связываться (When you get approached by a panhandler, your best bet is not to get engaged because the guy may turn out to be an aggressive one.) -
48 freeze
v зависнуть (о компьютере)As the deadline approached, I feared that my computer would freeze and that I would be late with my story.
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49 Cleopatra's needle
"Игла Клеопатры" (египетский обелиск из розового гранита, установленный на набережной Темзы в Лондоне)As he approached Cleopatra's Needle he saw a man leaning over the parapet... (O. Wilde, ‘Lord Arthur Savile's Crime’, ch. V) — Подойдя к "Игле Клеопатры", он заметил человека, перегнувшегося через парапет моста...
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50 applied
1. a прикладной, практический2. a приложенный, прикладываемыйСинонимический ряд:1. practical (adj.) in the field; practicable; practical; pragmatic; real-life; tested; useful; utilitarian2. used (adj.) activated; adjusted; brought to bear; correlated; exercised; practiced; put to use; used; utilised; utilized3. appealed (verb) addressed; appealed; approached; petitioned; sign up; sued4. concerned (verb) appertained; bear on; bore on/borne on; bore upon/borne upon; concerned; involved; pertained; related5. gave (verb) addressed; bent; buckled; buckled down; concentrated; dedicated; devoted; directed; focused; gave; gave/given; threw/thrown6. resorted (verb) ran/run; recurred; referred; repaired; resorted; turned; went/gone7. used (verb) actuated; bestowed; employed; exercised; exploited; handled; implemented; practised; used; utilised; utilized -
51 entered
вводить; входитьСинонимический ряд:1. brought into (adj.) admitted; brought into; enrolled; hazed; inaugurated; indoctrinated; initiated; installed; instated2. admitted (verb) admitted; introduced3. began/begun (verb) approached; began; began/begun; commenced; embarked; embarked on; embarked upon; got off/got off or gotten off; inaugurated; initiated; jumped off; kicked off; launched; led off; opened; set out; set to; started; take on; take up; teed off; took up/taken up; undertaken4. came in/come in (verb) came in/come in; went in/gone in5. enlisted (verb) enlisted; enrolled; joined; joined up; mustered; sign up; signed on; signed up6. penetrated (verb) come in; go in; penetrated7. recorded (verb) inserted; posted; recorded; registered -
52 steal a march on smb.
нeзaмeтнo oбoгнaть, oпepeдить кoгo-л.; oбмaнуть чью-л. бдитeльнocть [этим. вoeн. oпepeдить пpoтивникa, coвepшить мapш cкpытнo oт пpoтивникa]And as I was even... then devising how to steal a march on my familiar enemy, I was conscious of a shade of embarrassment when he approached me with his hand extended (R. L. Stevenson). We stole a march on the newspapers. No one expected any fireworks. We walked into court and gave Alder a very bad ten minutes (E. S. Gardner)
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