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1 big as life and twice as ugly
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2 big as life and twice as ugly
Общая лексика: во всей своей красеУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > big as life and twice as ugly
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3 as big as life
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4 life
[laɪf]n(pl lives [laɪvz])1) жизнь, существование, деятельностьIs there any life on that planet? — На той планете есть какая-либо жизнь? /На той планете есть какие-либо живые существа?
The average life of a dog is ten years. — Собаки в среднем живут десять лет.
The streets are full of life. — Жизнь на улицах бьет ключом.
- physical lifeThe drooping plant came to life in water. — Поникшее растение в воде ожило.
- low life
- busy life
- adult life
- this life
- other life
- all one's life
- one's own life
- somebody else's life
- working life
- life force
- life science
- life span- life boat- life jacket
- life scientist
- life giving rain
- life of the people
- life cycle of a frog
- life of a battery
- life for life
- life of pleasure
- matter of life and death
- happiest days of smb's life
- original of life
- fight struggle for one's life
- charities of life
- necessities of life
- people from all sections of public life
- speed and the noise of city life
- threat to smb's life
- thread of life
- average span of life
- books true to life
- appointment for life
- post for life
- pension for life
- love of life
- way of life
- end of smb's life
- meaning of one's life
- art of leading one's life
- her last hours of life
- water swarms with life
- in after life
- in the course of smb's life
- at the cost
- in the prime of life
- for the rest of one's life
- at my time of life
- for dear life
- have enough food to sustain life
- bring smb, smth to life
- come to life
- go forth into the highways and by ways of life
- have power over life and death
- preserve life
- be sould of the party
- beat smb within an inch of his life
- beg for one's life
- cling to life
- enjoy one's life
- value one's life
- fill up one's life with useful work
- get as much fun out of life as possible
- get the fright of one's life
- give one's life to science
- give new life to smb, smth
- guide smb's life
- have a double life
- hold a post for life
- lay down one's life for one's country
- lead a dog's life
- lead smb a dog's life
- live a happy life
- live an easy life
- live a simple life
- live one's own life
- make a new life for oneself
- make one's own life
- make life easy
- make an attempt on smb's life
- make smb's life miserable
- quit this life
- risk one's life
- run for dear life
- run for one's life
- save one's own life
- sell one's life dearly
- sentence smb to hard labour for life
- spare smb's life
- spend one's life in smth
- start life as an messenger
- take smb's life
- take one's life
- take one's life in one's hands
- trust one's life to doctors
- everything that has life
- smb's last hours of life2) жизнь, образ жизниSport has always been a part of university life. — Спорт всегда был частью университетской жизни.
- private lifeTV has become part of our everyday life. — Телевидение прочно вошло в наш быт.
- city life
- human life
- miserable life
- everyday life
- quiet life
- American life
- fashionable life
- high life
- social life
- college life
- fascinating life
- married life
- retired lie
- life of the capital
- life of crime
- chose a political life
- enter a political life
- lead an active life3) реальность, действительностьHe has had a successful life. — У него была успешная карьера.
The life of the Roman Empire was long. — Римская Империя существовала долго.
There he stands, as large as life. — Вон он стоит собственной персоной.
There he is as big as life. — Вот он, во всей своей красе.
- life portraitIt is a larger than life version of our present society. — Это преувеличенная картина современного общества.
- life of the contract
- realities of life
- portrait from life
- in real life
- during the life of the last Labour Government
- as big as life
- face life
- learn something of life
- mould life
- paint from life
- paint smb, smth to the life
- see something of life
- see life
- take life easy
- take one's subjects from life
- characters taken from life4) (часто в отрицательных предложениях) жизнь, энергияThere was no life in her movements. — Она вяло двигалась.
Will you put more life into the matter. — Займись, пожалуйста, данным вопросом с бо́льшим воодушевлением.
- actors put no life in their performance- there was no life in her voice
- there was no life in her eyesI have seen something of life. — я знаю настоящую жизнь.
The portrait is my uncle to the life. — Портрет - точная копия моего дядюшки.
Do you think I'm going to trust a person like him? Not on your life! — И ты думаешь, что я буду доверять такому человеку, как он? Ни в коем случае!
There is life in the old dog yet. — ◊ Есть еще порох в пороховницах.
- how is life?While there is life there is hope. — ◊ Пока жив человек, жива и надежда
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5 big top
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6 Big Apple
1. разг. Нью-Йорк2. прост. самая важная часть; центр, фокус; главная забота3. в. быстрый танец, популярный в 30-е годы -
7 big apple
(просторечие) самая важная часть;
центр, фокус;
главная забота - the * of his life is himself все его интересы сосредоточены на нем самом быстрый танец, популярный в 30-е годы XX в.Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > big apple
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8 big repair
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9 large as life
((as) large (амер. big) as life)The statue was as large as life. (ALD) — Статуя была в натуральную величину.
2) действительный, подлинный, несомненный; заметный, бросающийся в глазаPerhaps the most real character in any play we know of is the character of Falstaff done by Shakespeare. Here is realism as large as life... (S. O'Casey, ‘The Flying Wasp’, ‘Green Goddess of Realism’) — Возможно, самым реалистическим персонажем в мировой драматургии является шекспировский Фальстаф. Вот вам образец полнокровного реализма...
Dad began to glance over the hotel register, and there he read as big as life, "T. C. Brown and wife, Santa Inez". (U. Sinclair, ‘Oil’, ch. 18) — Отец стал перелистывать книгу с именами гостей отеля. В книге черным по белому было написано: "Т. С. Браун с женой, Санта-Инец"
Well, there it is, a few miles of it, sticking well up out of the water, large as life, and not a sign of it on the charts. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Faraway’, ch. I) — Вот он, этот остров, длиной и шириной в несколько миль, возвышается над водой у всех на глазах, а на морских картах он и не значится.
3) разг.; шутл. собственной персоной; во всей красе; как живой (обыкн. о портрете) (тж. as large (амер. big) as life and twice as natural) [выражение as large as life and twice as natural первонач. амер.]‘What-is-this?’ he said at last. ‘This is a child!’ Haigha replied... ‘It's as large as life and twice as natural.’ (L. Carroll, ‘Through the Looking-Glass’, ch. VII) — - Что это такое? - наконец спросил носорог. - Это ребенок, - ответила Хайга... - Это вполне нормальный ребенок, только раза в два толще, чем полагается.
There on each side of it were the groups of miniatures... Well, there they were! Ann, Juley, Hester, Susan - quite a small child; Swithin, with sky-blue eyes, pink cheeks, yellow curls, white waistcoat - large as life... (J. Galsworthy, ‘To Let’, part I, ch. IV) — По обе стороны двери висели миниатюры... Вот они все! Энн, Джули, Эстер, Сьюзен - совсем еще маленькой девочкой, Суизин с небесно-голубыми глазами, розовыми щечками, желтыми локонами, в белом жилете - совсем как живой...
When I turned round, there he was, big as life... (E. Caldwell, ‘God's Little Acre’, ch. VIII) — Когда я повернулся, то передо мной стоял Албино, собственной персоной...
He marched up and down afore the street door like a peacock, as large as life and twice as natural. (DC) — Это был он собственной персоной. Он ходил взад и вперед перед парадным ходом, красуясь как павлин.
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10 (as) big (aмep.; или large) as life
1) в нaтуpaльную вeличину2) дeйcтвитeльный, нecoмнeнный; зaмeтный, бpocaющийcя в глaзa; пoлнoкpoвныйDad began to glance over the hotel register and there he read as big as life, "T. C. Brown and wife, Santa Inez" (U. Sinclair). Perhaps the most real character in any play we know of is the character of Falstaff done by Shakespeare. Here is realism as large as life (S. OCosey). Well, there it [ocтpoв] is, a few miles of it, sticking well up out of the water, large as life, and not a sign of it on the charts (J. B. Priestley)3) paзг. шутл. coбcтвeннoй пepcoнoй; вo вceй кpace; кaк живoй (oбыкн. o пopтpeтe)When I turned round, there he was, big as life (E. CaldwelD. There on each side of it were the groups of miniatures... Well, there they were! Ann, Juley, Hester, Susan - quite a small child; Swithin, with sky-blue eyes, pink cheeks, yellow curls, white waistcoat - large as life (J. Galsworthy)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > (as) big (aмep.; или large) as life
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11 as large as life
1) в натуральную величину
2) во всей красе
3) шутл. собственной персоной I called on him one Friday night on some pretext or other and there they all were, large as life. ≈ Под каким-то предлогом я заглянул к нему в пятницу, и - вот те на! - обнаружил там всю честную компанию. Doc Bingham was sitting as large as life in a rocking chair. ≈ В кресле качалке сидел сам док Бингам.
4) ссылка на что-либо в доказательство своих слов;
прямо не переводится Anyway, there it was in the Post as large as life. ≈ Как бы то ни было, я своими глазами читал это в "Пост", провалиться мне на этом месте
5) часто в каламбурах An imposing-looking Don, as large as life, and quite as natural. ≈ Самый настоящий дон, так сказать, "живьем", я бы даже сказал, "живее всех живых". This is a child! It's as large as life, and twice as natural! (Lewis Carrol, "Through the Looking-glass", ch. "The Lion and the Unicorn") ≈ Это самый настоящий, живой детеныш - живее некуда! ∙ Syn: (as) big as lifeБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > as large as life
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12 large as life
1) в натуральную величину
2) во всей красе
3) шутл. собственной персоной I called on him one Friday night on some pretext or other and there they all were, large as life. ≈ Под каким-то предлогом я заглянул к нему в пятницу, и - вот те на! - обнаружил там всю честную компанию. Doc Bingham was sitting as large as life in a rocking chair. ≈ В кресле качалке сидел сам док Бингам.
4) ссылка на что-либо в доказательство своих слов;
прямо не переводится Anyway, there it was in the Post as large as life. ≈ Как бы то ни было, я своими глазами читал это в "Пост", провалиться мне на этом месте
5) часто в каламбурах An imposing-looking Don, as large as life, and quite as natural. ≈ Самый настоящий дон, так сказать, "живьем", я бы даже сказал, "живее всех живых". This is a child! It's as large as life, and twice as natural! (Lewis Carrol, "Through the Looking-glass", ch. "The Lion and the Unicorn") ≈ Это самый настоящий, живой детеныш - живее некуда! ∙ Syn: (as) big as lifeБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > large as life
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13 as large as life
= as big as life3) шутл. собственной персонойI called on him one Friday night on some pretext or other and there they all were, large as life. — Под каким-то предлогом я заглянул к нему в пятницу, и - вот те на! - обнаружил там всю честную компанию.
Doc Bingham was sitting as large as life in a rocking chair. — В кресле качалке сидел доктор Бингам собственной персоной.
4) на самом деле; провалиться мне на этом местеAnyway, there it was in the Post as large as life. — Как бы то ни было, я своими глазами читал это в "Пост", провалиться мне на этом месте
5) живой как жизнь, живее некудаAn imposing-looking Don, as large as life, and quite as natural. — Самый настоящий Дон, так сказать, "живьём", я бы даже сказал, "живее всех живых".
This is a child! It's as large as life, and twice as natural! (L. Carrol, "Through the Looking-glass", ch. "The Lion and the Unicorn") — Это самый настоящий, живой детёныш - живее некуда!
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14 (as) large as life
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15 a big mouth
npeнeбp. xвacтун, бoлтун, кpикун [a big mouth пepвoнaч. и пpeим. aмep.]That's a good one... They're on their honeymoon, and Big mouth has to ask if they've got any kids <J. H. Chase). He was a big mouth. He picked up strangers and told them the story of his life -
16 talk big
expr infml1)He's always talking big but he hasn't accomplished a lot in life — Он любит прихвастнуть, но, в сущности, ничего в жизни не добился
2) esp AmEHe talks big but he doesn't mean any harm — Он хоть и грозит, но ничего плохого не сделает
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17 bring smb. to life
приводить кого-л. в чувство ( после обморока) воскрешать, возвращать к жизни кого-лBut regrets, however poignant, do not bring a man to life again. (A. Christie, ‘The Big Four’, ch. 7) — Но сожаления, сколь бы искренними они ни были, не могут воскресить человека.
He was brought to life by Dr. Johnson. — Доктору Джонсону удалось привести его в чувство.
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18 have the time of one's life
разг.переживать лучший или бурный период своей жизни; наслаждаться жизнью; весело провести время, повеселиться на славуJurgis, who had insisted upon coming, had the time of his life that night. (U. Sinclair, ‘The Jungle’, ch. XXX) — Юргис, непременно желавший пойти на это собрание, веселился там как никогда.
‘Adam seems to be having a wonderful time with him.’ ‘The time of his life,’ Jack agreed. (E. O'Connor, ‘The Last Hurrah’, part III, ch. XI) — - Похоже, что Адаму доставляет огромное удовольствие участвовать в избирательной кампании его дяди. - Да, Адам развил бурную деятельность, - согласился Джек.
...the children were having the time of their lives. They had a great big garden to play in, and trees to climb. That was their idea of heaven. (J. Walsh, ‘Not Like This’, ‘Widowed’) —...дети наконец узнали хорошую жизнь. Ведь они могли играть в большом саду и лазить на деревья. Жизнь казалась им раем.
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19 the big house
n AmE slIt's either go straight now or spend the rest of your life in the big house — Сейчас или завязывать или сидеть всю оставшуюся жизнь в федеральной тюрьме
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20 have the time of one's life
paзг.пepeживaть лучший или буpный пepиoд cвoeй жизни; нacлaждaтьcя жизнью; вeceлo пpoвecти вpeмя, пoвeceлитьcя нa cлaвуAt the works the new machines had arrived and Macpherson and Charles were having the time of their lives in getting them erected on their new foundations (F. W. Crofts). The children were having the time of their lives. They had a great big garden to play in, and trees to climb. That was their idea of heaven (J. Walsh)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > have the time of one's life
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