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1 человек, читающий запоем
General subject: an avid reader, voracious reader (поглощающий массу книг)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > человек, читающий запоем
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2 книголюб
General subject: avid reader, bibliophile, philobiblist, bibliolater -
3 читать запоем
General subject: read avidly, be an avid reader -
4 запоем
нрчпить запо́ем — to drink like a fish; to have bouts of drinking
чита́ть запо́ем — to be an avid reader
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5 заткнуть за пояс
( кого)разг.outdo (outshine) smb.; put smb. in the shade; shoot way ahead of smb.; put smb. to shame; be one too many for smb.; get (have) the better of smb.- О! да этот будет со временем добрый полковник! - говорил старый Тарас. - Ей-ей, будет добрый полковник, да ещё такой, что и батька за пояс заткнёт! (Н. Гоголь, Тарас Бульба) — 'Ah, that one with time will make a good colonel!' said old Taras to himself. 'Aye, aye, he will make a good colonel and one that will outshine his father!'
- Вот что значит образование-то. Другой гальванёр или минёр заткнёт за пояс нашего стрелкового офицера. (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — 'That's what education does. Those gunners can put our infantry officers completely in the shade.'
- На такую печь надо ставить лучших, а какие они лучшие, если я в первые же дни всех за пояс заткнул? (В. Попов, Обретёшь в бою) — 'The best men ought to be put on No 3, and who can say they're the best if I shot way ahead of them the very first day I joined their team?'
- Он книгочей изрядный, всех нас, пожалуй, за пояс заткнёт. (А. Ким, Отец-лес) — 'He's quite an avid reader - he can outdo us all.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > заткнуть за пояс
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reader — read|er W2S3 [ˈri:də US ər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(somebody who reads)¦ 2¦(of a newspaper/magazine)¦ 3¦(book)¦ 4¦(teacher)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1.) ¦(SOMEBODY WHO READS)¦ someone who reads books, or who reads in a particular way ▪ The book will appeal to young readers … Dictionary of contemporary English
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avid — adjective avid reader/listener/fan etc someone who does something, listens to something etc as much as they can: an avid collector of old jazz records … Longman dictionary of contemporary English