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21 give smb. a wide berth
(give smb. (или smth.) a wide berth)избегать кого-л. (или чего-л.), обходить кого-л. (или что-л.), уклоняться от встречи; держаться на значительном расстоянии, подальше от кого-л. (или чего-л.)‘Them,’ said the captain, ‘is the terms I offer. If they're hard upon you, brother, as mayhap they are, give 'em a wide berth, sheer off, and part company cheerily [= cheerly].’ (Ch. Dickens, ‘Dombey and Son’, ch. XXXIX) — - Таковы мои условия, - сказал капитан. - Если вы их находите трудными, братец, - может быть, они действительно трудны, - обойдите их сторонкой, возьмите курс и расстанемся весело!
Vic was drinking with the flies... Little groups of workers muttered and argued and hung over the bar, but they gave Vic a wide berth. (D. Hewett, ‘Bobbin Up’, ch. 10) — Виктор пил в одиночку... У стойки толпились, о чем-то разговаривая и споря, рабочие, но около Виктора образовалось пустое пространство.
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22 drew
Синонимический ряд:1. attracted (verb) allured; appealed; attracted; bewitched; captivated; charmed; enchanted; fascinated; lured; magnetised; magnetized; wiled2. depleted (verb) bankrupted; depleted; drew down; exhausted; impoverished; used up3. drained (verb) drafted; drained; drew off; pumped; siphoned; tapped4. eviscerated (verb) disemboweled; eviscerated; gutted5. evoked (verb) elicited; evoked6. extended (verb) drew out; elongated; extended; lengthened; prolonged; protracted; spun out; stretched7. got (verb) derived; got; took8. induced (verb) argued into; brought around; convinced; drew in; drew on; induced; persuaded; prevailed on; prevailed upon; procured; prompted; talked into; won over9. inferred (verb) collected; concluded; deduced; deducted; gathered; inferred; judged; made; made out10. paid (verb) bring in; cleared; earned; gained; grossed; netted; paid; produced; realised; repaid; returned; yielded11. poured (verb) decanted; effused; poured12. pulled (verb) dragged; hauled; lugged; pulled; towed; tugged -
23 give smb. (or smth.) a wide berth
избeгaть кoгo-л. (или чeгo-л.), oбxoдить кoгo-л. (или чтo-л.), уклoнятьcя oт вcтpeчи c кeм-л.; дepжaтьcя нa знaчитeльнoм paccтoянии, пoдaльшe oт кoгo-л. (или oт чeгo-л.) [этим. мop.]Vie was drinking with the flies [пил в oдинoчку]... Little groups of workers muttered and argued and hung over the bar, but they gave Vie a wide berth (D. Hewett). 'Them,' said the captain, Ms the terms I offer. If they're hard upon you, brother, as mayhap they are, give 'em a wide berth, sheer off, and part company cheerily' (Ch. Dickens)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > give smb. (or smth.) a wide berth
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