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61 swim off the line
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62 swim the English Channel
Макаров: переплыть Ла-МаншУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > swim the English Channel
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63 swim to the bottom
Общая лексика: пойти ко дну -
64 swim with the current
Общая лексика: попасть в струю -
65 swim with the fishes
Идиоматическое выражение: быть мертвым ((особенно став жертвой убийства) неформ.) -
66 swim with the stream
Общая лексика: плыть по течению, примкнуть к большинству -
67 swim with the tide
Общая лексика: примыкать к большинству, примкнуть к большинству, плыть по течению -
68 swim against the stream
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69 swim down the stream
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70 swim down the tide
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71 swim with the stream
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72 swim with the tide
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73 swim off the line
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74 sink or swim
paзг.I. int phrбудь чтo будeт!, былa нe былa!; (либo) пaн либo пpoпaлMy partner... and I, we work like hell. We expect everybody else to do the same. Sink or swim! (J. B. Priestley)II. v phrпoгибнуть или пoбeдить, пoтepпeть пopaжeниe или пpeуcпeть We've got to sink or swim together; and somehow or other we're going to swim (J. Galsworthy). Economically we have chosen to stick too closely to the Americans; and now we realise that we are committed to sinking or swimming with the dollar (J. Aldridge) -
75 drift with the stream
(drift (go, sail или swim) with the stream (тж. swim down the stream))плыть по течению; см. тж. go against the streamThe whole secret of her success was this ability to swim with the stream, but to make it appear as if she were swimming slightly ahead of, or even against it. (S. Heym, ‘The Eyes of Reason’, book I, ch. 5) — Главной тайной успеха Элиноры была эта способность плыть по течению и притом с таким видом, будто она плывет несколько опережая течение или даже против течения.
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76 sink or swim
1. int phr; разг.будь что будет!, была не была!; ≈ (либо) пан либо пропал2. v phr; разг.My partner... and I, we work like hell. We expect everybody else to do the same. Sink or swim! (J. B. Priestley, ‘They Walk In the City’, ch. VIII) — Мой компаньон... и я, мы оба тоже работаем как черти. И мы ждем того же от остальных. Словом, пан или пропал!
погибнуть или победить, потерпеть поражение или преуспетьOver a million... workers were callously tossed out to sink or swim, with no income whatsoever. (W. Foster, ‘Outline Political History of the Americas’, ch. 25) — Свыше миллиона... рабочих были выброшены на улицу и оставлены на произвол судьбы без всяких средств к существованию.
Economically we have chosen to stick too closely to the Americans; and now we realize that we are committed to sinking or swimming with the dollar. (J. Aldridge, ‘Heroes of the Empty View’, ch. 13) — Экономически мы слишком тесно связали себя с американцами, и вот оказывается, что мы всецело зависим от доллара - с ним и пляшем, с ним и плачем.
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77 to swim with the current
1) to swim with (against) the current плыть по течению (против течения)2) to swim/to sail with the current (against the current) плыть по течению (против течения) рекиEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > to swim with the current
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78 does a duck swim?
разг.; шутл.(does (will или would) a duck swim?)≈ неужели вы сомневаетесь в моём согласии?; охотно, с большим удовольствием; ещё бы‘Will you come to the hop with me if I call around for you?’ ‘With you Dempsey?’ she stammered. ‘Say - will a duck swim?’ (O. Henry, ‘The Four Million’, ‘The Coming-out of Maggie’) — - Пойдешь со мной танцевать, если я за тобой зайду? - С тобой, Демпси? - сказала с запинкой Мэг. - Ты еще спрашиваешь?!
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79 can a duck swim?
или will a duck swim?paзг.шутя. a нeужeли вы coмнeвaeтecь в мoём coглacии?, oxoтнo, c бoльшим удoвoльcтвиeм, eщё быI had already trudged five miles of dreary moorland road when a lorry-driver pulled up and asked if I wanted a lift. 'Can a duck swim?' I thought to myself. 'Will you come to the hop with me if I call around for you?' 'With you Dempsey?' she stammered. 'Say - will a duck swim?' (O. Henry) -
80 go against the tide
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