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1 a bum steer
амер.; разг.ложное сообщение, "утка"; плохой совет (обыкн. употр. с гл. to give)Did you ever know a man named Gulligan give you a bum steer? (W. Faulkner, ‘Soldier's Pay’, ch. I) — Разве я, человек по имени Галлиген, могу дать вам дурной совет?
But Georgina gave you a bum steer about Jane, I think. (J. Jones, ‘A Touch of Danger’, ch. 9) — Но Джорджина, я думаю, ввела вас в заблуждение относительно Джейн.
It's a real pleasure to work with an intelligent private detective. So damn many chaps in the business don't know which side of the bread has the butter. You can't depend on them to give you a damn thing except a bum steer. (E. S. Gardner, ‘Double or Quits’, ch. 10) — Настоящее удовольствие работать с умным частным детективом. Черт знает сколько ребят занимается частным сыском, а толку от них мало. И положиться на них нельзя ни в чем, все их сведения оказываются ложными.
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2 loaf
1. n каравай, буханка хлеба; булка2. n ист. библ. хлеб3. n мясной хлеб4. n голова сахару5. n кочан6. n сл. голова7. v образовать кочан8. n ничегонеделание, праздность9. v бездельничать, зря терять время, заниматься пустяками, слоняться, шататься без делаСинонимический ряд:1. bread (noun) bread; bun; cake; dough; lump; mass; pastry; roll; twist2. idle (verb) be unoccupied; bum; dawdle; diddle; diddle-daddle; drone; goldbrick; idle; kill time; laze; lazy; loll; lollygag; lounge; malinger; shirk; take it easy; vegetate3. walk (verb) amble; loiter; saunter; stroll; walkАнтонимический ряд: -
3 soak
1. v мочить; замачивать; пропитывать, насыщать2. v пропитываться; впитыватьсяsoak up — впитывать, поглощать
3. v напитывать, насыщать4. v промачивать5. v просачиваться6. v впитываться7. v усваиваться8. v пропекать9. v разг. напиваться, набираться10. v разг. отдавать в заклад, закладывать11. v разг. выкачивать деньги, драть несусветную цену12. v амер. бить, колотитьСинонимический ряд:1. binge (noun) bat; bender; binge; blowoff; booze; brannigan; bum; bust; carousal; carouse; compotation; jag; orgy; ran-tan; rowdydow; souse; spree; tear; toot; wassail2. drunkard (noun) bibber; boozehound; boozer; drunk; drunkard; fuddler; guzzler; inebriate; lush; rumdum; rummy; soaker; sot; sponge; stiff; swillbowl; swiller; tippler; toper; tosspot3. absorb (verb) absorb; blot; dry; mop; soak up; sop4. drench (verb) deluge; douse; drench; drown; flood; immerge; impregnate; insteep; saturate; seethe; sodden; souse; steep; waterlog; wet5. drink (verb) booze; drink; guzzle; imbibe; liquor up; nip; swig; swill; swizzle; tank up; tipple; tope6. engage (verb) busy; engage; engross; immerse; occupy7. overcharge (verb) clip; fleece; overcharge; skin; stick8. permeate (verb) infiltrate; infuse; penetrate; percolate; permeate; seepАнтонимический ряд:desiccate; drain; dry; evaporate; wring
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