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101 vast
[vɑːst] 1. прил.1) огромный, обширный, громадный; бескрайний, безбрежный, бесконечныйa vast expanse — бескрайний, безбрежный простор
The Colorado River sends a vast body of water to the Gulf of California. — Река Колорадо несёт огромную массу воды в Калифорнийский залив.
It is not a single building, but rather a vast collection of chambers and galleries. — Это не здание, а бесконечное нагромождение комнат и галерей.
Syn:2) ( the vast majority) подавляющее большинство, почти всеThe vast majority of people will support us. — Подавляющее большинство людей нас поддержит.
The vast majority of the eggs would be cracked. — Почти все яйца разбились бы.
3) разг. большой, значительныйvast numbers / quantities — большое количество, много
She has spent vast quantities of money. — Она потратила кучу денег.
The species occurs in vast numbers in this lake. — Этот вид встречается в этом озере в большом количестве.
It makes a vast difference. — Это значительно меняет дело.
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102 push one's fortune
стараться улучшить своё благосостояние; сделать карьеруTo you of all men, Mr. Pinch, I have a right to make appeal on Mind's behalf when it has not the art to push its fortune in the world. And so, sir... I ask the loan of three half-crowns. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. VII) — К вам, предпочтительно перед всеми людьми, обращаюсь я, мистер Пинч, от лица Разума, который не может отвоевать себе место под солнцем. Итак, сэр... я прошу у вас взаймы три полкроны.
...a smart but rather incomprehensible young newspaper reporter... had just come up to London to push his fortunes, and was anxious for something called a "scoop". (H. J. Wells, ‘Christina Alberta's Father’, book II, ch. II) —...ловкий, но малоизвестный молодой репортер... только что приехал в Лондон делать карьеру и теперь вынюхивал какую-нибудь сенсационную новость.
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103 Abaca
ABACA, or MANILA HEMPA fibre obtained from the leaf stalks of the "musa textilis", a plant in the Philippine Islands, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. It is strong, has great durability, varies from 40-in. to 140-in. in length, yellowish-white in colour, and has a lustrous appearance. It is light, but rather stiff in handle. The yield of the fibre is only about 11/2 per cent of the weight of the green leaves. In India the inner fibres of the leaf stalk are much used for making fine cloths, the outer and coarser fibres being used in the manufacture of matting for floor covering, cordage, canvas, etc. The fibre (fine quality) is also used as weft in some fabrics for upholstery, chiefly on account of its colour and lustre. There are many grades, ranging from fine to coarse, obtained from these several species of banana and pineapple plants. Manila hats are made from these fibres. The fibres are tied end to end and woven without being spun into yarns. It is a tall plant, growing from 16 to 22 feet, and has a stem up to 12-in. diameter. This is one of the most important fibres cultivated in the tropics. Although called Manila Hemp it is quite unlike true hemp. Others names are "Cebu Hemp" and "Davao Hemp" (see textile fibres) -
104 Manila Hemp
ABACA, or MANILA HEMPA fibre obtained from the leaf stalks of the "musa textilis", a plant in the Philippine Islands, Sumatra, Java and Borneo. It is strong, has great durability, varies from 40-in. to 140-in. in length, yellowish-white in colour, and has a lustrous appearance. It is light, but rather stiff in handle. The yield of the fibre is only about 11/2 per cent of the weight of the green leaves. In India the inner fibres of the leaf stalk are much used for making fine cloths, the outer and coarser fibres being used in the manufacture of matting for floor covering, cordage, canvas, etc. The fibre (fine quality) is also used as weft in some fabrics for upholstery, chiefly on account of its colour and lustre. There are many grades, ranging from fine to coarse, obtained from these several species of banana and pineapple plants. Manila hats are made from these fibres. The fibres are tied end to end and woven without being spun into yarns. It is a tall plant, growing from 16 to 22 feet, and has a stem up to 12-in. diameter. This is one of the most important fibres cultivated in the tropics. Although called Manila Hemp it is quite unlike true hemp. Others names are "Cebu Hemp" and "Davao Hemp" (see textile fibres) ———————— See Abaca. The fibre obtained from the Musa textilis, a variety of plantain, a native of the Philippine Islands where it is known as abaca. -
105 Bussorah Wool
Inferior carpet wool from Mesopotamia has an irregular staple. It is dirty but rather better than Bushire wool (see Persian Wool.) -
106 Down Wool Yarns
A term to distinguish the worsted yarns made from wool grown in the South of England, and the finest of which is Southdown. The yarns are strong, but rather short in staple, and used for Meltons billiard cloth. West of England cloth, etc. Counts vary from 4/12's to 4/24's and up to 2/24's. Such down wools as those from Norfolk, Sussex, Oxford and Shropshire are chiefly used for hosiery yarns for hard-knitting, fingering and for crewel yarns. -
107 Ghiordes Knot
This, with the Sehna knot, are the two knots used in hand-made Eastern rugs and carpets to secure the tufts of pile. They are hardly knots, but rather loops of yam kept in place by the pressure of neighbouring warp threads at the sides and the weft above and below. Each knot is tied upon two warp threads. -
108 Texas Cotton
American cotton grown in the States of Texas and Oklahoma. It is of fair length, strong, but rather hard and dull. -
109 Uplands Cotton
Cotton grown in Georgia, South Carolina, Alabama, Virginia Tennessee, and the higher lands of the cotton district in the U.S.A. The cotton is soft and clear, but rather short in staple, used principally for weft yarns up to 50's. The Upland type of cotton constitutes the bulk of the American crop, and is perhaps the most useful cotton grown. The staple averages 7/8-in. to 1-in. -
110 unwillingly
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111 unwillingly
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112 end-around
Gen Mgtan approach to a problem that does not attack it directly but rather tries to avoid it -
113 micromarketing
Mktgmarketing to individuals or very small groups. Micromarketing contrasts with mass marketing and targets the specific interests and needs of individuals by offering customized products or services. It is similar to niche marketing, but rather than targeting one large niche, a micromarketing company targets a large number of very small niches. -
114 Wang Zhen (Wang Chen)
SUBJECT AREA: Agricultural and food technology[br]b. 14th century Chinad. 14th century China[br]Chinese writer on agricultural affairs and practice.[br]Wang Zhen was a native of Shandong Province and was employed as a Government official. He wrote the Wang Zhen Nung Shu c. 1313 as a text to be used by local officials in their instruction of the peasantry. The text was also used as a means of spreading information on potentially useful developments from one region to another.Curious inaccuracies in the text indicate that Wang Zhen's knowledge of agriculture was not firsthand, but rather that his texts are the distillation of information derived from interviews with farmers. In this the text differs from the other major Chinese texts, which are clearly the work of individuals with personal knowledge of the subject about which they were writing.[br]Further ReadingF.Bray, Vol. VI. 2 in J.Needham (ed.), Science and Civilisation in China (discusses her sources in an introductory chapter).AP -
115 a shrinking violet
шутл.бoжья кopoвкa, бeзoбидный, тиxий чeлoвeк, нe умeющий пocтoять зa ceбяAlbert Neri was no fool and his father-in-law no shrinking violet (M. Puzo). In the past we have tended to see Mr Healey, not perhaps as a shrinking violet, still less as the gentlest and meekest of spirits, but rather as an electric politician (New Statesman) -
116 manual style application mode
"A mode in which the default style settings defined in Page Options > CSS tab will be not be used, but rather the styles defined in the Manage Styles task pane for the entire page or for individual items on a page will need to be applied by the user. The style application mode can also be set to auto."English-Arabic terms dictionary > manual style application mode
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117 phantom bill of material
"A bill of material used to describe the components of a parent part that will be built as part of a higher-level parent part. The term ""phantom"" is used to indicate that the part never really exists as a stocked item, but rather is built in line with the production of the higher-level part that is driving an overall production order." -
118 phantom BOM
"A bill of material used to describe the components of a parent part that will be built as part of a higher-level parent part. The term ""phantom"" is used to indicate that the part never really exists as a stocked item, but rather is built in line with the production of the higher-level part that is driving an overall production order." -
119 inventory management
"The branch of management that plans and controls the holding of inventory. Inventory management does not manage the inventory itself, but rather plans for such things as levels to maintain." -
120 load simulation
"An attempt to model the effect of many users accessing a server at the same time. Load tests do not generate actual load with actual users, but rather simulated load with virtual users."
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rather — adverb Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hrathor, comparative of hrathe quickly; akin to Old High German rado quickly, Old English hræd quick Date: before 12th century 1. with better reason or more propriety ; more properly < this you… … New Collegiate Dictionary
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