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expr infmlHe was buying time against the day when air pollution reaches critical and dangerous proportions — Он не предпринимал никаких действий, ожидая, когда загрязнение воздуха достигнет критически опасных размеров
She was just trying to buy time by clowning around — Она просто пыталась выиграть время, корча из себя дурочку
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"покупать время", получить возможность за плату выступить по радио или телевидению...it being only in the twentieth century that mankind has been able to buy Time as it buys soap and gasoline. (S. Lewis, ‘It Can't Happen Here’, ch. 4) —...только в XX веке люди смогли покупать время, как они покупают мыло и бензин.
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Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > buy time
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1) Общая лексика: оттянуть время, канителить, выиграть время (англ. цитата - из статьи в газете New York Times)2) Разговорное выражение: тянуть резину3) Военный термин: выигрывать время4) Дипломатический термин: тянуть время5) Сленг: оттягивать время7) Деловая лексика: покупать время рекламной передачи -
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<05> оттягивать времяАнгло-русский словарь цитат, пословиц, поговорок и идиом > buy time
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1. идиом. оттягивать время2. покупать время рекламной передачиАнгло-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > buy time
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оттянуть времяАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > buy time
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оттянуть время* * *идиом. оттянуть время -
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(v. phr.) оттягивать времяConversation vocabulary and slang. English-Russian dictionary > buy time
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Pol. temporiser; gagner du tempsEnglish-French dictionary of law, politics, economics & finance > to buy time
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novilcināt laiku
См. также в других словарях:
buy time — ► buy time delay an event temporarily so as to have longer to improve one s own position. Main Entry: ↑buy … English terms dictionary
buy time — verb act so as to delay an event or action in order to gain an advantage (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑delay, ↑detain, ↑hold up • Verb Frames: Something s Somebody s * * * delay an event temporarily so as to … Useful english dictionary
buy time — tv. to use a tactic to postpone something. □ You are just doing this to buy time. □ Maybe I can buy some time by asking for a continuance … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
buy time — to obtain a longer period before something happens. We were quickly running out of money but managed to buy time by getting a small loan … New idioms dictionary
buy time — request time to plan, ask for extra time If we can just buy a little time, maybe the price will go down … English idioms
buy time — verb Purposefully cause a delay to something, in order to achieve something else. We need you to buy us some time, so distract the security guard for a few minutes … Wiktionary
buy time — delay an event temporarily so as to have longer to improve one s own position. → buy … English new terms dictionary
buy time — phrasal to delay an imminent action or decision ; stall … New Collegiate Dictionary
buy — [bī] vt. bought, buying [ME bien < OE bycgan < ? IE base of BOW1] 1. to get by paying or agreeing to pay money or some equivalent; purchase 2. to get as by an exchange [buy victory with human lives] 3. to be the means of purchasing [all… … English World dictionary
buy — ► VERB (buys, buying; past and past part. bought) 1) obtain in exchange for payment. 2) get (something) by sacrifice or great effort. 3) informal accept the truth of. ► NOUN informal ▪ a purchase … English terms dictionary
buy — buy1 [ baı ] (past tense and past participle bought [ bɔt ] ) verb *** 1. ) intransitive or transitive to get something by paying money for it: I need to buy some new clothes. Now you can buy and sell shares on the Internet. Tickets can be bought … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English