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1 bying wave
English-russian dctionary of contemporary Economics > bying wave
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2 wave
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3 for a song
(for a song (тж. for a mere song или for an old song))за бесценок (обыкн. употр. с гл. to buy, to get и to sell)All of these lovely things by which he had set great store... went for a song. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. LXIX) — Все эти очаровательные вещицы, которые он так ценил... пошли с молотка за бесценок.
The somebodies (I forget the name my father mentioned) made all their money by bying up land round New York for a mere song. (J. K. Jerome, ‘Paul Kelver’, book I, ch. I) — Такие-то (я забыл упомянутую отцом фамилию) нажили все свое состояние тем, что за бесценок скупили земли вокруг Нью-Йорка.
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4 not half
paзг.1) coвceм нe, вoвce нe, нe тaк ужPickering. Has Eliza been bying you clothes? Dolittle. Eliza! Not she. Not half. Why should she buy me clothes? (G. B. Shaw). 'I've told you, Mrs. Arnold, the case is closed.' "That's what you think,' Ida said... 'Not half it isn't' (Gr. Greene)2) в выcшeй cтeпeни, ужacнo, oтчaяннo'Did you have a nice holiday?' 'Not half! Never enjoyed myself so much in my life!'
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