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1 бороться за место в парламенте
1) General subject: (с другим кандидатом) contest2) Business: contest, contest a seat3) Makarov: contest a seat in ParliamentУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > бороться за место в парламенте
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2 парламент
сохранить место в парламенте — to hold / to keep a seat in parliament
двухпалатный парламент — parliament of two chambers, two-chamber parliament
Конференция президентов Европейского парламента — Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament
однопалатный парламент — one-chamber / unicameral parliament
акты парламента — Acts of Parliament (Великобритания)
член парламента — parliamentary, parliamentarian, member of parliament; (Великобритания) MP
быть членом парламента — to have a seat in Parliament, to sit in Parliament
стать членом парламента — to enter the House (Великобритания)
группа членов парламент а, настаивающих на более решительных действиях со стороны своей партии — ginger group
член парламент а, не живущий в представляемом округе или переехавший туда по политическим соображениям (Великобритания) — carpetbeggar
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3 бороться
to struggle (for, against), to fight (for, against), to combat, to contend (for), to contest, to jostle (with smb. for smth.)бороться за власть / положение / преимущество — to jostle (with smb.) for power / position / advantage
бороться за демократические свободы — to fight for democratic freedoms / liberties
бороться за мир — to fight / to struggle for peace
бороться за правое дело — to fight / to struggle for a just cause
бороться против какой-л. тенденции — to combat a tendency
бороться с инфляцией / кризисом / спадом / экономической отсталостью — to combat inflation / a crisis / a resession / economic backwardness
бороться с проявлением национализма — to combat manifestation / displays of nationalism
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4 бороться за место
1) Sports: struggle for a position (в соревнованиях, гонке и т.п.)2) Makarov: compete for a seat, contest a seat -
5 вести борьбу за место в парламенте
General subject: contest a seatУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > вести борьбу за место в парламенте
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6 конкурс
мcompetition (for a prize, office, etc), contestко́нкурс красоты́ — beauty contest
на э́ту рабо́ту большо́й ко́нкурс — there's a large entry for this job
на э́тот факульте́т обы́чно высо́кий ко́нкурс — there's usually a large number of applicants for every seat in the faculty
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7 подавать заявление на должность
лицо, занимающее данную должность — incumbent of the office
Русско-английский большой базовый словарь > подавать заявление на должность
См. также в других словарях:
contest — 1. noun 1) a boxing contest Syn: competition, match, tournament, game, bout 2) the contest for the party leadership Syn: fight, battle, tussle, struggle, competition, race … Synonyms and antonyms dictionary
contest — 1. noun 1) a boxing contest Syn: competition, match, tournament, game, meet, event, trial, bout, heat, race 2) the contest for the party leadership Syn: fight, battle … Thesaurus of popular words
contest — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun ADJECTIVE ▪ close, equal (BrE), even, tight ▪ closely fought (esp. BrE), hard fought ▪ one sided, u … Collocations dictionary
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seat — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 for sitting on ADJECTIVE ▪ available, empty, spare, vacant ▪ There were no empty seats left in the hall. ▪ Do you have a spare seat in your car? … Collocations dictionary
contest — 1 noun (C) 1 a competition: a beauty contest 2 a struggle to win control or power: the contest for leadership of the party 3 no contest used to mean that you will easily be the best or win the contest 2 verb (T) 1 to say formally that you do not… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
contest — 1. noun /ˈkɒn.tɛst,ˈkɑn.tɛst,kənˈtɛst/ a) controversy; debate no contest b) struggle for superiority; combat The child entered the spelling contest … Wiktionary
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contest — n. & v. n. 1 a process of contending; a competition. 2 a dispute; a controversy. v.tr. 1 challenge or dispute (a decision etc.). 2 debate (a point, statement, etc.). 3 contend or compete for (a prize, parliamentary seat, etc.); compete in (an… … Useful english dictionary
Safe seat — A safe seat is a seat in a legislative body (e.g., Congress, Parliament, City Council) which is regarded as fully secured, either by a certain political party, the incumbent representative personally or a combination of both. In such seats, there … Wikipedia
hot seat — {n.}, {slang} 1. The electric chair used to cause death by electrocution in legal executions. * /Many a man has controlled a murderous rage when he thought of the hot seat./ 2. {informal} A position in which you can easily get into trouble. * /A… … Dictionary of American idioms
