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41 making
1. n создание, становлениеmaking room — создающий место; создание места
2. n производство, изготовление; процесс изготовления, фабрикация; переработка3. n количество изготовленного, произведённого4. n форма, сложение, строение5. n задатки, необходимые качестваto have the makings of a great man — иметь все данные, чтобы стать великим человеком
6. n разг. заработок7. n амер. разг. принадлежности для свёртывания сигарет8. n как компонент сложных словshoemaking — сапожное дело, ремесло сапожника
army was the making of him — в армии он стал человеком, армия сделала из него человека
how is he making out? — как он живёт?, как у него идут дела?
Синонимический ряд:1. creating (adj.) building; creating; fabricating; fashioning; forming; generating; manufacturing; producing; shaping2. fabrication (noun) composition; conception; devising; fabrication; fashioning; forging; formulation; producing; shaping3. clearing (verb) cleaning up; clearing; gaining; netting4. constituting (verb) composing; comprising; constituting; forming; make up; making up5. designating (verb) appointing; designating; fingering; naming; nominating; tapping6. drafting (verb) drafting; drawing up; formulating; framing7. earning (verb) acquiring; bringing in; draw down; drawing down; earning; knocking down; pull down; winning8. effecting (verb) bring about; bringing about; causing; drawing on; effecting; effectuating; engendering; inducing; lead to; occasioning; producing; result in; securing9. establishing (verb) enacting; establishing; legislating10. fathering (verb) creating; fathering; generating; hatching; originating; parenting; procreating; siring; spawning11. forcing (verb) coercing; compelling; constraining; forcing; obliging; pressuring; shotgunning12. heading (verb) bearing; heading; lighting out; set out; setting out; strike out; striking out; taking off13. inferring (verb) collecting; concluding; deducing; deducting; deriving; drawing; gathering; inferring; judging; making out14. passing (verb) covering; passing; traversing15. preparing (verb) fitting; fixing; getting; preparing; readying16. running (verb) extending; going; reaching; running; stretching17. shaping (verb) assembling; building; constructing; erecting; fabricating; fashioning; forging; manufacturing; molding; moulding; put together; putting together; shaping -
42 willing
1. a готовый, склонный, расположенный, согласный; не возражающийwilling to oblige — услужливый, обязательный, любезный
willing or not — волей-неволей, хочешь не хочешь
2. a старательный, усердный; охотно делающийwilling hands — усердная работа, усердие, рвение
3. a добровольный, невынужденный4. a филос. волевой; относящийся к волеto spur a willing horse — подгонять того, кто и так старается изо всех сил; заниматься бесполезным делом
willing ear — благосклонное внимание, желание выслушать
to flog a willing horse — подгонять того, кто и так изо всех сил старается; заниматься бесполезным делом
Синонимический ряд:1. ready (adj.) acquiescent; agreeable; amenable; compliant; disposed; fain; inclined; minded; predisposed; prone; ready; tractable2. voluntary (adj.) deliberate; intentional; unforced; unprescribed; volitional; voluntary; willful; witting3. zealous (adj.) active; eager; energetic; enthusiastic; prompt; zealous4. bequeathing (verb) bequeathing; devising; leaving; legating; willing5. liking (verb) choosing; desiring; electing; liking; pleasing; wanting; wishing -
43 steal a march on smb.
нeзaмeтнo oбoгнaть, oпepeдить кoгo-л.; oбмaнуть чью-л. бдитeльнocть [этим. вoeн. oпepeдить пpoтивникa, coвepшить мapш cкpытнo oт пpoтивникa]And as I was even... then devising how to steal a march on my familiar enemy, I was conscious of a shade of embarrassment when he approached me with his hand extended (R. L. Stevenson). We stole a march on the newspapers. No one expected any fireworks. We walked into court and gave Alder a very bad ten minutes (E. S. Gardner)
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sanitation — Devising and applying of measures for preserving and promoting public health; removal or neutralization of elements injurious to health; practical application of sanitary science. See sanitary code … Black's law dictionary