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121 settle down
1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) utíšiť (sa)2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) uvelebiť sa3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) pustiť sa do -
122 settle down
1) to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful:تَسْتَتِب الأمورShe settled the baby down at last.
2) to make oneself comfortable:يَسْتَريحShe settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.
3) to begin to concentrate on something, eg work:يَتَرَكَّزHe settled down to (do) his schoolwork.
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123 settle down
1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) (se) calmer2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) s'installer (confortablement)3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) se mettre (sérieusement) à -
124 settle down
1) (to (cause to) become quiet, calm and peaceful: He waited for the audience to settle down before he spoke; She settled the baby down at last.) acalmar(-se)2) (to make oneself comfortable: She settled (herself) down in the back of the car and went to sleep.) acomodar(-se)3) (to begin to concentrate on something, eg work: He settled down to (do) his schoolwork.) começar -
125 breathe down smb.'s neck
разг.1) догонять кого-л., гнаться за кем-л.He followed me at once. I could hear his footsteps pattering after me. He was practically breathing down my neck. (J. Wain, ‘Strike the Father Dead’, part II, ‘Jeremy’) — Ленни сразу же пошел за мной. Я слышал его шаги. Он почти нагнал меня.
2) погонять кого-л.; ≈ стоять над душой у кого-л.And now that she is here, I hope she'll be left alone long enough to do some work - not have someone eternally breathing down her neck about a new product. (J. Deiss, ‘The Blue Chips’, ch. 5) — Теперь, когда доктор Паркер приехала сюда, ее оставят в покое и она сможет работать. Никто не будет вечно стоять у нее над душой и требовать результатов.
We ought to be landing tomorrow morning or the next day. I don't know. The French are breathing down our necks to get going and we're doing nothing. We can't hold off much longer, though. (J. Aldridge, ‘The Last Exile’, ch. LXXIX) — Мы должны высадиться не то завтра утром, не то послезавтра. Точно не скажу. Французы нам жить не дают, требуют, чтобы мы торопились, а мы сидим сложа руки. Но долго тянуть нам не удастся.
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126 be down
be down1 beneden/onderaan zijn ⇒ minder/verminderd/gezakt zijn 〈 letterlijk en figuurlijk〉2 uitgeteld zijn/liggen ⇒ 〈 figuurlijk〉 somber/neerslachtig zijn3 neer/ingeschreven zijn♦voorbeelden:Sue's hair was still down • Sues haar was nog niet opgestokenMary isn't down yet • Maria is nog niet beneden/opour takings are £10 down on yesterday • we hebben £10 minder gedraaid vandaagbe down for a school • ingeschreven staan als leerling van een schoolhe's down to his last pound • hij heeft nog maar één pond over -
127 part that went over the fence last
n AmE infmlThe new dictionary of modern spoken language > part that went over the fence last
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128 bear down
intransitive verbbear down on somebody/something — auf jemanden/etwas zusteuern; [Wagen:] auf jemanden/etwas zufahren od. -steuern
* * *1. vito bear down on sb/sth (driver etc) — auf jdn/etw zuhalten
2) (woman in labour) drücken2. vt sepniederdrückenhe was borne down by poverty —
to be borne down by the weight of... — von der Last... (gen) gebeugt sein
* * *A v/t1. zu Boden drücken2. überwinden, -wältigen, Widerstand brechenB v/i1. bear down (up)ona) sich (schnell) nähern (dat), zusteuern auf (akk),b) sich wenden gegen, sich stürzen auf (akk),c) herabstoßen auf (akk) (Raubvogel),d) fig lasten auf (dat), bedrücken (akk),e) einer Sache zu Leibe gehen2. a) sich anstrengenb) (bei der Geburt) pressen* * *intransitive verbbear down on somebody/something — auf jemanden/etwas zusteuern; [Wagen:] auf jemanden/etwas zufahren od. -steuern
* * *v.bedrücken v.einer Sache zu Leibe gehen ausdr.lasten auf v.sich schnell nähern ausdr.sich stürzen auf v.überwinden v.überwältigen v.
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