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(lay siege to smb. (или smth.))брать штурмом, осаждать кого-л. (или что-л.); добиваться чьей-л. благосклонности [этим. воен.]He watched it with that strange interest in trivial things that we try to develop when... some thought that terrifies us lays sudden siege to the brain and calls on us to yield. (O. Wilde, ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’, ch. II) — Дориан наблюдал за пчелой с тем странным интересом, с каким мы сосредоточиваемся на пустяках в те минуты, когда... какая-нибудь страшная мысль начинает неотступно осаждать мозг и принуждает нас сдаться.
Bessie did not say that she had again laid siege to Torpenhow or that he had... put her outside the door with a recommendation not to be a little fool. (R. Kipling, ‘The Light That Failed’, ch. XI) — Бесси не сочла нужным сказать, что она вновь пыталась вести атаку на Торпенгау и что он выставил ее за дверь, посоветовав не быть дурочкой.
Right away Beauty decided that she must visit that camp. She didn't wait to write... she would just go to the place and lay siege to whatever authorities might be in command. (U. Sinclair, ‘World's End’, ch. 12) — И Бьюти решила ехать в лагерь. Она не станет даже предупреждать Марселя... она просто поедет туда и возьмет штурмом военное начальство.
...Phyllis let him see clearly she did not wish to be regarded as a young woman who might be laid siege to and courted. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Coonardoo’, ch. XXVII) —...Филлис дала ему ясно понять, что она не принадлежит к числу тех женщин, от которых можно добиться благосклонности ухаживанием.
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