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1 ferret out the facts
Макаров: расследовать факты, установить факты -
2 ferret out
[ʹferıtʹaʋt] phr vвынюхивать, разведывать, выпытывать, разузнаватьto ferret out a secret - выведать секрет /тайну/
to ferret out a fugitive - разыскать /выследить/ беглеца
to ferret out the facts - установить /расследовать/ факты
he ferreted out my address somewhere - он где-то раскопал /вызнал/ мой адрес
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3 ferret out
вынюхивать;
разведывать, разыскивать [ср. тж. ferret I
2) ] to ferret out a secret ≈ выведать тайну вынюхивать, выпытывать, разведывать, разузнавать - to * a secret выведать секрет /тайну/ - to * a fugitive разыскать /выследить/ беглеца - to * the facts установить /расследовать/ факты - he ferreted out my addres somewhere он где-то раскопал /вызнал/ мой адресБольшой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > ferret out
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4 ferret out
inf выудить, разузнать, докопаться до чего-либоSandy was a superb reporter, tireless in ferreting out whatever facts were needed for her story.
Ferreting out the details of his colleagues’ private lives was his hobby.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > ferret out
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5 ferret
'ferit(a type of small, weasel-like animal used to chase rabbits out of their holes.) fritte- ferret about- ferretfritte--------oppsporeIsubst. \/ˈferət\/1) ( pattedyrarten Mustela putorius furo) frett, fritte2) ( hverdagslig) sporhund, detektiv3) smalt bomullsbånd, smalt silkebåndIIverb \/ˈferət\/1) jakte med frett2) ( overført) jage, lete, snokeferret about for snoke etterferret out spore opp, få rede på, grave frem, støve opp, luske ut
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