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vi▪ to \happen upon [up]on sb/sth zufällig auf jdn/etw stoßen [o treffen] -
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3 happen upon
happen upon случайно натолкнуться, встретить -
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happen on/upon old-fash наткнуться на что-либо/кого-либо; случайно обнаружитьI happened on this jade ornament in a little side street in Bangkok.
Mr Simpson and I happened on one another in the bank last week.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > happen upon
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VI + PREP [+ thing] dar con, encontrar; [+ person] tropezar con, encontrarse conwe happened (up)on this gem of a hotel in Ireland — dimos con or encontramos un hotel magnífico en Irlanda
to happen (up)on the solution — dar con or encontrar la solución
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Общая лексика: случайно встретить, случайно натолкнуться, натолкнуться -
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случайно натолкнуться, встретитьАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > happen upon
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13 happen upon
tesadüfen bulmak, rastgelmek, bulmak, gelivermek, buluşmak -
14 happen upon
tesadüfen bulmak, rastgelmek, bulmak, gelivermek, buluşmak -
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17 happen upon
случайно натолкнуться, встретить* * *набрести, случайно встретить, случайно натолкнуться* * *случайно натолкнуться -
18 happen\ upon
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19 happen\ upon\ sg
véletlenül rátalál vkire, véletlenül ráakad vkire -
20 happen upon
v.dar con, dar de casualidad con, tropezar con.
См. также в других словарях:
happen upon — index find (discover) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
happen upon — phrasal verb happen on or happen upon [transitive] Word forms happen on : present tense I/you/we/they happen on he/she/it happens on present participle happening on past tense happened on past participle happened on old fashioned happen on… … English dictionary
happen upon — happen (up)on (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To find or meet by chance: bump into, chance on (or upon), come across, come on (or upon), find, light on (or upon), run across, run into, stumble on (or upon), tumble on. Archaic: alight on (or upon).… … English dictionary for students
happen\ upon — • happen (up)on v literary To meet or find accidentally or by chance. The Girl Scouts happened on a charming little brook not far from the camp. At the convention I happened upon an old friend I had not seen for years. Syn.: chance on, come… … Словарь американских идиом
happen upon — verb find unexpectedly (Freq. 1) the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb she struck a goldmine The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake • Syn: ↑fall upon, ↑strike, ↑come upon, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
happen upon — Synonyms and related words: alight upon, blunder upon, bump into, chance upon, come across, come on, come up against, come upon, discover serendipitously, encounter, fall in with, hit upon, light upon, meet up with, meet with, run across, run… … Moby Thesaurus
happen — [hap′ən] vi. [ME happenen: see HAP1 & EN] 1. to take place; occur; befall 2. to be or occur by chance or without plan [it happened to rain] 3. to have the luck or occasion; chance [I happened to see it] … English World dictionary
happen — verb (I) 1 if an event or situation happens, it exists and continues for a period of time, especially without being planned first: The accident happened early on Tuesday morning. | No one knew who had fired the gun it all happened so quickly. |… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
happen on — phrasal verb happen on or happen upon [transitive] Word forms happen on : present tense I/you/we/they happen on he/she/it happens on present participle happening on past tense happened on past participle happened on old fashioned happen on… … English dictionary
happen on — or[happen upon] {v.}, {literary} To meet or find accidentally or by chance. * /The Girl Scouts happened on a charming little brook not far from the camp./ * /At the convention I happened upon an old friend I had not seen for years./ Syn.: CHANCE… … Dictionary of American idioms
happen on — or[happen upon] {v.}, {literary} To meet or find accidentally or by chance. * /The Girl Scouts happened on a charming little brook not far from the camp./ * /At the convention I happened upon an old friend I had not seen for years./ Syn.: CHANCE… … Dictionary of American idioms