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  • 21 Х-67

    НА ХОДУ PrepP Invar
    1. coll
    subj-compl with бытье ( subj: a noun denoting a vehicle, factory etc)) sth. is in working condition, working as it should
    X на ходу — (of a vehicle) X is in running (working) order
    (of a factory, plant etc) X is operational.
    2. \Х-67 вскочить, соскочить и т. п.
    adv
    (to jump into, jump off etc a vehicle, horse etc) while it is in motion
    while (the car (the horse etc)) is moving
    (jump into (onto, from)) a (the) moving (car (train etc)) (jump into a car (jump out of a boat etc)) as it is pulling out (pulling in, floating out etc).
    Трамвай начал делать круг... Зоя ловко соскочила на ходу, потому что отсюда было короче (Солженицын 10). The (trolley) car had already begun its turn around the circle.... (Zoya) jumped off deftly while the car was moving, so as to cut down the distance she would have to walk (10b).
    Отомкнув баркас, он (Митька) с силой толкнул его от коряги, вскочил на ходу (Шолохов 2). Не (Mitka) unhitched the boat, pushed it hard and jumped in as it floated out (2a).
    3.
    adv
    (of a person) (to do sth.) while continuing to move
    as one walks (goes) (along)
    on the move (the go) without stopping.
    Перед собой он держал половинку арб) за и ел из нее на ходу столовой ложкой (Аксёнов 6). In one hand he held half a watermelon, which he was eating with a tablespoon as he walked along (6a).
    ...Буш, как фокусник, извлек из воздуха тетрадь и стал на ходу читать... (Набоков 1)....Busch, like a conjurer, plucked а notebook out of the air and began to read on the move... (1a).
    Статный австрийский офицер со спортсменской выправкой шел под конвоем на вокзал. Ему улыбнулись две барышни, гулявшие по перрону. Он на ходу очень ловко раскланялся и послал им воздушный поцелуй (Шолохов 2). A fine-looking Austrian officer with the bearing of an athlete was being taken under guard to the station building. Two young ladies strolling along the platform smiled at him. He managed a very neat bow without stopping and blew them a kiss (2a)
    4. coll
    adv
    (to do sth.) hastily, without giving it one's full attention, or while in the process of doing something else
    on the go
    on the move.
    Не стал читать страницу из «Дневника» Делакруа... чтобы не прочесть ее кое-как, на ходу... (Олеша 3). I didn't begin reading a page in Delacroix's Diary,.in order not to read it haphazardly, on the go... (3a).
    5. coll
    adv
    quickly, without thinking or preparation
    on the spur of the moment
    (in refer, to saying sth., answering etc) off the top of one's head.
    ...Нужно было разобраться в речевом коде землян. Без помощи специального устройства, на ходу, это не просто (Обухова 1). Не had to decipher the speech code of the Earthmen. This was not easy on the spur of the moment, without special instruments (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Х-67

  • 22 не то... не то

    ТО ЛИ... ТО ЛИ...; НЕ ТО... НЕ ТО...
    [coord Conj, disjunctive]
    =====
    used when citing two (or, occas., more) possibilities to show that the speaker thinks that one of them is probably correct, true:
    - either...or (perhaps)...;
    - whether (perhaps)... or...;
    - (s.o. < sth.>) might have <be etc>...or (perhaps)...;
    - [in limited contexts] ... or is it...
         ♦ "Вон оттуда, - она показала пальцем на балкон третьего этажа, -то ли столкнули голубушку, то ли сама прыгнула..." (Чернёнок 1). "From up there," she said, pointing to a third-floor balcony, "the poor thing was either pushed or she jumped..." (1a).
         ♦...Был он худой, изнурённый, и с утра никогда не понять: не то недоспал, не то переспал... (Ерофеев 2). He was skinny and emaciated, and in the morning it was hard to tell whether he hadn't gotten enough sleep or had overslept (2a).
         ♦ В воздухе стоял кисловатый дух то ли слегка подгнивающих прошлогодних листьев, устилающих землю, то ли усыхающих ягод черники... то ли древесных соков, бродящих в могучих стволах смешанного леса (Искандер 5). There was a mild tang in the air, perhaps from last year's carpet of leaves gently decaying on the ground, or from drying blueberries...or from tree sap fermenting in the mighty trunks of the mixed forest (5a).
         ♦ Среди гостей была даже и одна звезда рока, то ли Карл Питерс, то ли Питер Карлтон, долговязый и худой, в золотом пиджаке на голое тело (Аксёнов 7). There was also a bona-fide rock star-Carleton Peters, or was it Peter Carleton?-with stick-figure arms protruding from a gold lame vest over a bare chest (7a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > не то... не то

  • 23 то ли... то ли...

    ТО ЛИ... ТО ЛИ...; НЕ ТО... НЕ ТО...
    [coord Conj, disjunctive]
    =====
    used when citing two (or, occas., more) possibilities to show that the speaker thinks that one of them is probably correct, true:
    - either...or (perhaps)...;
    - whether (perhaps)... or...;
    - (s.o. < sth.>) might have <be etc>...or (perhaps)...;
    - [in limited contexts] ... or is it...
         ♦ "Вон оттуда, - она показала пальцем на балкон третьего этажа, -то ли столкнули голубушку, то ли сама прыгнула..." (Чернёнок 1). "From up there," she said, pointing to a third-floor balcony, "the poor thing was either pushed or she jumped..." (1a).
         ♦...Был он худой, изнурённый, и с утра никогда не понять: не то недоспал, не то переспал... (Ерофеев 2). He was skinny and emaciated, and in the morning it was hard to tell whether he hadn't gotten enough sleep or had overslept (2a).
         ♦ В воздухе стоял кисловатый дух то ли слегка подгнивающих прошлогодних листьев, устилающих землю, то ли усыхающих ягод черники... то ли древесных соков, бродящих в могучих стволах смешанного леса (Искандер 5). There was a mild tang in the air, perhaps from last year's carpet of leaves gently decaying on the ground, or from drying blueberries...or from tree sap fermenting in the mighty trunks of the mixed forest (5a).
         ♦ Среди гостей была даже и одна звезда рока, то ли Карл Питерс, то ли Питер Карлтон, долговязый и худой, в золотом пиджаке на голое тело (Аксёнов 7). There was also a bona-fide rock star-Carleton Peters, or was it Peter Carleton?-with stick-figure arms protruding from a gold lame vest over a bare chest (7a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > то ли... то ли...

  • 24 на ходу

    [PrepP; Invar]
    =====
    1. coll [subj-compl with быть (subj: a noun denoting a vehicle, factory etc)]
    sth. is in working condition, working as it should:
    - X на ходу [of a vehicle] X is in running < working> order;
    - [of a factory, plant etc] X is operational.
    2. на ходу вскочить, соскочить и т.п. [adv]
    (to jump into, jump off etc a vehicle, horse etc) while it is in motion:
    - while (the car <the horse etc>) is moving;
    - (jump into <onto, from>) a < the> moving (car <train etc>);
    - (jump into a car <jump out of a boat etc>) as it is pulling out (pulling in, floating out etc).
         ♦ Трамвай начал делать круг... Зоя ловко соскочила на ходу, потому что отсюда было короче (Солженицын 10). The [trolley] car had already begun its turn around the circle.... [Zoya] jumped off deftly while the car was moving, so as to cut down the distance she would have to walk (10b).
         ♦ Отомкнув баркас, он [Митька] с силой толкнул его от коряги, вскочил на ходу (Шолохов 2). Не [Mitka] unhitched the boat, pushed it hard and jumped in as it floated out (2a).
    3. [adv]
    (of a person) (to do sth.) while continuing to move:
    - without stopping.
         ♦ Перед собой он держал половинку арбуза и ел из нее на ходу столовой ложкой (Аксёнов 6). In one hand he held half a watermelon, which he was eating with a tablespoon as he walked along (6a).
         ♦...Буш, как фокусник, извлек из воздуха тетрадь и стал на ходу читать... (Набоков 1)....Busch, like a conjurer, plucked a notebook out of the air and began to read on the move... (1a).
         ♦ Статный австрийский офицер со спортсменской выправкой шел под конвоем на вокзал. Ему улыбнулись две барышни, гулявшие по перрону. Он на ходу очень ловко раскланялся и послал им воздушный поцелуй (Шолохов 2). A fine-looking Austrian officer with the bearing of an athlete was being taken under guard to the station building. Two young ladies strolling along the platform smiled at him. He managed a very neat bow without stopping and blew them a kiss (2a)
    4. coll [adv]
    (to do sth.) hastily, without giving it one's full attention, or while in the process of doing something else:
    - on the move.
         ♦ Не стал читать страницу из "Дневника" Делакруа... чтобы не прочесть ее кое-как, на ходу... (Олеша 3). I didn't begin reading a page in Delacroix's Diary,.in order not to read it haphazardly, on the go... (3a).
    5. coll [adv]
    quickly, without thinking or preparation:
    - [in refer, to saying sth., answering etc] off the top of one's head.
         ♦...Нужно было разобраться в речевом коде землян. Без помощи специального устройства, на ходу, это не просто (Обухова 1). He had to decipher the speech code of the Earthmen. This was not easy on the spur of the moment, without special instruments (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на ходу

  • 25 густо

    1. прил. кратк. см. густой 2. нареч.
    thickly, densely

    густо замесить (вн.) — work into a stiff mixture (d.)

    у меня денег не густо — I'm a bit hard up, I'm a bit pushed for money

    Русско-английский словарь Смирнитского > густо

  • 26 густо

    I кратк. прил. II нареч.
    ( обильно) thickly, densely

    гу́сто замеси́ть (вн.)work (d) into a stiff mixture

    гу́сто замеси́ть те́сто — make a stiff dough [dəʊ]

    гу́сто заме́шенный на чём-л — with a lot of smth mixed into it

    ••

    гу́сто покрасне́ть — flush crimson

    не гу́сто (рд.; с неисчисляемым сущ.) — not in abundance, not much; (с исчисляемым сущ.) few and far between

    у меня́ де́нег не гу́сто — I'm a bit hard up, I'm a bit pushed for money

    то гу́сто, то пу́сто погов. — ≈ it's feast or famine

    Новый большой русско-английский словарь > густо

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  • Hard pushed — Hard Hard, adv. [OE. harde, AS. hearde.] 1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly. [1913 Webster] And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince. Dryden. [1913 Webster] My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself. Shak.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • hard-pushed — hardˈ pressed or hardˈ pushed adjective 1. In difficulties 2. Under pressure 3. Closely pursued • • • Main Entry: ↑hard …   Useful english dictionary

  • hard pushed —  Beset with difficulty. Hard pressed …   A concise dictionary of English slang

  • Hard — Hard, adv. [OE. harde, AS. hearde.] 1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly. [1913 Webster] And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince. Dryden. [1913 Webster] My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself. Shak. [1913 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hard by — Hard Hard, adv. [OE. harde, AS. hearde.] 1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly. [1913 Webster] And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince. Dryden. [1913 Webster] My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself. Shak.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hard run — Hard Hard, adv. [OE. harde, AS. hearde.] 1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly. [1913 Webster] And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince. Dryden. [1913 Webster] My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself. Shak.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hard up — Hard Hard, adv. [OE. harde, AS. hearde.] 1. With pressure; with urgency; hence, diligently; earnestly. [1913 Webster] And prayed so hard for mercy from the prince. Dryden. [1913 Webster] My father Is hard at study; pray now, rest yourself. Shak.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pushed — [puʃt] adj [not before noun] BrE informal 1.) be pushed for time/money etc to not have much time, money etc = ↑pressed ▪ I m a bit pushed for time today. 2.) too busy ▪ I d love to help, but I m a bit pushed at the moment. 3.) be (hard) pushed …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • pushed — [ puʃt ] adjective INFORMAL in difficulty because you do not have enough time or money: pushed for: We re pushed for time right now. be pushed to do something to have difficulty in doing something: be hard pushed to do something (=have a lot of… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • be hard pushed to do something — be hard put/pressed/pushed/to do something phrase to find it very difficult to do something I think the Conservatives will be hard put to gain support. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situationsynonym …   Useful english dictionary

  • (be) hard pushed to do something — be ˌhard ˈpressed/ˈpushed to do sth | be hard ˈput (to it) to do sth idiom to find it very difficult to do sth • He was hard put to it to explain her disappearance. Main entry: ↑hardidiom …   Useful english dictionary

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