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разг."проглотить словарь", сыпать учёными словами, книжно выражаться‘The whole point is that my Society deprecates as much as you do.’ The voices began again. ‘Aw, cut it out... Ev've swallered [= he has swallowed] the dictionary!’ (M. Torries, ‘Heavy as Lead’, Suppl) — - Дело в том, что мое общество, так же, как вы, устраивает обструкцию. Опять послышались голоса: - Хватит трепаться!.. Ишь, учеными словами-то как сыплет!
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'dikʃənəriplural - dictionaries; noun1) (a book containing the words of a language alphabetically arranged, with their meanings etc: This is an English dictionary.) ordbok2) (a book containing other information alphabetically arranged: a dictionary of place-names.) oppslagsbok, leksikonordboksubst. \/ˈdɪkʃ(ə)nrɪ\/1) ordbok, ordliste, tesaurus2) ( EDB) datakatalog3) oppslagsbokhave swallowed a dictionary ( om person) bruke lange og vanskelige ord -
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expr infmlThe guy seems to have swallowed the dictionary — Этот парень, кажется, все слова знает
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