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1 softly soft·ly adv
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2 before long
скоро, вскоре; в непродолжительном времениI'm his mother. My son is not in town, but I daresay he will be before long. Can I give him any message? (J. Galsworthy, ‘Swan Song’, part I, ch. II) — Говорит его мать. Моего сына нет в городе, но, вероятно, он скоро приедет. Передать ему что-нибудь?
He had begun to hate the place before long... (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 14) — Моррис очень скоро стал ненавидеть эти места...
‘We'll have to be married before long, now.’ ‘Do you think so?’ Dick asked anxiously. ‘Do you think..?’ Amy laughed softly. ‘The sooner the better. Then there won't be any talk, by and by.’ (K. S. Prichard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. 7) — - Теперь уж нам придется поспешить со свадьбой. - Ты так считаешь? - испуганно спросил Дик. - Ты думаешь..? - Чем скорее, тем лучше. Чтобы не было сплетен. - Эми тихонько рассмеялась.
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3 идти в огонь и воду
идти в огонь и <в> воду (за кого, за что)go through fire and water for smb., smth.; follow smb. through the hell itself; go to hell and back (to the end of the earth) for smb., smth.Большов.
А ты помогать станешь? Подхалюзин. Помилуйте, Самсон Силыч, в огонь и в воду полезу-с. (А. Островский, Свои люди - сочтёмся) — Bolshov. But are you going to help? Podkhalyzin. Good gracious, Samson Silych, I'll go through fire and water, sir.- Видал орлов? - Половцев тихо засмеялся. - Эти не подведут. Эти за мной пойдут в огонь и в воду. (М. Шолохов, Поднятая целина) — 'Good men, eh?' Polovtsev laughed softly. 'They won't let us down. They'd follow me through hell itself.'
- Я готов служить народу, - / Раздаётся Стёпин бас, - / Я пойду в огонь и воду! / Посылайте хоть сейчас! (С. Михалков, Дядя Стёпа) — 'I'm prepared to serve my people, / Fire and flood for them I'll dare,' / Proudly answered Uncle Steeple, / 'You can send me anywhere.'
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