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1 just plain crazy
Общая лексика: просто чокнутый (That idea about bike lanes is just plain crazy! Instead of relieving downtown congestion, it's going to double it.) -
2 plain
plain [pleɪn]plaine ⇒ 1 (a) simple ⇒ 2 (a) nature ⇒ 2 (a) clair ⇒ 2 (b) uni ⇒ 2 (c) franc ⇒ 2 (d) quelconque ⇒ 2 (e) pur ⇒ 2 (f)1 noun(b) (in knitting) maille f à l'endroit(a) (simple → style, furniture, dress) simple; (with nothing added → omelette, rice, yoghurt) nature (inv);∎ a plain dress une robe toute simple;∎ he's just a plain soldier il n'est que simple soldat;∎ she was just plain Sarah then elle s'appelait tout simplement Sarah à l'époque;∎ I like good plain cooking j'aime la cuisine simple;∎ a plain piece of bread and butter une simple tartine beurrée;∎ it's plain sailing from now on maintenant ça va marcher tout seul or comme sur des roulettes;∎ to be in or to wear plain clothes être en civil(b) (clear, obvious) clair, évident, manifeste;∎ it's plain (to see) that he's lying il est clair ou évident qu'il ment;∎ it soon became plain that I was lost j'ai vite réalisé ou je me suis vite rendu compte que j'étais égaré;∎ his embarrassment was plain to see on pouvait voir qu'il était gêné, sa gêne était évidente;∎ the facts are plain c'est clair, les choses sont claires;∎ I want to make our position absolutely plain to you je veux que vous compreniez bien notre position;∎ she made her intentions plain elle n'a pas caché ses intentions;∎ he made it plain to us that he wasn't interested il nous a bien fait comprendre que cela ne l'intéressait pas;∎ I thought I'd made myself plain je croyais avoir été assez clair;∎ familiar it's as plain as a pikestaff or as the nose on your face c'est clair comme de l'eau de roche, ça saute aux yeux(c) (of one colour, not patterned) uni;∎ plain blue wallpaper papier peint bleu uni;∎ under plain cover, in a plain envelope sous pli discret(d) (blunt, unambiguous) franc (franche);∎ the plain truth of the matter is I'm bored la vérité, c'est que je m'ennuie;∎ let me be plain with you je vais être franc avec vous;∎ I want a plain yes or no answer je veux une réponse claire et nette;∎ the time has come for plain words or speaking le moment est venu de parler franchement;∎ in plain language de manière claire;∎ I told him in plain English what I thought je lui ai dit ce que je pensais sans mâcher mes mots(e) (unattractive) pas très beau (belle), quelconque;∎ she's a bit of a plain Jane ce n'est pas une beauté ou une Vénus(f) (pure, sheer) pur (et simple);∎ that's just plain foolishness/ignorance c'est de la pure bêtise/ignorance∎ plain one, purl two une maille à l'endroit, deux à l'envers3 adverb∎ you couldn't have put it any plainer tu n'aurais pas pu être plus clair∎ he's just plain crazy il est complètement cinglé;∎ he's just plain ignorant il est tout simplement ignorant□ ;∎ I just plain forgot! j'ai tout bonnement oublié!□►► plain chocolate chocolat m noir;plain flour farine f (sans levure);Knitting plain row rang m à l'endroit;Knitting plain stitch maille f à l'endroit -
3 all the way
1) от начала до конца, всё это время (тж. the whole way)Joe has played the whole way in the football game... (DAI) — Джо в этом футбольном матче играл от начала до конца.
2) от начала до конца, целиком, полностью, во всём‘I'll help you,’ promised Minny. ‘I'll help you all the way.’ (R. Greenwood, ‘Good Angel Slept’, ch. XV) — - Я помогу тебе, - сказала Минни. - Помогу тебе во всем.
‘Where you stationed now, Broderick?’ ‘Uh... oh, no you don't, no you don't. I'm top secret, pal, all the way.’ (F. Knebel and Ch. Bailey, ‘Seven Days in May’, ‘Monday’) — - Послушай, Бродерик, где ты сейчас служишь? - О нет, нет! Я теперь, дружок, засекречен с головы до пят, с головы до пят.
‘What did the Vice President say?’ ‘He's with us. All the way.’ (G. Vidal, ‘Washington, D. C.’, part I, ch. II) — - А что сказал вице-президент? - Он нас полностью поддерживает.
When I was a lot younger than I am now I thought the lodger was cuckoo, crazy, just plain loopy. But he was only in love, all the way. (S. Chaplin, ‘The Day of the Sardine’, ch. I) — Раньше, когда я был помоложе, мне казалось, что наш жилец - псих, полоумный, чокнутый да и только. А он просто-напросто был влюблен без памяти.
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4 all the way (down the line)
oт нaчaлa дo кoнцa, цeликoм и пoлнocтью, вo вcём; cм. тж. go all the waySo it was a washout, Jack, a washout all the way (E. O'Connor). I thought the lodger was cuckoo, crazy, just plain loopy. But he was only in love all the way (S. Chaplin). I'll help you, promised Mlnny. I'll help you all the way (R. Greenwood). Mildred. I liked all the way down the line from the beginning (J. Fawles)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > all the way (down the line)
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