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hold a drawing-room

  • 1 устроить приём

    1) General subject: give an entertainment, host a party
    4) Advertising: give entertainment

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > устроить приём

  • 2 на отлёте

    1) (в некотором отдалении от чего-либо, в стороне (быть, находиться и т. п.)) stand < all> by itself; be at a < little> distance; keep aloof

    - А ты что, Максим, на отлёте держишься? Иди сюда ближе. И отчего ты сегодня такой грустный? (А. Новиков-Прибой, Женщина в море) — 'Why are you keeping aloof, Maxim? Come over here. And why do you look so sad today?'

    На отлёте высилось единственное в посёлке двухэтажное каменное здание. (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — At a little distance from the rest of the habitations stood the only two-storey brick building in the place...

    Крестьянин ссадил Баумана у околицы: докторский дом с больницею рядом - на отлёте, чуть в стороне от села. (С. Мстиславский, Грач - птица весенняя) — The peasant dropped Bauman on the outskirts of the village. The doctor's house stood by itself, a little apart from the village.

    2) ( отведя в сторону (держать что-либо)) hold smth. in an outstretched hand (away from smth.)

    Он держал папиросу на отлёте, покачиваясь, пустил струйку дыма - нельзя было придумать ничего более салонного, чем этот человек. (А. Толстой, Гадюка) — He held his cigarette away from his mouth, then put it to his lips and let out a thin spiral of smoke - it was difficult to imagine any one more suitable to adorn a drawing-room than this man.

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на отлёте

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