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121 keep secret
1) Общая лексика: держать (что-л.) в секрете, держать в тайне, замалчивать, скрывать (Woods evaded the question when asked details of how he kept secret his cheating on his wife.), законспирировать, не разглашать2) Реклама: хранить тайну3) Деловая лексика: держать в секрете -
122 ‘Three Blind Mice’
«Три слепых мышонка», детские стишок и песенка:Three blind mice, see how they run!
They all ran after the farmer’s wife;
She cut off their tails with a carving knife.
Did you ever see such a sight in your life,
As three blind mice?
(Пер. В. Лунина)
США. Лингвострановедческий англо-русский словарь > ‘Three Blind Mice’
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123 get round
I phrvi infmlI think I can get round my father to lend us the car — Я думаю, что уговорю отца дать нам машину
II phrvt infmlHis wife knows how to get round him — Его жена знает, чем его взять
I'm sure I can get her round to my way of thinking — Я уверен, что смогу склонить ее к моей точке зрения
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124 tussle
I n infmlII vi infmlHow is a man supposed to feel after a tussle with his wife early in the morning? — А как должен чувствовать себя мужчина, когда у него была потасовка с женой с утра пораньше?
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125 ladies' man
дамский угодник, волокита, ловелас, кавалерHughie always was a ladies' man, though you wouldn't think so, to look at 'im now... ever since he lost 'is teeth. (D. Hewett, ‘Bobbin Up’, ch. 2) — Хьюи всегда был дамским угодником. Хотя этому трудно поверить... особенно теперь, когда у него нет зубов.
‘I am not a lady's man and I am forty-nine. How do you expect me to find a wife?’ ‘Nothing is more simple. Put an advertisement in the paper.’ (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘A Marriage of Convenience’) — - я не мастер ухаживать за женщинами, и мне уже сорок девять. Как же, по-вашему, я смогу найти жену? - Нет ничего легче. Дайте объявление в газете.
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126 fortunate
1. a счастливый; удачливыйhow fortunate that I have found you today — как хорошо, что я разыскал вас сегодня
2. a счастливый, благоприятныйСинонимический ряд:1. advantageous (adj.) advantageous; flourishing; fortuitous; thriving; triumphant; victorious2. favorable (adj.) auspicious; benign; bright; dexter; favorable; favourable; good; promising; propitious; white3. happy (adj.) blessed; favored; favoured; happy; lucky; prosperous; providential; rich; successful; wellАнтонимический ряд:calamitous; ill-fated; infelicitous; unfortunate; unlucky -
127 a ladies' man
дaмcкий угoдник, вoлoкитa, лoвeлac; кaвaлep'I am not a lady's man and I am forty-nine. How do you expect me to find a wife?' 'Nothing is more simple. Put an advertisement in the paper' (W. S. Maugham)
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