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81 as well
أَيْضًا \ also: too. as well: also: I need your help, and your money as well, (with may or might) without loss or bad effect: You may as well try, even if you don’t succeed. I might as well have watched the game on television (instead of watching it on the field and getting wet). besides: as well: I need all this and more besides. either: (used after not) also: I don’t like apples, and I don’t like oranges either. in addition: also: He paid my bill; in addition he lent me $3. into the bargain: as well: I lost my money and got punished into the bargain. likewise: also; in the same way: He helped me when you were away. Likewise when you were ill, he did all my shopping. so: (followed by a verb that comes before its subject) also: She ate some, and so did I. too: also: He, too, wants to come. He wants to come too. -
82 the be-all and end-all
1) то, что заполняет жизнь, всё в жизни [шекспировское выражение; см. цитату]Macbeth: "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly. If the assassination Could trammel up the consequence, and catch With his surcease, success; that but this blow Might be the be-all and the end-all here. But here, upon this bank and shoal of time, - We'd jump the life to come. " (W. Shakespeare, ‘Macbeth’, act I, sc. 7) — Макбет: "Когда конец кончал бы все, - как просто! Все кончить сразу! Если бы убийство Могло свершиться и отсечь при этом Последствия, так чтоб одним ударом Все завершилось и кончалось здесь, Вот здесь, на этой отмели времен, - Мы не смутились бы грядущей жизнью. " (перевод М. Лозинского)
My worries fell from me, the personal affairs of Paul Kelver ceased to appear the be-all and the end-all of the universe. (J. K. Jerome, ‘Paul Kelver’, book II, ch. X) — Я перестал тревожиться. Личные дела Поля Келвера перестали казаться мне самыми важными делами на свете.
He had learned... that personal connections were almost the be-all and the end-all in finance. (Th. Dreiser, ‘The Financier’, ch. XII) — Он узнал... что в финансовом мире почти все зависит от личных связей.
2) наивысшее достижение, вершина, венецThe Burns clubs, however, have regarded Burns as the be-all and end-all of poetry and refused to tolerate anything that was not an obvious imitation of Burns. — Однако литературные клубы почитателей Бернса считают творчество Бернса вершиной поэзии и относятся нетерпимо к поэтам, не подражающим ему.
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83 steep-sided well
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84 come all to pieces
(тж. come или go to pieces)1) пpoпacть, пoгибнуть, oпуcтитьcя; пoтepять oблик чeлoвeчecкийHe knew that except for me he'd go all to pieces (W. S. Maugham). I began to go to pieces... I got careless about my duties. I began to drink (Gr. Greene)2) pуxнуть, paзвaлитьcя; пoйти пpaxoм; тpeщaть пo вceм швaм (тж. fall to pieces)'And so the case fell to pieces?' said Dr. Fender. 'And so the case fell to pieces,' said Sir Henry gravely. 'We could not take the risk of arresting Jones with nothing to go upon' (A. Christie). She could hardly ever be persuaded to take a day off, because she felt, with some justification, that the hotel would go to pieces without her (M. Dickens)3) пoтepять caмooблaдaниe, душeвный пoкoй, пpиcутcтвиe дуxa; paccтpoитьcяHe went all to pieces on cross-exarainatlon at the trial yesterday (E. S. Gardner). I chatter and gabble and can't seem to stop myself. It's as if I were going to pieces (M. Wilson)4) pacшaтaтьcя (o нepвax)His nerves had gone to pieces. The sound of the doorbell made his heart palpitate madly (A. J. Cronin)5) пoдopвaть здopoвьe; выйти из cтpoяIt was horrible, terrifying, as if he was coming all to pieces (J. B. Priestley). Faye was never really well again. She would make a little gain and then go to pieces (J. Steinbeck) -
85 might as well
(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) podría también -
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(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) gæti rétt eins -
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(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) legjobb lesz, ha -
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(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) é preferível (fazer) -
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(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) (...-ması) iyi olmak -
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(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) lahko bi pa.... -
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(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) voida yhtä hyvin -
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(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) kunne like godt -
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(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) fare meglio (al condizionale0 -
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(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) mógłbym również, mógłbyś również itd. -
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(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) tikpat labi varētu -
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(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) kunde lika gärna -
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(used to suggest that there is no good reason for not doing something: I might as well do it all at once.) θα μπορούσα κάλλιστα
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not — [ nat ] adverb *** 1. ) used for making negatives a ) used for making a sentence, expression, or word negative: He would not listen to anything she said. Barbara s not coming to the party. I don t feel sorry for her. Do not forget your promise.… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
not all that well — not all that good, well, etc. idiom not particularly good, well, etc • He doesn t sing all that well. Main entry: ↑allidiom … Useful english dictionary
all there — or[all here] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Understanding well; thinking clearly; not crazy. Usually used in negative sentences, * /Joe acted queerly and talked wildly, so we thought he was not all there./ … Dictionary of American idioms
all there — or[all here] {adj. phr.}, {informal} Understanding well; thinking clearly; not crazy. Usually used in negative sentences, * /Joe acted queerly and talked wildly, so we thought he was not all there./ … Dictionary of American idioms
