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1 нерегулярно, спорадически
General subject: in fits and starts (without regular activity or progress; if something happens in fits and starts, it often stops and then starts again)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > нерегулярно, спорадически
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2 рывками
2) Makarov: by fits, by fits and starts3) Taboo: by fits and starts as the hog pisseth -
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in snatches, by fits and starts* * ** * *in snatches, by fits and starts* * *brokenlysnatchingly -
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нареч. разг.in snatches, by fits and startsработать урывками — work in snatches, или by fits and starts, или at odd moments
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6 урывками
нареч. разг.in snatches, by fits and startsрабо́тать уры́вками — work in snatches [by fits and starts; at odd moments]
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7 урывками
General subject: at odd moments, brokenly, by fits, by fits and start, by fits and starts, by snaps, snatchingly, fitfully, in snatches, in dribs and drabs -
8 неравномерно
1) General subject: by fits and start2) Mathematics: nonuniformly3) Makarov: by fits, by fits and starts, irregularly -
9 через пень-колоду
(делать что-либо, идти, развиваться и т. п.)прост., неодобр.cf. do smth. anyhow (half-heartedly); do smth. sliphod (in a slipshod way, by fits and starts); go (run, etc.) zigging and zagging[Владелец завода] всегда ходил в грязном и мятом чесучовом костюме, всё время чесал пятернёй растрёпанную рыжеватую бородку и говорил невразумительно, спотыкаясь, через пень-колоду. (К. Паустовский, Повесть о жизни) — He always walked around in a dirty, crumpled silk suit, combed his dishevelled reddish beard with his five fingers, and talked in an obscure and slipshod sort of way.
- Хотя позицию стали укреплять с начала войны, но работа шла через пень-колоду, а когда японцы высадились в Бидзиво, то мы сразу запороли горячку. (А. Степанов, Порт-Артур) — 'We started fortifying the positions as soon as the war broke out, but the work dragged on, and we began to get a move on only when the Japanese landed in Bidziwo.'
- Да ведь если бы жизнь нормально развивалась, а не вкось да через пень-колоду, я бы и вправду нынче был не меньше как дивврачом, - сказал Иван Дмитриевич, - сиречь генералом медицинской службы. (Ю. Герман, Дорогой мой человек) — 'Ah, yes, of course, if my life had followed a normal course instead of zigging and zagging, I'd certainly be a divisional surgeon now at the very least, or in other words a surgeon general.'
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > через пень-колоду
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10 с рывка
с рывка < да с толчка> ( делать что-либо)прост., неодобр.do smth. with bumps and bangs (in fits and starts)Прокопыч, - то ли ему жаль было расставаться со своим мастерством, то ли ещё что, - учил шибко худо. Всё у него с рывка да с тычка. (П. Бажов, Малахитовая шкатулка) — Prokopych - maybe he just didn't want to give away the secrets of his craft, or maybe it was something else, but he didn't teach any of them much. All they got from him was bumps and bangs.
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11 продвигаться вперёд скачками
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > продвигаться вперёд скачками
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12 продвигающийся вперёд скачками
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > продвигающийся вперёд скачками
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13 продвижение вперёд скачками
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > продвижение вперёд скачками
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14 работа работ·а
1) (труд) work, labour, jobбыть без / не иметь работы — to be out of work / a job, to be unemployed
искать работу — to look for / to seek a job
потерять работу / лишиться работы — to lose (one's) job
приниматься за работу — to get to / to get down to / to set to work
разделить работу между кем-л. — to split the work up between smb.
уволить с работы — to dismiss, to discharge; to fire, to sack разг.; (при сокращ. производства) to lay off
круглосуточная работа — round-the-clock work / functioning
напряжённая работа — hard / strenuous / intensive work
неритмичная работа — unsteady work, working in fits and starts
нечёткая работа — careless / slipshod work
полезная работа — useful / serviceable work
сверхурочные работы — employment with overtime hours, overtime work
случайная работа — odd / casual work, odd job(s)
совместная работа — work together, collaboration
спешная работа — rush job, urgent work
тонкая работа — fine / exquisite work
трудная работа — hard / uphill work; tough work разг.
умственная работа — mental work, brain-work
физическая работа — manual / physical labour / work
работа в учреждениях (не физическая работа) — white-collar job / work
работа, возложенная на кого-л. — work that is incumbent on smb.
работа по найму — wage work, hired labour
2) (деятельность) workвести исследовательскую работу — to carry on / to do research
налаживать / разворачивать работу — to organize work
общественная работа — public / social / voluntary work
вести общественную работу — to carry on / to be engaged in social / public / community work
усилить подрывную работу — to step up / to intensify subversion
совместная работа — collaboration, joint work
чёткий ход работы (конференции и т.п.) — smooth running (of a conference, etc.)
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нрчспать уры́вками — to sleep in snatches
ви́деться уры́вками — to snatch moments together here and there
занима́ться уры́вками — to learn/to study by fits and starts
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16 кампанейщина
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17 как бог на душу положит
1) General subject: higgledy-piggledy (Коверзнев - Верещагин), any old way, anyhow, at random, let matters take their course, in fits and starts2) Colloquial: catch-as-catch-canУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > как бог на душу положит
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18 неровно
1) General subject: jerkily, shaggily, unsteadily, bumpily, raggedly, out of alignment, unevenly2) Architecture: out of square3) Makarov: inconstantly, irregularly4) Taboo: by fits and starts as the hog pisseth -
19 прерывисто
1) General subject: brokenly, discontinuously, discretely, fitfully, interruptedly, erratically2) Engineering: intermittently3) Mathematics: in discontinuous manner4) Taboo: by fits and starts as the hog pisseth, jerkily -
20 продвиньтесь вперёд скачками
Military: progress in fits and startsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > продвиньтесь вперёд скачками
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