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1 attempt to penetrate the soil with the tip of the thumb
Construction: thumb testУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > attempt to penetrate the soil with the tip of the thumb
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2 A defensive descending rolling maneuver in the vertical plane executed in an attempt to achieve an offensive position on the attacker
Aviation: vertical rolling scissorsУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > A defensive descending rolling maneuver in the vertical plane executed in an attempt to achieve an offensive position on the attacker
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3 замалчивать, опускать (аргумент , позицию , детали в споре или докладе ; the term handwaving is an informal term that describes either the debate technique of failing to rigorously address an argument in an attempt to
General subject: handwaveУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > замалчивать, опускать (аргумент , позицию , детали в споре или докладе ; the term handwaving is an informal term that describes either the debate technique of failing to rigorously address an argument in an attempt to
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4 A rolling maneuver, executed from an offensive position, performed opposite the direction of target turn in an attempt to reduce aspect angle and/ or control closure
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > A rolling maneuver, executed from an offensive position, performed opposite the direction of target turn in an attempt to reduce aspect angle and/ or control closure
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5 Один раз не в счет
The fact that you managed to do something one single time does not mean that you will be successful when repeating the attemptCf: First game is kid's game (Am.). Once is no custom (rule) (Br.). Once is not enough (Am.). One day does not a summer make (Am.). That's the beginner's luck (Am.)Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Один раз не в счет
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6 в попытке
•Investigators have determined exponent in an attempt to specify...
* * *В попытке (уменьшить)-- The supply temperature was lowered to 35°C in the attempt at reducing leakage. В попытке (оценить)-- Limited testing was also performed at varying smin levels in an attempt to assess the effect of stress. в попытке -- in an attempt to (+inf.); in an attempt at (+ gerund)Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > в попытке
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7 я удержал его от этой попытки
1) General subject: I held him back from ( making) the attemptУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > я удержал его от этой попытки
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8 махнуть рукой
(на кого, на что)разг.have dropped the matter; give up the attempt; give up as lost (hopeless); give up as a bad job; not care what happens; cast (throw) one's cap at smth.; turn one's back on smth.; give up all hope of smth.; never mind smth.- Только если бы не жалко бросить, что заведено... трудов положено много... махнул бы на всё рукой, продал бы, поехал бы, как Николай Иваныч. (Л. Толстой, Анна Каренина) — 'If I'd only the heart to throw up what's been set going... Such a lot of trouble wasted... I'd turn my back on the whole business, sell up, go off like Nikolai Ivanych.'
Сторож попробовал их устранить, но они подняли такой оглушительный гвалт, что он только махнул рукой и оставил баб в покое. (А. Куприн, Молох) — The watchman tried to send them away but the uproar they raised made him give up the attempt and leave them alone.
Один раз он даже попался на глаза пану Струмилу, но кочегары заступились за мальчика, и механик махнул рукой. (Н. Островский, Рождённые бурей) — Once Pan Strumil had actually caught him there, but the stokers had interceded for the boy, and the foreman had dropped the matter.
Тётя Люся и Казимира Войцеховна перед отъездом, волнуясь, умоляли его махнуть рукой на расходы и остановиться в хорошей, даже самой лучшей гостинице. (Ф. Кнорре, Шорох сухих листьев) — Before he left, Aunt Lucy and Kazimira had worriedly begged him to go to a good hotel - even to the very best, and never mind the expense.
Азбектфан махнул рукой на дела, достал из погреба бутыль, нарезал хлеба, сала, сел за стол. (Г. Баженов, Азбектфан) — Azbektfan gave up work for the day as a bad job, fetched a flagon from the cellar, cut up some bread and salted fat and sat down at the table.
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9 в стремлении
•Water species move downward in an attempt to stay in their preferred environment.
•In an attempt to produce more effective medicines...
•Sometimes surface integrity is overlooked in the attempt to achieve high production rates.
•In his quest to design beautiful objects, man has copied nature's symmetry.
•They produced more sulphur trioxide in the effort to reduce...
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > в стремлении
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10 в стремлении
•Water species move downward in an attempt to stay in their preferred environment.
•In an attempt to produce more effective medicines...
•Sometimes surface integrity is overlooked in the attempt to achieve high production rates.
•In his quest to design beautiful objects, man has copied nature's symmetry.
•They produced more sulphur trioxide in the effort to reduce...
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > в стремлении
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11 попытка позорно провалилась
1) General subject: the attempt was a complete wash-out (потерпела полное фиаско)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > попытка позорно провалилась
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12 запутывать следы
разг.foul the trail; cover <up> one's tracksГарин либо знал о готовящемся покушении, либо предвидел, что покушения всё раво не избежать, и запутал следы, подсунув похожего на себя человека. (А. Толстой, Гиперболоид инженера Гарина) — Either Garin had had warning of the attempt to be made on his life or he assumed that such an attempt was unavoidable and had covered his tracks leaving them a dummy.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > запутывать следы
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13 отказаться от попытки
1) General subject: abandon the attempt2) Mass media: abandon attemptУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > отказаться от попытки
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14 попытка потерпела полное фиаско
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > попытка потерпела полное фиаско
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15 Д-153
ДЕНЬ В ДЕНЬ ( Invar adv fixed WOprecisely (on the day named)to the dayright to the very day....Последняя часть романа подписана 4-ым апреля 63 года, а ровно день в день три года спустя и произошло покушение (на царя) (Набоков 1)....The last part of the novel was signed on April 4, 1863, and exactly three years later to the day the attempt (to assassinate the Tsar) took place (1a).«...Я тебе рассказывала, кажется, как Кирюша день в день, час в час предсказал покойнику папеньке его кончину» (Толстой 2). "I believe I told you how Kiryusha prophesied the end of poor Papa, right to the very day and hour" (2b). -
16 И-25
идти/пойти (игрАть/сыгрАть) вa-бАнк VP subj: human more often pfv fixed WOto act desperately, putting everything at risk ( usu. striving to achieve sth. significant)X пошёл ва-банк - X put everything on the lineX (went ahead and) risked everything (all) X went for broke X shot the works (in limited contexts) X went for the jackpot X risked everything (it all) on one throw (of the dice).Королёва предупредили, что прежний темп работы после выписки из больницы равносилен для него смертному приговору... Но длительный отдых в то время означал для Королева нечто вполне определённое: провал попытки обогнать американцев с выводом человека на орбиту... Королев пошёл ва-банк... До того он состязался со временем и с косной технологией теперь вступил в поединок с самой смертью (Владимиров 1). Korolyov was warned that for him to continue to work after his release from hospital at the same pace as before would be equivalent to a death sentence....But to take a long convalescence at that time would have meant only one thing for Korolyov: the failure of the attempt to overtake the Americans in the race to put a man into orbit.... Korolyov decided to go ahead and risk every thing.... Previously he had been competing with time and with inadequate technology, now he entered into a duel with death itself (1a).(author's usage) Прохор приглядывался, выжидал, думал. Встретился с Сударем. Убил с ним Копытова, завладел оружием. Проверил Сударя на мелочах. А завтра решил сыграть ва-банк (Семёнов 1). Prokhor examined his surroundings, bided his time and thought. Then he met Squire. Together they murdered Kopytov and gained possession of his revolver. He tested Squire in various minor enterprises. And now tomorrow he had resolved to go for the jackpot (1a). -
17 К-455
КУДА ТАМ (ТУТ)! ГДЕ (УЖ) TAM! all coll Interj these forms only fixed WOsth. is difficult or impossible to accomplish, the undertaking in question is futile, the effort in question did or will produce results opposite to those desired (often foil. by an explanation of why the attempt failed or what happened instead)no waynot a chance fat chance! out of the question (in limited contexts) far from it what Is the use? not likely.«Твой еще не проснулся?» - «Куды ( ungrammat = куда) там, - засмеялась Нюра, - спит, как сурок. А чего?» -«Дело есть» (Войнович 2). "Your man up yet?" "Fat chance," laughed Nyura "Sleeping like a log. What's the matter?" "I need to see him" (2a).Бабка понесла на базар какое-то барахло, простояла два дня подряд - куда там, никто не покупает, все только продают (Кузнецов 1). Grandmother took some stuff to the market and stood there two days in a row - but what was the use? Nobody was buying, everybody was selling (1a).Вот у тебя по старому делу в 63 году Джилас шел. Что это за штуковина?» - «Неужели даже вам (следователям КГБ) не дают почитать (конфискованные книги)? Тоже не доверяют?» - «Где там... Только то и прочтешь, что на обыске отнимешь» (Буковский 1). "What about that book by Djilas that you were charged with in 1963? What sort of whatsit was it?" "Do you mean to say they don't let you (the KGB investigators) read them Iconfiscated books) either? Don't they trust you either?" "Not likely. All you get to read in my job is what you turn up in the searches" (1a). -
18 день в день
[Invar; adv; fixed WO]=====⇒ precisely (on the day named):- to the day;- right to the very day.♦...Последняя часть романа подписана 4-ым апреля 63 года, а ровно день в день три года спустя и произошло покушение [на царя] (Набоков 1)....The last part of the novel was signed on April 4, 1863, and exactly three years later to the day the attempt [to assassinate the Tsar] took place (1a).♦ "...Я тебе рассказывала, кажется, как Кирюша день в день, час в час предсказал покойнику папеньке его кончину" (Толстой 2). "I believe I told you how Kiryusha prophesied the end of poor Papa, right to the very day and hour" (2b).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > день в день
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19 играть ва-банк
• ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ <ИГРАТЬ/СЫГРАТЬ> ВА-БАНК[VP; subj: human; more often pfv; fixed WO]=====⇒ to act desperately, putting everything at risk (usu. striving to achieve sth. significant):- [in limited contexts] X went for the jackpot;- X risked everything (it all) on one throw (of the dice).♦ Королёва предупредили, что прежний темп работы после выписки из больницы равносилен для него смертному приговору... Но длительный отдых в то время означал для Королева нечто вполне определённое: провал попытки обогнать американцев с выводом человека на орбиту... Королев пошёл ва-банк... До того он состязался со временем и с косной технологией; теперь вступил в поединок с самой смертью (Владимиров 1). Korolyov was warned that for him to continue to work after his release from hospital at the same pace as before would be equivalent to a death sentence....But to take a long convalescence at that time would have meant only one thing for Korolyov: the failure of the attempt to overtake the Americans in the race to put a man into orbit.... Korolyov decided to go ahead and risk every thing.... Previously he had been competing with time and with inadequate technology; now he entered into a duel with death itself (1a).♦ [author's usage] Прохор приглядывался, выжидал, думал. Встретился с Сударем. Убил с ним Копытова, завладел оружием. Проверил Сударя на мелочах. А завтра решил сыграть ва-банк (Семёнов 1). Prokhor examined his surroundings, bided his time and thought. Then he met Squire. Together they murdered Kopytov and gained possession of his revolver. He tested Squire in various minor enterprises. And now tomorrow he had resolved to go for the jackpot (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > играть ва-банк
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20 идти ва-банк
• ИДТИ/ПОЙТИ <ИГРАТЬ/СЫГРАТЬ> ВА-БАНК[VP; subj: human; more often pfv; fixed WO]=====⇒ to act desperately, putting everything at risk (usu. striving to achieve sth. significant):- [in limited contexts] X went for the jackpot;- X risked everything (it all) on one throw (of the dice).♦ Королёва предупредили, что прежний темп работы после выписки из больницы равносилен для него смертному приговору... Но длительный отдых в то время означал для Королева нечто вполне определённое: провал попытки обогнать американцев с выводом человека на орбиту... Королев пошёл ва-банк... До того он состязался со временем и с косной технологией; теперь вступил в поединок с самой смертью (Владимиров 1). Korolyov was warned that for him to continue to work after his release from hospital at the same pace as before would be equivalent to a death sentence....But to take a long convalescence at that time would have meant only one thing for Korolyov: the failure of the attempt to overtake the Americans in the race to put a man into orbit.... Korolyov decided to go ahead and risk every thing.... Previously he had been competing with time and with inadequate technology; now he entered into a duel with death itself (1a).♦ [author's usage] Прохор приглядывался, выжидал, думал. Встретился с Сударем. Убил с ним Копытова, завладел оружием. Проверил Сударя на мелочах. А завтра решил сыграть ва-банк (Семёнов 1). Prokhor examined his surroundings, bided his time and thought. Then he met Squire. Together they murdered Kopytov and gained possession of his revolver. He tested Squire in various minor enterprises. And now tomorrow he had resolved to go for the jackpot (1a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > идти ва-банк
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