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41 inside of the post
■ The inside of the goalpost.■ Innenseite des Torpfostens. -
42 outside of the post
■ The outside of the goalpost.■ Außenseite des Torpfostens. -
43 first-past-the-post
∎ the first-past-the-post electoral system le scrutin majoritaire à un tourUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > first-past-the-post
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44 first-past-the-post
first-past-the-post♦voorbeelden:¶ 〈 voornamelijk Brits-Engels〉 a first-past-the-post election • verkiezing bij betrekkelijke meerderheid van stemmen -
45 beat smb. on the post
выиграть у кого-л. с минимальным преимуществом [этим. спорт. post столб у финиша]A: "I thought you were certain to win that last race, especially as the three miles is your special distance; how much were you beaten by?" B: "Inehes! He just... beat me on the post." (SPI) — А: "Я думал, что вы наверняка выиграете последний заезд: три мили - это же ваша коронная дистанция. Сколько же вы проиграли? Б. Всего несколько дюймов! Он выиграл... с минимальным преимуществом."
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46 whip the devil round the post
разг.(whip the devil round the post (амер. round или around the stump))добиваться своего окольным путём, обходить правила; пытаться выкрутиться‘Rigdon wants to speak!’ a man cried. ‘Will you hear him!’ Some shouted ‘No’, but a strong voice rose above the din. ‘Let him whip the devil around the stump! Let him speak!’ (V. Fisher, ‘Children of God’, part I, ch. XVIII) — - Ригдон хочет сказать что-то, - крикнул один из присутствующих. - Выслушайте его! Некоторые закричали "нет!". Но сильный голос заглушил шум: - Пусть попробует выкрутиться! Дайте ему сказать!
Large English-Russian phrasebook > whip the devil round the post
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47 go in off the post
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48 shot against the post
■ Shot at goal that hits a goalpost.■ Schuss, der gegen einen der beiden Torpfosten prallt. -
49 first-past-the-post system
пол. система голосования по одномандатным округам* (мажоритарная избирательная система, существующая в Великобритании, Канаде и некоторых других странах; страна разделяется на избирательные округа, число которых соответствует количеству мест в парламенте; депутатом становится кандидат, победивший на выборах в конкретном округе)See:Англо-русский экономический словарь > first-past-the-post system
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50 to be pipped at the post
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51 to pip somebody at the post
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52 first-past-the-post
first-past-the-post[´fə:st¸pa:stðə´poust] n кандидатът, спечелил най-много гласове (в избори). -
53 I'll just pop this letter into the post
English-Dutch dictionary > I'll just pop this letter into the post
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54 a first-past-the-post election
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55 it's in the post
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56 our letters must have crossed in the post
English-Dutch dictionary > our letters must have crossed in the post
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57 they lived over the post office
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58 first past the post
noun GBfirst past the post system — majorité simple des suffrages
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59 first-past-the-post voting system
Englisch-Deutsch Fachwörterbuch der Wirtschaft > first-past-the-post voting system
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60 suitability for the post
Englisch-Deutsch Fachwörterbuch der Wirtschaft > suitability for the post
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