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1. XVIamount to smth.1) amount to three hundred pounds (to about two hundred dollars, to over one hundred dollars, to little short of 4 per cent, etc.) равняться тремстам фунтам и т. д.; roughly /approximately/ amount to one million dollars приблизительно составлять /исчисляться в/ один миллион долларов, равняться примерно одному миллиону долларов; I do not know what my debts amount to я не знаю, сколько у меня долгов /сколько я должен/2) amount to a refusal (to a threat, to a passion, to a fraud, etc.) быть равносильным отказу и т. д., his actions amount to treason (to collaboration with the enemy, etc.) его поступки равносильны предательству и т. д., его поступки можно расценивать /рассматривать/ как предательство и т. д.; his threats amount to nothing /do not amount to anything/ serious его угрозы не следует принимать всерьез; it amounts to the same thing это одно и то же2. XVIIamount to doing smth. amount to saying no (to robbing the company, to cheating people, etc.) быть равносильным тому, чтобы сказать "нет" и т. д.; what you did amounts to stealing сделать так - все равно, что своровать; твой поступок равносилен воровству
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