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  • 1 boast

    1. I
    it is foolish to boast хвастаться глупо; he loves to boast он любит прихвастнуть; without wishing to boast I must say... без всякого хвастовства я должен сказать...
    2. II
    boast In some manner b oldly (justly, blatanly, etc.) нагло и т. д. хвастаться; he's been boasting too much он слишком расхвастался
    3. III
    boast smth. book. boast a fine library (a school, a swimming pool, etc.) гордиться прекрасной библиотекой и т. д.; the village boasted a good school это село могло похвастаться хорошей школой; the society boasts among its members two greatest names in contemporary letters среди своих членов это общество с гордостью называет два величайших имени в современной литературе; he boasts a first edition of Milton он является гордым обладателем первого издания Мильтона; this house boasts no spare room в этом доме нет ни одной лишней /свободной/ комнаты
    4. XVI
    1) boast about /of/ smth. boast about one's success (about one's country. about one's social standing, of one's learning. of one's exploits, of one's house, etc.) хвалиться I хвастаться/ своими успехами и т. д.; he loved to boast to his neighbours about the successes of his sun он любил хвалиться перед соседями успехами сына
    2) boast of smth. boast of a fine library (of a beautiful church, of a new town hall, etc.) гордиться прекрасной библиотекой и т. д.; they can't boast of common sense здравым смыслом они похвастаться не могут; that's nothing to boast of, it's not a thing our can boast of этим не стоит /нечего/ хвастаться /гордиться/; the dinner was nothing to boast of спи. обед был так себе, похвастаться нечем
    5. XVII
    boast of doing smth. boast of having a fine voice (of swimming across the river, of being the best billiard-player in the town, etc.) хвалиться /хвастаться/ тем, что у тебя хороший голос /хорошим голосом/ и т. д.
    6. XXV
    boast that... boast that one is a good shot (that one knows everything about it., etc.) хвастаться /хвалиться/, что ты хорошо стреляешь /хороший стрелок/ и т. д.' he boasts that he will easily win он хвастается, что выиграет без труда /запросто/ abs "I'd not have waited", he boasted "Я бы не стал ждать",- хвастливо заметил он

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > boast

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