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1 pure and simple
как таковой, без примеси, самый настоящий, не что иное как; просто-напросто [этим. фр. pur et simple]Jack: "That, my dear Algy, is the whole truth pure and simple." (O. Wilde, ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, act I) — Джек: "Вот, мой дорогой Алджи, вся правда, и притом чистая правда."
‘You see, ours was a marriage of convenience pure and simple.’ (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘A Marriage of Convenience’) — Наш брак, видите ли, не что иное, как брак по расчету.
These two young things, she was sixteen and he was twenty, fell in love with one another at first sight. That is... love pure and simple. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Red’) — Эти два юных существа - ей было шестнадцать, а ему двадцать лет - влюбились друг в друга. С первого взгляда. И это была... самая настоящая любовь.
He's a gambler, pure and simple. (A. Christie, ‘The Body in the Library’, ch. 11) — Марк Гаскелл заядлый игрок.
He's come to make a provocation, pure and simple. That's his sense of humour, probably. I'm going to throw him out. (S. Heym, ‘Goldsborough’, ch. V) — Он просто-напросто хочет спровоцировать меня. Видно, его это еще и забавляет. Вот возьму и спущу его с лестницы.
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2 ladies' man
дамский угодник, волокита, ловелас, кавалерHughie always was a ladies' man, though you wouldn't think so, to look at 'im now... ever since he lost 'is teeth. (D. Hewett, ‘Bobbin Up’, ch. 2) — Хьюи всегда был дамским угодником. Хотя этому трудно поверить... особенно теперь, когда у него нет зубов.
‘I am not a lady's man and I am forty-nine. How do you expect me to find a wife?’ ‘Nothing is more simple. Put an advertisement in the paper.’ (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘A Marriage of Convenience’) — - я не мастер ухаживать за женщинами, и мне уже сорок девять. Как же, по-вашему, я смогу найти жену? - Нет ничего легче. Дайте объявление в газете.
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