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1 in the nature of...
(in (или of) the nature of...)напоминающий, похожий; имеющий характер...I am sorry to ask you this, but in your opinion was there anything in the nature of a love affair between Mr. Brown and Mrs. Brenda Leonides? (A. Christie, ‘Crooked House’, ch. VII) — Сожалею, что приходится задавать вам такой вопрос, но не считаете ли вы, что отношения между мистером Брауном и Брендой Леонидес очень похожи на роман?
Desperation had driven him to utter something in the nature of a threat. (S. Chaplin, ‘Sam in the Morning’, ch. 4) — Отчаяние заставило Уокера пробормотать что-то вроде угрозы.
His request was in the nature of a command. — Его просьба была очень похожа на приказание.
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2 blow up
inf 1. вспылить, взорваться, выйти из себяI’m sorry, I didn’t mean to blow up at you in that way.
He blows up every time he sees me.
2. раздувать (преувеличивать значимость)Mother will blow up at you when she finds her best dishes broken.
Tom has a tendency to blow up his own role in the affair.
3. увеличить фотографиюIt was a small thing to happen but the newspapers had blown it up until it seemed important.
He blew up the snapshot to a larger size.
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3 hit the ceiling
разг.1) прийти в ярость, в бешенство, вскипеть; ≈ на стену лезть [первонач. амер.]I'm sorry. I oughtn't to have hit the ceiling with a senior. That was a bad show. But I stick to every word I said. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Affair’, ch. 23) — Прошу извинить меня. Я не должен был забываться до такой степени, разговаривая со старшим членом совета. Я вел себя очень плохо. Но не отказываюсь ни от одного своего слова.
‘I don't think he'll necessarily hit the ceiling, Arthur,’ he said quietly. ‘Chances are very much in favor, though, that he's not going to be overjoyed about it.’ (J. Salinger, ‘Nine Stories’, ‘Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes’) — - Я думаю, он не обязательно придет в ярость от этого, Артур, - тихо сказал седовласый мужчина. - Но и мало шансов, что будет в большом восторге.
Usually I never say crude things like that to girls. Boy, did she hit the ceiling. (J. Salinger, ‘The Catcher in the Rye’, ch. XVII) — Обычно я при девочках никогда не ругаюсь. Ух и взвилась же она!
2) резко возрасти ( о ценах)And with all the wars - God knows what price cotton will bring. don't they make explosives out of cotton and uniforms. Got enough wars and cotton'll hit the ceiling. (J. Steinbeck, ‘The Grapes of Wrath’, ch. V) — А войны? Разве угадаешь, какие будут цены на хлопок? Ведь из него делают взрывчатые вещества и обмундирование. Будут войны - и хлопок вздорожает.
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4 cut a figure
игpaть poль, пpoизвoдить (кaкoe-л.) впeчaтлeниe (чacтo cut a comic, dashing, fine, poor, sorry etc., figure)His early anticipations that he would cut a figure at the University had hardly been realised (A. J. Cronin). He was too clear sighted not to see that in this abortive affair with Aurelia he cut a comic figure (W. S. Maugham)
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