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121 lighter-than-air
light.er-than-air[laitə ðən 'ɛə] adj Aeron mais leve que o ar. -
122 lighter-than-air
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123 (as) light as air
(as) light as air (as a feather, as thistledown) легкий як вітер, як пір'яEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > (as) light as air
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124 aeronautical ground light
Any light specially provided as an aid to air navigation, other than a light displayed on an aircraft.(AN 14/I; PANS-ATM)Любoй oгoнь, исключaя oгни, устaнoвлeнныe нa вoздушнoм суднe, кoтoрый спeциaльнo прeднaзнaчeн для испoльзoвaния в кaчeствe aэрoнaвигaциoнного средства.International Civil Aviation Vocabulary (English-Russian) > aeronautical ground light
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125 be up in the air
разг.выйти из себя, взбеситься, взорваться; прийти в бешенство, в ярость [первонач. амер.]He's not a bad sort of fellow, used to get up in the air a bit quick, one time, but He's toned down now. (L. P. Hartley, ‘The Hireling’, ch. XXII) — Он человек неплохой. Раньше уж очень быстро терял самообладание, но сейчас стал спокойнее.
When he discovered what I was "up to", he did not "go straight up in the air"; he wasn't even shocked. (J. L. Steffens, ‘Autobiography’, vol. I, part I, ch. XIII) — Когда отец обнаружил мою "крамолу", он не только не пришел в ярость, но даже не был шокирован.
I tell you, Barratt was right up in the air about it. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Light and the Dark’, ch. 6) — Я же говорю, Баррет от этой шутки прямо-таки взбеленился.
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126 (as) light as air
бeззaбoтныйFor the first week or two after sitting my final examinations I felt light as air, but of course I soon had to face the problem of finding a job -
127 out like a light
adj1) infmlSomething swished in the air and she was out like a light — Что-то просвистело в воздухе, и она потеряла сознание
2) AmE slThe new dictionary of modern spoken language > out like a light
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128 on-air
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light air — n. a wind whose speed is 1 to 3 miles per hour: see the Beaufort scale in the Reference Supplement … English World dictionary
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light air — noun A light wind with wind speed between 0,3 and 1,5 m/s; a Force 1 wind strength on the Beaufort scale … Wiktionary
light air — /laɪt ˈɛə/ (say luyt air) noun a wind of Beaufort scale force 1, i.e. one with average wind speed of 1 to 3 knots, or 1 to 5 km/h …
light air — noun Date: 1769 wind having a speed of 1 to 3 miles (about 1 to 5 kilometers) per hour see Beaufort scale table … New Collegiate Dictionary
light air — Meteorol. a wind of 1 3 mph (0.5 1.3 m/sec). [1795 1805] * * * … Universalium
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light — light1 lightful, adj. lightfully, adv. /luyt/, n., adj., lighter, lightest, v., lighted or lit, lighting. n. 1. something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light. 2. Physics … Universalium
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