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lumps (splashes) of mud комья (брызги) грязи -
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[mʌd]nгрязь, слякоть, жидкая грязьThe car got stuck in the mud. — Машина застряла в грязи.
The roads are a sea of mud. — На дорогах непролазная грязь.
- thick mudIf you throw mud enough, some of it will stick. — ◊ Не рой яму другому, сам в нее попадешь.
- lumps of mud
- thick layer of mud
- be covered
- wallow in the mud
- stick in the mud
- have mud on one's hands
- splash through the mud
- splash smb, smth with mud
- skirt mud
- spatter mud all over
- wash the mud off smth
- step into the mud
- mud dries up
- mud sticks to the bootsUSAGE: -
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5 according to one's lights
в меру своего разумения, в меру своих возможностей, способностей; на собственный лад, манер, по-своемуCivility, to my mind, is an art which Inspector Slack has never learnt, but I presumed that according to his own lights, civil he had been... (A. Christie, ‘The Murder at the Vicarage’, ch. XVI) — Любезность, как я полагаю, - это искусство, которому инспектор Слэк не сумел научиться, хотя он в меру своих возможностей и старался быть любезным...
Suddenly lumps of mud began falling round Anthony and Bob. Van der Merwe and his friends were amusing themselves according to their lights. (G. Gordon, ‘Let the Day Perish’, part I, ch. XI) — Внезапно в Энтони и Боба полетели комья земли. Ван дер Мерв и его приятели решили развлекаться на собственный манер.
Axel: "Lady Heronden is perfectly right, Charlotte." Charlotte: "...I am sure she is according to her lights." (N. Coward, ‘Quadrille’, act II, sc. 1) — Аксел: "Леди Херонден совершенно права, Шарлотта." Шарлотта: "...Да, я уверена, по-своему она права."
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