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121 make regulations as appear to him necessary or expedient
Юридический термин: принять такой нормативный акт, который он посчитает необходимым или целесообразнымУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > make regulations as appear to him necessary or expedient
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122 run a make on someone
expr AmE slWe tried to run a make on him and came up with nothing — Мы пытались установить его личность, но безуспешно
The cops ran a make on him and learned about his prison record — Полицейские установили его личность и узнали, что он уже сидел в тюрьме
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123 on the make
разг.1) делающий карьеру; думающий только о своих интересах, о собственном обогащении, стремящийся к наживе любой ценой [первонач. амер.]She was not amusing or clever, her mind was common; she had a vulgar shrewdness which revolted him, she had no gentleness nor softness. As she would have put it herself, she was on the make. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, ch. 59) — Милдред не казалась ему ни интересной, ни остроумной, она была вполне заурядной особой, ее житейская хитрость отвратительна, ей недоставало доброты, душевности. Как она признавалась сама, она думала только об одном - как бы получше устроиться.
In a city where everybody was "hustling", everybody, as they phrased it, "on the make", why should anyone take a second glance at Peter Gudge? (U. Sinclair, ‘100%’, ch. 1) — В городе, где все спешили, где каждый пробивался как умел, никому не было дела до Питера Гаджа.
Of course he's as sly as they come, and terribly on the make... (G. Vidal, ‘Washington, D. C.’, part I, ch. II) — Генри хитрая бестия, он пойдет в гору...
2) находящийся в развитии, в процессе становленияThe events of 1848 had destroyed for good the stable fragility of Metternich's German Confederation; after 1848 both Prussia and Austria were "on the make". (A. J. P. Taylor, ‘The Struggle for Mastery in Europe, 1848-1918’, ch. II) — События 1848 года навсегда уничтожили хрупкое здание меттерниховского Германского союза. После 1848 года Пруссия и Австрия находились в процессе становления.
The park was swarming with sailors on the make. (RHD) — В парке было полно моряков, ищущих любовных приключений.
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124 to give smb the sign to follow him
to give/to make smb the/a sign to follow him (to leave the room, to come nearer, to with draw, to be quiet, to ring the bell) подать кому-либо знак следовать за ним (выйти из комнаты, подойти поближе, отойти, молчать, дать звонок)English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to give smb the sign to follow him
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125 you can take a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink
You can take a horse to water, but you cannot make it/him drink Не всего можно добиться силойEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > you can take a horse to water, but you cannot make it drink
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126 one swallow does not make a summer
посл.≈ одна ласточка весны не делаетIt's no good my saying one swallow doesn't make a summer; he doesn't see that it was just a fluke, he thinks the whole thing was due to his own cleverness. It may ruin him. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Facts of Life’) — Какой смысл говорить Нику, что одна ласточка весны не делает. Он ведь не понимает, что выиграл в рулетку по счастливой случайности. Он уверен, что выиграл потому, что искусно играл, и это может погубить его.
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127 to make a pass at smb.
разг. положить глаз на кого-л., начать ухаживать за кем-л.He cast round for ulterior motives. Was she perhaps making a pass at him? — Он искал скрытые мотивы. Может быть она пытается ухаживать за ним?
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128 I can make nothing of him
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > I can make nothing of him
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