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1 make the best of a bad bargain
(make the best of a bad bargain (business или job) (тж. make the best of it))мужественно, безропотно переносить несчастья, не унывать, не падать духом (в беде); с честью выйти из затруднительного положения; ≈ не ударить лицом в грязь; см. тж. make the best of smth. 2)I can remember a time when English people going to live in Germany were astonished to find that German boots were not divided into rights and lefts: a boot was a boot and it did not matter which foot you put it on, your foot had to make the best of it. (B. Shaw, ‘Platform and Pulpit’, ‘School’) — Я помню время, когда англичан, живших в Германии, несказанно удивляло, что левый и правый ботинок у немцев не отличались один от другого: ботинок есть ботинок, какая разница, на какую ногу надеть. Пусть нога приспосабливается.
The will was read, and it appeared that she had left everything she had... to her companion... the family thought there was nothing to do but make the best of a bad job and went back to London. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Happy Couple’) — Когда было оглашено завещание, то оказалось, что мисс Уингфорд оставила всё свое состояние... компаньонке... семье не оставалось ничего другого, как сделать хорошую мину при плохой игре и уехать обратно в Лондон.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > make the best of a bad bargain
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2 make the rounds
1) обойти город (для покупок, осмотра достопримечательностей и т. п.; тж. go или make a round)They had not met in several years and Erich and the tall, vivacious Frenchman celebrated their reunion by making the rounds of the night clubs. (M. Dodd, ‘Sowing the Wind’, ch. XV) — Они не виделись уже несколько лет. Эрих и долговязый, подвижный француз отпраздновали встречу, совершив обход ночных кабачков.
2) обивать пороги издательств, редакций, контор антрепренёров и т. п. в поисках работы, для оформления документов и т. п. (тж. go the rounds of)In order to keep several dozen short stories continuously making the rounds of editorial offices, a quantity of postage was necessary. (E. Caldwell, ‘Call It Experience’, part I, ch. XI) — Для того чтобы регулярно рассылать рассказы в редакции журналов, требовался большой запас почтовых марок.
He spent a week going the rounds of the company clinics. Finally he was taken before a neurologist and a psychiatrist. They pronounced him a neurotic malingerer. (D. Carter, ‘Fatherless Sons’, part III, ch. 28) — Целую неделю Кривой бегал по врачам компании. Наконец психиатр и невропатолог единодушно поставили диагноз: невротическая симуляция.
He made the rounds of various newspapers looking for a job. — В поисках работы он обошел редакции различных газет.
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3 make the most of
• make the most of something do the best in the given situation извлечь лучшее изLet’s make the most of our vacation.
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4 make the place too hot for smb.
(make the place too hot for smb. (или to hold smb.))создать невыносимые условия для кого-л.I regard your side as having four votes certain. Yourselves and Nightingale. Nightingale can't cross over again, or he'll make the place too hot to hold him. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Masters’, ch. XXVII) — Вам обеспечены четыре голоса. Ваши и Найтингейла. Не может же Найтингейл опять переметнуться. Если он так поступит, атмосфера в колледже накалится, и уж тогда ему у нас не работать.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > make the place too hot for smb.
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5 make the sign of the cross over
English-spanish dictionary > make the sign of the cross over
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6 make the punishment fit the crime
English-Dutch dictionary > make the punishment fit the crime
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7 make the sign of the cross
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8 the dark colours make the picture
English-Dutch dictionary > the dark colours make the picture
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9 make the echoes ring
(make the echoes ring (тж. wake the echoes))вызвать, разбудить эхоHe gave a shout that made the echoes ring. — Он громко крикнул, и эхо подхватило этот крик.
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10 make the tea
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11 make the bull's-eye
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12 make the grade
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13 make the land
make the land naut. приближаться к берегу -
14 make the running
make the running а) добиться хороших результатов (о жокее, скаковой лоша-ди); б) добиться успеха, преуспевать -
15 make the effort
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16 make the best of it!
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17 make the big time
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18 make the front pages
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19 make the fur fly
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20 make the money fly
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