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  • 21 слишком далеко хватить

    [VP; subj; human (all variants) or abstr (variants with заходить/зайти only); when слишком is not directly stated, it is implied]
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    ⇒ (of a person) to go beyond the accepted norms in one's behavior or speech, (of a joke) to go beyond the permissible, beyond what is considered in good taste, (of an argument, matter etc) to go beyond a critical point, the point at which its course might have been reversed:
    - X зашел слишком далеко≈ X has gone too far;
    - person X has overstepped the limits < the bounds>;
    - [in limited contexts] person X is pushing it;
    - [of a matter etc] things have gotten out of hand;
    - the situation has become (has gotten) serious.
         ♦...Преуменьшать значения молитвы... нельзя. Далеко зашел старик. С душком, с нехорошим душком молитва (Абрамов 1)....The importance of the prayer could not be underestimated. The old man had gone too far It had a nasty smell to it, that prayer (1a).
    ♦ "Monsieur le vicomte совершенно справедливо полагает, что дела зашли уже слишком далеко. Я думаю, что трудно будет возвратиться к старому" (Толстой 4). "Monsieur le Vicomte quite rightly supposes that matters have already gone too far. I think it will be difficult to return to the old regime" (4b).
         ♦ "Послушай, Ольга, - заговорил он, наконец, торжественно, - под опасением возбудить в тебе досаду, навлечь на себя упрёки, я должен, однако ж, решительно сказать, что мы зашли далеко" (Гончаров 1). "Listen, Olga," he said at last, very gravely, "at the risk of annoying you and incurring your reproaches, I must tell you, very definitely, that we have gone too far" (1b).
         ♦ "Я не от твоих речей покраснел и не за твои дела, а за то, что я то же самое, что и ты". - "Ты-то? Ну, хватил немного далеко". - "Нет, не далеко", - с жаром проговорил Алеша (Достоевский 1). WI blushed not at your words, and not at your deeds, but because I'm the same as you." "You? Well, that's going a bit too far." "No, not too far," Alyosha said hotly (1a).
         ♦ Куртка его зеленокоричневой пижамы расстегивалась крупными пуговицами и не была тесна, и, кажется, бы не трудно было ее снять, но при вытягивании рук отдалось в шее, и Павел Николаевич простонал. О, как далеко зашло дело! (Солженицын 10). His green and brown pajama jacket had large buttons and was the right size. No one would have thought it could be difficult to take off. But when he stretched his arms it pulled at his neck and Pavel Nikolayevich groaned. The situation was serious! (10a).
         ♦ Ведь был же в ее жизни период, когда она знала о любви всё! Только посмотрит на какую-нибудь парочку... и все ясно - далеко ли зашло дело, на какой оно стадии... (Залыгин 1). [context transl] Hadn't there been a time in her life when she knew all there was to know about love? She only had to glance at any couple.. to see everything - how far advanced the romance was, what stage it had reached.. (1a).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > слишком далеко хватить

  • 22 по

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    The molecular cloud is known only by its designation in the catalogue.

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    The fluxes were calculated the known thermal flux.

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    The pressure was determined from (or by) the weight of steam and...

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    The thickness of the layer was measured the photograph.

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    This effect might have been predicted the change in the viscosity of...

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    The input and feed-back signals must be equal in magnitude and in phase.

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    Crystallized alumina is excelled in hardness only by diamond and carborundum.

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    The slider moves over a series of contacts.

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    The measured voltage is fed to the amplifier via a coaxial cable and a pair of twisted leads.

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    The file has today been completely standardized as to shape, grade of teeth and weight.

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    Adhesives are also classified by physical form.

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    The refractive index is measured by deflection of the light source.

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    Visual binary stars can be recognized by their orbital motion.

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    Identification by colour is not always reliable.

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    USAGE: по (фрезе и т.п. на чертеже)
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    Radius to suit cutter.

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > по

  • 23 не представляется возможным

    1) General subject: is not realistic (Пример: It was not realistic to have team meetings as often as might have been desirable), does not seem possible

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > не представляется возможным

  • 24 Д-358

    СОБИРАТЬСЯ/СОБРАТЬСЯ С ДУХОМ HAБИРАТЬСЯ/НАБРАТЬСЯ ДУХУ (-а) a?// VP subj: human usu. pfv often pfv Verbal Adv or infin with не мочь, трудно, надо etc usu. this WO to force o.s. to overcome one's timidity, self-doubt, nervousness etc (so that one can carry out some action requiring courage or self-confidence)
    X собрался с духом = X plucked (got) up his courage
    X gathered (mustered, summoned) (up) his courage X summoned up the strength X geared himself up X got (plucked) up his nerve X braced up X brought himself (to do sth.).
    ...(Шагинян) громко спросила: «А вы здесь зачем? Что, вы Мандельштама надеетесь напечатать?»...Я собралась с духом и сказала, что сейчас пришла по своим делам, но Мандельштама, пусть она не сомневается, обязательно напечатают... (Мандельштам 2)....(Shaginian) asked in a loud voice: "And what are you doing here? Hoping to publish Mandelstam or something?"...1 plucked up my courage and said that I was there on my own business at the moment, but that Mandelstam would certainly be published-of which she need have no doubt (2a).
    «Министр или вельможа подходит к одному, к другому... Наконец, сударь мой, к Копейкину. Копейкин, собравшись с духом: „Так и так, ваше превосходительство: проливал кровь, лишился... руки и ноги, работать не могу, осмеливаюсь просить монаршей милости"» (Гоголь 3). "The high dignitary or the minister, or whatever he might have been, walks up to one then to another.... At last, my dear sir, he comes up to Kopeikin. Kopeikin musters up all his courage and says, This is how it is, Your Excellency I've shed my blood, lost...my arm and leg, I cannot work....May I make so bold as to beg for some dispensation of grace from our Monarch?'" (3c).

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  • 25 Л-150

    ТЕМ ЛУЧШЕ AdvP Invar usu. indep. sent or predic subj: a clause) fixed WO
    that (outcome, state of affairs etc) is better, more desirable to or advantageous for s.o. (than another outcome or state of affairs might have been)
    all (so much) the better
    thatis even better (in limited contexts) (it (that) is) just as well.
    (Кашкина:)...Ты не думай, что я про тебя ничего не знаю. Кое-что мне всё-таки известно. (Шаманов:) Тем лучше (Вампилов 2). (К.:)...Don't think I don't know anything about you. A few things have come to my knowledge. (Sh.:) All the better (2a).
    «Если б вы знали, какая мучит меня забота!» — «Я всё знаю», — отвечал я... «Тем лучше: я не в духе рассказывать» (Лермонтов 1). "You've no idea how worried I am." "I know all about it," I replied...."So much the better. I don't feel much like telling you" (lc).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > Л-150

  • 26 набираться духа

    • СОБИРАТЬСЯ/СОБРАТЬСЯ С ДУХОМ; НАБИРАТЬСЯ/НАБРАТЬСЯ ДУХУ <-а> coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often pfv Verbal Adv or infin with не мочь, трудно, надо etc; usu. this WO]
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    ⇒ to force o.s. to overcome one's timidity, self-doubt, nervousness etc (so that one can carry out some action requiring courage or self-confidence):
    - X собрался с духом≈ X plucked (got) up his courage;
    - X gathered (mustered, summoned) (up) his courage;
    - X brought himself (to do sth.).
         ♦...[Шагинян] громко спросила: "А вы здесь зачем? Что, вы Мандельштама надеетесь напечатать?"...Я собралась с духом и сказала, что сейчас пришла по своим делам, но Мандельштама, пусть она не сомневается, обязательно напечатают... (Мандельштам 2)....[Shaginian] asked in a loud voice: "And what are you doing here? Hoping to publish Mandelstam or something?"...I plucked up my courage and said that I was there on my own business at the moment, but that Mandelstam would certainly be published-of which she need have no doubt (2a).
         ♦ "Министр или вельможа подходит к одному, к другому... Наконец, сударь мой, к Копейкину. Копейкин, собравшись с духом: "Так и так, ваше превосходительство: проливал кровь, лишился... руки и ноги, работать не могу, осмеливаюсь просить монаршей милости"" (Гоголь 3). "The high dignitary or the minister, or whatever he might have been, walks up to one then to another.... At last, my dear sir, he comes up to Kopeikin. Kopeikin musters up all his courage and says, 'This is how it is, Your Excellency; I've shed my blood, lost...my arm and leg, I cannot work....May I make so bold as to beg for some dispensation of grace from our Monarch?'" (3c).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > набираться духа

  • 27 набираться духу

    • СОБИРАТЬСЯ/СОБРАТЬСЯ С ДУХОМ; НАБИРАТЬСЯ/НАБРАТЬСЯ ДУХУ <-а> coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often pfv Verbal Adv or infin with не мочь, трудно, надо etc; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to force o.s. to overcome one's timidity, self-doubt, nervousness etc (so that one can carry out some action requiring courage or self-confidence):
    - X собрался с духом≈ X plucked (got) up his courage;
    - X gathered (mustered, summoned) (up) his courage;
    - X brought himself (to do sth.).
         ♦...[Шагинян] громко спросила: "А вы здесь зачем? Что, вы Мандельштама надеетесь напечатать?"...Я собралась с духом и сказала, что сейчас пришла по своим делам, но Мандельштама, пусть она не сомневается, обязательно напечатают... (Мандельштам 2)....[Shaginian] asked in a loud voice: "And what are you doing here? Hoping to publish Mandelstam or something?"...I plucked up my courage and said that I was there on my own business at the moment, but that Mandelstam would certainly be published-of which she need have no doubt (2a).
         ♦ "Министр или вельможа подходит к одному, к другому... Наконец, сударь мой, к Копейкину. Копейкин, собравшись с духом: "Так и так, ваше превосходительство: проливал кровь, лишился... руки и ноги, работать не могу, осмеливаюсь просить монаршей милости"" (Гоголь 3). "The high dignitary or the minister, or whatever he might have been, walks up to one then to another.... At last, my dear sir, he comes up to Kopeikin. Kopeikin musters up all his courage and says, 'This is how it is, Your Excellency; I've shed my blood, lost...my arm and leg, I cannot work....May I make so bold as to beg for some dispensation of grace from our Monarch?'" (3c).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > набираться духу

  • 28 набраться духа

    • СОБИРАТЬСЯ/СОБРАТЬСЯ С ДУХОМ; НАБИРАТЬСЯ/НАБРАТЬСЯ ДУХУ <-а> coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often pfv Verbal Adv or infin with не мочь, трудно, надо etc; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to force o.s. to overcome one's timidity, self-doubt, nervousness etc (so that one can carry out some action requiring courage or self-confidence):
    - X собрался с духом≈ X plucked (got) up his courage;
    - X gathered (mustered, summoned) (up) his courage;
    - X brought himself (to do sth.).
         ♦...[Шагинян] громко спросила: "А вы здесь зачем? Что, вы Мандельштама надеетесь напечатать?"...Я собралась с духом и сказала, что сейчас пришла по своим делам, но Мандельштама, пусть она не сомневается, обязательно напечатают... (Мандельштам 2)....[Shaginian] asked in a loud voice: "And what are you doing here? Hoping to publish Mandelstam or something?"...I plucked up my courage and said that I was there on my own business at the moment, but that Mandelstam would certainly be published-of which she need have no doubt (2a).
         ♦ "Министр или вельможа подходит к одному, к другому... Наконец, сударь мой, к Копейкину. Копейкин, собравшись с духом: "Так и так, ваше превосходительство: проливал кровь, лишился... руки и ноги, работать не могу, осмеливаюсь просить монаршей милости"" (Гоголь 3). "The high dignitary or the minister, or whatever he might have been, walks up to one then to another.... At last, my dear sir, he comes up to Kopeikin. Kopeikin musters up all his courage and says, 'This is how it is, Your Excellency; I've shed my blood, lost...my arm and leg, I cannot work....May I make so bold as to beg for some dispensation of grace from our Monarch?'" (3c).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > набраться духа

  • 29 набраться духу

    • СОБИРАТЬСЯ/СОБРАТЬСЯ С ДУХОМ; НАБИРАТЬСЯ/НАБРАТЬСЯ ДУХУ <-а> coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often pfv Verbal Adv or infin with не мочь, трудно, надо etc; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to force o.s. to overcome one's timidity, self-doubt, nervousness etc (so that one can carry out some action requiring courage or self-confidence):
    - X собрался с духом≈ X plucked (got) up his courage;
    - X gathered (mustered, summoned) (up) his courage;
    - X brought himself (to do sth.).
         ♦...[Шагинян] громко спросила: "А вы здесь зачем? Что, вы Мандельштама надеетесь напечатать?"...Я собралась с духом и сказала, что сейчас пришла по своим делам, но Мандельштама, пусть она не сомневается, обязательно напечатают... (Мандельштам 2)....[Shaginian] asked in a loud voice: "And what are you doing here? Hoping to publish Mandelstam or something?"...I plucked up my courage and said that I was there on my own business at the moment, but that Mandelstam would certainly be published-of which she need have no doubt (2a).
         ♦ "Министр или вельможа подходит к одному, к другому... Наконец, сударь мой, к Копейкину. Копейкин, собравшись с духом: "Так и так, ваше превосходительство: проливал кровь, лишился... руки и ноги, работать не могу, осмеливаюсь просить монаршей милости"" (Гоголь 3). "The high dignitary or the minister, or whatever he might have been, walks up to one then to another.... At last, my dear sir, he comes up to Kopeikin. Kopeikin musters up all his courage and says, 'This is how it is, Your Excellency; I've shed my blood, lost...my arm and leg, I cannot work....May I make so bold as to beg for some dispensation of grace from our Monarch?'" (3c).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > набраться духу

  • 30 собираться с духом

    • СОБИРАТЬСЯ/СОБРАТЬСЯ С ДУХОМ; НАБИРАТЬСЯ/НАБРАТЬСЯ ДУХУ <-а> coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often pfv Verbal Adv or infin with не мочь, трудно, надо etc; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to force o.s. to overcome one's timidity, self-doubt, nervousness etc (so that one can carry out some action requiring courage or self-confidence):
    - X собрался с духом≈ X plucked (got) up his courage;
    - X gathered (mustered, summoned) (up) his courage;
    - X brought himself (to do sth.).
         ♦...[Шагинян] громко спросила: "А вы здесь зачем? Что, вы Мандельштама надеетесь напечатать?"...Я собралась с духом и сказала, что сейчас пришла по своим делам, но Мандельштама, пусть она не сомневается, обязательно напечатают... (Мандельштам 2)....[Shaginian] asked in a loud voice: "And what are you doing here? Hoping to publish Mandelstam or something?"...I plucked up my courage and said that I was there on my own business at the moment, but that Mandelstam would certainly be published-of which she need have no doubt (2a).
         ♦ "Министр или вельможа подходит к одному, к другому... Наконец, сударь мой, к Копейкину. Копейкин, собравшись с духом: "Так и так, ваше превосходительство: проливал кровь, лишился... руки и ноги, работать не могу, осмеливаюсь просить монаршей милости"" (Гоголь 3). "The high dignitary or the minister, or whatever he might have been, walks up to one then to another.... At last, my dear sir, he comes up to Kopeikin. Kopeikin musters up all his courage and says, 'This is how it is, Your Excellency; I've shed my blood, lost...my arm and leg, I cannot work....May I make so bold as to beg for some dispensation of grace from our Monarch?'" (3c).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > собираться с духом

  • 31 собраться с духом

    • СОБИРАТЬСЯ/СОБРАТЬСЯ С ДУХОМ; НАБИРАТЬСЯ/НАБРАТЬСЯ ДУХУ <-а> coll
    [VP; subj: human; usu. pfv; often pfv Verbal Adv or infin with не мочь, трудно, надо etc; usu. this WO]
    =====
    ⇒ to force o.s. to overcome one's timidity, self-doubt, nervousness etc (so that one can carry out some action requiring courage or self-confidence):
    - X собрался с духом≈ X plucked (got) up his courage;
    - X gathered (mustered, summoned) (up) his courage;
    - X brought himself (to do sth.).
         ♦...[Шагинян] громко спросила: "А вы здесь зачем? Что, вы Мандельштама надеетесь напечатать?"...Я собралась с духом и сказала, что сейчас пришла по своим делам, но Мандельштама, пусть она не сомневается, обязательно напечатают... (Мандельштам 2)....[Shaginian] asked in a loud voice: "And what are you doing here? Hoping to publish Mandelstam or something?"...I plucked up my courage and said that I was there on my own business at the moment, but that Mandelstam would certainly be published-of which she need have no doubt (2a).
         ♦ "Министр или вельможа подходит к одному, к другому... Наконец, сударь мой, к Копейкину. Копейкин, собравшись с духом: "Так и так, ваше превосходительство: проливал кровь, лишился... руки и ноги, работать не могу, осмеливаюсь просить монаршей милости"" (Гоголь 3). "The high dignitary or the minister, or whatever he might have been, walks up to one then to another.... At last, my dear sir, he comes up to Kopeikin. Kopeikin musters up all his courage and says, 'This is how it is, Your Excellency; I've shed my blood, lost...my arm and leg, I cannot work....May I make so bold as to beg for some dispensation of grace from our Monarch?'" (3c).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > собраться с духом

  • 32 тем лучше

    [AdvP; Invar; usu. indep. sent or predic (subj: a clause); fixed WO]
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    ⇒ that (outcome, state of affairs etc) is better, more desirable to or advantageous for s.o. (than another outcome or state of affairs might have been):
    - all < so much> the better;
    - [in limited contexts](it (that) is) just as well.
         ♦ [Кашкина:]...Ты не думай, что я про тебя ничего не знаю. Кое-что мне всё-таки известно. [Шаманов:] Тем лучше (Вампилов 2). [К.:]... Don't think I don't know anything about you. A few things have come to my knowledge. [Sh.:] All the better (2a).
         ♦ "Если б вы знали, какая мучит меня забота!" - "Я всё знаю", - отвечал я... "Тем лучше: я не в духе рассказывать" (Лермонтов 1). "You've no idea how worried I am." "I know all about it," I replied...."So much the better. I don't feel much like telling you" (lc).

    Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > тем лучше

  • 33 Могло быть и хуже

    We do not have to despair, things are not so terrible. (One says so to console himself or someone else). See Эта беда не беда, только б больше не была (Э)
    Cf: It's never so bad that it can't be worse (Am.). It's not the end of the world (Am., Br.). Nothing so bad but it might have been worse (Am., Br.). Nothing so bad that it couldn't be worse (Am.). Worse things happen at sea (Br.)

    Русско-английский словарь пословиц и поговорок > Могло быть и хуже

  • 34 идти прахом

    1) (окончательно разрушаться, разваливаться, погибать и т. п.) crumble into dust; go to rack and ruin; go to hell (to blazes, to pot, to the devil, to the dogs)

    - Ежели одно дерево высохнет или, скажем, одна корова падёт, и то жалость берёт, а каково, добрый человек, глядеть, коли весь мир идёт прахом? (А. Чехов, Свирель) — 'If a single tree withers away, or let us say a single cow dies, it makes one sorry, but what will it be, good man, if the whole world crumbles into dust?'

    Он тяжело склонился на седле, точно жестокий груз собственных слов давил его. - Всё прахом пошло. Сорок человек потеряли. За всё лето убытку такого не было. (А. Фадеев, Разгром) — He dropped forward wearily into the saddle, as if crushed by the heavy load of his own words. 'Everything's gone to blazes. We lost forty men. We haven't had such a loss the whole summer.'

    Задумано было как будто на века, а на деле излишества оказались крайне непрочными. Уже через два-три года после постройки и заселения дом, как говорится, пошёл прахом. (И. Грекова, Кафедра) — It might have been intended to last for centuries, but in reality all the extravagant decorative details turned out to be extremely flimsy. Only two or three years after it had been built and occupied, the building had started going to rack and ruin.

    2) (заканчиваться впустую, даром, безрезультатно) come to nothing (naught); go up in smoke; fall to the ground; come unstuck

    - Вы не представляете, как рискованно то, что предлагает Беридзе!... Как мне убедить вас? Все драгоценные средства, которые мы расходуем сейчас, пойдут прахом... (В. Ажаев, Далеко от Москвы) — 'You can't imagine how risky Beridze's proposal is!.. How can I convince you? All the precious resources that we are now expending will go up in smoke.'

    Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > идти прахом

  • 35 вообще говоря

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    Broadly speaking, any of the three designs might have been adapted to...

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    Generally speaking (or In general), corrosion is slower in coarse-grained material.

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    By and large all the divergence regions over the oceans are associated with high salinity.

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    In general terms a metric theory of gravity is one in which gravitation can be treated as being synonymous with the curvature of space and time.

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    Вообще говоря
     Generally speaking, excellent agreement was obtained between the measured and computed pressure distributions at all span locations.
     Broadly speaking, the turbine design process consists of a cycle of preliminary aerodynamic and stress analyses followed by detailed and elaborate analyses.
     Thus, in broad terms, the single cylinder results provide an upper bound for the multicylinder results at lower Rayleigh numbers.

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > вообще говоря

  • 36 вообще говоря

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    Broadly speaking, any of the three designs might have been adapted to...

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    Generally speaking (or In general), corrosion is slower in coarse-grained material.

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    By and large all the divergence regions over the oceans are associated with high salinity.

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    In general terms a metric theory of gravity is one in which gravitation can be treated as being synonymous with the curvature of space and time.

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > вообще говоря

  • 37 проверять

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    It can be easily verified that Eq. (15-29) reduces to Eq. (15-28) when...

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    Check the micrometer for zero setting.

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    In this way a check on the accuracy of the gauge-glass reading is made.

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    The magnetic field was checked against that of a permanent magnet.

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    The pressure recorded was checked periodically against a water manometer.

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    Examine the edges of the measuring faces for burrs.

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    To keep check on the angle of bend,...

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    The interior of the boiler should be examined for tools that might have been left inside.

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    Steam lines should be examined frequently for corrosion.

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    To test these conclusions, we carried out several experiments.

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    The above theory was tested by results of three experiments.

    Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > проверять

  • 38 На всякую беду есть худшая.

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > На всякую беду есть худшая.

  • 39 На хорошее всегда найдётся лучшее

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > На хорошее всегда найдётся лучшее

  • 40 Федот, да не тот

    Set phrase: he's Fedot all right, but not that bright!, it's wrong Fedot - not whom I want, same thing only different (used to mean: he (or something) is not the (right) person (or thing) I want; he is (they are) not as decent (kind, honest, etc) as could be, as might have been expected)

    Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Федот, да не тот

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