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121 nothing etc to write home about
adj infmlThat's nothing to write home about — Подумаешь, невидаль!
I don't fancy that he was anything to write home about — Не думаю, что он был какой-то особенный
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > nothing etc to write home about
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122 get about
[ʹgetəʹbaʋt] phr v1. распространиться, становиться известнымthe news got about that... - распространилась новость, что...; прошёл слух, что...
it got about that... - стало известно, что...
2. передвигатьсяtrams and buses make it easy to get about - трамваи и автобусы облегчают передвижение
he gets about with a stick [on crutches] - он передвигается /ходит/ при помощи палки /с палкой/ [на костылях]
3. бывать в различных местахshe gets about quite a lot, working for this firm - работая в этой фирме, она много ездит /разъезжает/
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123 carry\ about
1. IIIcarry about smth. /smth. about/ carry' one's papers (one's pocket-book, one's pass, etc.) about иметь /носить/ при себе документы и т. д.; I don't carry much money about я не ношу с собой много денег2. XXI1carry about smth. /smth. about/ with smb. carry documents (a briefcase, a stick, an umbrella, etc.) about with one иметь при себе /носить с собой/ документы и т. д.',be sure to carry your passport about with you не ходите без паспорта, всегда берите с собой паспорт -
124 write home about
похвастаться (обыкн. nothing, something to write home about); см. тж. nothing to write home about и something to write home aboutI don't fancy that he was anything to write home about. (A. Christie, ‘Dead Man's Mirror’, ‘Murder in the Mews’) — Муж миссис Аллен ничего собой не представляет.
His manners are dreadful... and I don't think his brains are much to write home about. (D. L. Sayers, ‘Have His Carcase’, ch. 12) — У Генри ужасные манеры... да и интеллектом он похвастаться не может.
‘What a stunning girl,’ said Martineau. ‘I say, Lewis, your friend is something to write home about.’ (C. P. Snow, ‘Time of Hope’, ch. XXVI) — - Поразительная девушка! - воскликнул Мартино. - Да, Льюис, ваша приятельница просто чудо!
Her cooking is something to write home about. (RHD) — Она так готовит, что пальчики оближешь.
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125 That's about as much as ...
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > That's about as much as ...
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126 not much to talk about
Общая лексика: не о чем говорить (Realistically, what's to talk about? Not much. - О чем говорить-то? Не о чем.)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > not much to talk about
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127 get about
intransitive verb2) [Gerücht:] sich verbreiten* * *1) ((of stories, rumours etc) to become well known: I don't know how the story got about that she was leaving.) sich verbreiten2) (to be able to move or travel about, often of people who have been ill: She didn't get about much after her operation.) wieder auf den Beinen sein* * *vi herumkommen fam* * *get about v/i1. herumgehen, auf den Beinen sein (nach einer Krankheit)2. herumkommen* * *intransitive verb2) [Gerücht:] sich verbreiten -
128 why do you chop about so much?
why do you chop about so much?waarom ben je toch zo veranderlijk?
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