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122 еле-еле успеть что-то сделать
General subject: by the skin of one's teeth ("I'll have to start earlier the next time. This time I only finished by the skin of my teeth.")Универсальный русско-английский словарь > еле-еле успеть что-то сделать
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123 В-335
ВСЕГО НИЧЕГО (кого-чего) coll NP Invar quantit subj-compl with copula (subj/ nom or genhuman, abstr, or concr) or adv quantiffixed WOvery little, very fewpractically (almost) nothing (none, no...) (at all)practically (almost, next to) nothing (none, no...) nothing (none, no...) to speak ofhardly anything (any...). Она сказала Андрею в тот разговор, когда он пристал с расспросами, что человек живет на свете всего ничего (Распутин 4). She had told Andrei when he was pestering her with questions that man lives almost no time at all (4a).(Алена:) У шампанского есть одна особенность. Когда наливают, кажется, что через край, а осядет пена - оказывается, всего ничего, на донышке... (Панова 1). (A.:) There's a special thing about champagne. When it's poured, you think it will spill over, but when the foam has settled, it turns out that there's practically nothing, only a little on the bottom... (1a).Охранники) между собой диву давались: чего это бежать, когда сроку-то оставалось всего ничего... (Гинзбург 2)....Among themselves (the guards) couldn't figure out why anyone should want to try to escape when he had hardly any time left to serve... (2a). -
124 Г-22
ГЛАЗ ДА ГЛАЗ нужен за кем-чем coll NP Invar subj) s.o. or sth. should be kept under strict, constant supervision: за X-om нужен глаз да глаз = X has to be watched all the time (constantly) X must be closely watched person Y must keep a close eye on (a constant watch over) X.Второй период (нашей совместной жизни) ознаменовался тем, что я перестала быть добычей, украденной Европой, девчонкой, за которой нужен глаз да глаз. Нас стало двое (Мандельштам 2). The noteworthy thing about this second period (of our life together) was that he (Mandelstam) ceased to treat me as a prize he had carried off, a Europa abducted by Zeus, a little girl who had to be watched all the time. We now became a real couple (2a).Надо же! За арестантом, который тянет голодовку почти два месяца, нужен глаз да глаз: «склонен к побегу» (Марченко 2). What will they think of next! A prisoner who maintains a hunger strike for nearly two months must be closely watched, as he displays "tendencies to try to escape'' (2a). -
125 Д-204
ЖИТЬ СЕГОДНЯШНИМ ДНЁМ VP subj: human usu. this WO1. to be concerned with the present, live in the present, not thinking about the futureX живёт сегодняшним днём - X lives for the moment (the present, the day, today)X takes one day at a time X takes life (it) as it comes, one day at a time X lives from one day to the next (from day to day).Мы жили сегодняшним днём, не ожидая от будущего ничего, кроме мелких пакостей (Окуджава 2). We lived for the day, expecting nothing from the future except petty irritations (2a).2. to show interest in current events, preserve ties with realityX живёт сегодняшним днём - X keeps up on (with) things (what's happening, the news, the latest happenings)X keeps himself informed X keeps abreast of the news (the times). -
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CO ДНЯ НА ДЕНЬ PrepP Invar adv fixed WO1. ( usu. used with impfv pres or past, or pfv fut) ( sth. is expected to happen) very soonany day (now)at any moment any time (now).Об успехе мартовских запусков было широко объявлено в советских газетах. Это привело в возбуждение аккредитованных в Москве иностранных журналистов - они понимали, что Советский Союз постарается запустить человека на орбиту раньше американцев, и ждали, что это произойдёт со дня на день (Владимиров 1). The Soviet press gave a great deal of publicity to the successful launchings in March. This aroused the interest of the foreign correspondents in Moscow who then realised that the Soviet Union was trying to put a man into orbit before the Americans did and were expecting it to happen any day (1a).«Вот расписание вашей медицинской части на случай выступления из лагеря. Телеги с партизанскими семьями уже близко. Лагерные разногласия сегодня будут улажены. Со дня на день можно ждать, что мы снимемся» (Пастернак 1). "Here are your marching orders for the medical unit. The convoy with the partisans' families is quite near and the dissensions inside the camp will be settled by this evening, so we can expect to move any day now" (1 a).Co дня на день я ждала ареста, потому что жёны обычно разделяли участь мужей (Мандельштам 2). I expected to be arrested myself at any moment: wives generally shared their husbands' fate at that time (2a).2. - откладывать, переносить что (to postpone sth. etc) repeatedly, day after day: (put sth. off) from one day to the next (from day to day)keep putting sth. off....Этой суммы было недостаточно, и Фёдор Константинович решил написать в Америку дяде Олегу, постоянно помогавшему его матери... Составление этого письма он со дня на день откладывал... (Набоков 1)....The sum was insufficient, and Fyodor decided to write to Uncle Oleg in America, who regularly helped his mother....The composition of this letter was put off from day to day... (1a). -
127 К-382
СТАВИТЬ/ПОСТАВИТЬ КРЕСТ VP subj: human or collect usu. this WO1. - на ком, на кого having become disillusioned with s.o., to cease hoping for anything good from himX поставил крест на Y-e = X gave up on Y (as hopeless)X gave Y up as hopeless X wrote Y off.Всякий раз его сознание, описав фантастический логический круг, взмыв спиралью, обернувшись, находило объяснение любому человеческому поступку с гуманистической точки зрения, когда ещё не все потеряно, рано ставить крест и т. д. (Битов 2). His consciousness would travel a fantastic logical circle, spiraling up and back, to find an explanation for any man's deed from the humanistic viewpoint - when all was not lost, it was still too early to give the man up as hopeless, and so forth (2a).2. - на чём, на что having become convinced that sth. is worthless, some undertaking is sure to fail etc, to stop thinking about it, stop investing time, energy etc into itX поставил крест на Y-e - X gave Y up as hopeless (lost, a waste of time etc)X kissed Y good-bye (goodbye) X wrote Y off X called it quits with Y....Михаил решил: немедля, сегодня же ехать за сеном на Среднюю Синельгу. Сена на Средней Синельге оставалось возов пятнадцать, и, если не вывезти его сейчас, в эти два-три дня, пока еще не поплыла дорога, ставь крест на сене (Абрамов 1)..Mikhail resolved to go to Middle Sinelga immediately and fetch the hay. There were about fifteen cartloads of hay left there, and unless it was picked up in the next two or three days, before the road was awash, you could kiss the whole lot goodbye (1a).Кириллов - самый опасный из всех бесов Достоевского. Он не случайно поселился в одном доме с Шатовым. Они заключат союз, и тогда можно будет на всём поставить крест (Мандельштам 2). ( context transl) Kirillov is the most dangerous of all Dostoevski's "possessed," and not for nothing does he go to live in the same house as Shatov. One day the two could form an alliance - and then it will be the end of everything (2a). -
128 М-171
МИНУТА В МИНУТУ СЕКУНДА В СЕКУНДУ NP these forms only adv fixed WOexactly, precisely at a fixed timeto the minuteon the dot right on time at...sharp on the nose.Ровно через две недели - минута в минуту - мы опять стояли на каменных плитах знакомой террасы... (Катаев 3). Exactly two weeks later-to the minute-we were again standing on the stone flags of that familiar veranda... (3a).Каждый гость мог записать в книгу, когда разбудить его завтра. Будили минута в минуту... (Грекова 3). Each guest could write in a book when he was to be awakened the next day, and the staff would wake him on the dot... (3a).
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