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ducks and drakes n Games to play ducks and drakes s'amuser à faire des ricochets (sur l'eau) ; fig to play ducks and drakes with sb traiter qn avec désinvolture. -
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ducks and drakes[d∧ks ən dr'eiks] n brincadeira de fazer ricochetear pedras na superfície da água. -
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DUCKS, HOSEPIPEUsually made in wide widths about 56-in. wide, with 26-ends and 28 picks per inch. from 3's to 7's warp and weft. -
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DUCKS, PLIMSOLESee Plimsole. -
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DUCKS, SHOEThese are made 54-in. wide, 100 yards long, with 40 ends and 32 picks per inch, 2/12's T., 3/14's W. They must be free from faults, level and well woven. The plimsole duck is usually 131/2-oz. to 15-oz. for 54-in. cloth, made from dyed yarns, both self-coloured and grandrelle, about 36 ends and 28 picks per inch, 2/12's T., 3/13's W. -
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DUCKS, BELTINGVery heavy, plain cloth used for driving belts, 42-in. wide, 20 ends and 16 picks per inch, 8's T., 4's W. Yarns must be of good staple and clean cotton. The cloth is required to have great breaking strength. It must be well woven and quite level as it is later treated with rubber. Weights vary from 28-oz. to 36-oz. per square yard. -
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DUCKS, LINENThese are woven in the 2 & 2 matt weave, 26-in. wide, from coarse flax yams in many weights. The fabric used for tent cloth is made from doubled yarns about 30 to 40 ends and picks per inch. The yarns are all boiled and softened. -
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«блины» (игра, в кот. участники бросают плоские камешки так, чтобы они прыгали по поверхности воды)to play ducks and drakes – «печь блины»; to make ducks and drakes of, to play at ducks and drakes with – проматывать, разбазаривать
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plurals; see duck IIIsubst. \/dʌks\/( hverdagslig) bare i uttrykkhallo, ducks! hei elskling!, hei skatt!IIsubst. \/dʌks\/flanellsbukser -
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сущ.; мн.; употр. с гл. в ед.; = duck and drake"утка и селезень" (детская игра: плоские камешки бросают так, чтобы они прыгали по поверхности воды)••- make ducks and drakes of smth.- play ducks and drakes with smth. -
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Американцы используют выражение to get one's ducks in a row (выстроить в ряд своих уток), что означает привести в порядок свои мысли, собраться с мыслями, прибрать всё аккуратно. Слово «утки», однако, ничего общего не имеет с утками, которые плавают в деревенском пруду. Ducks — это кегли, и смысл фразы заключается в тщательной расстановке кеглей перед первым ударом шара. -
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—1. LAT Harpadontidae2. RUS бомбилевые3. ENG 2 Bombay ducks, bummalows4. DEU —5. FRA bumalos(Индийский океан и западная часть Тихого океана; 1 род, 2 вида)2. RUS бомбили pl3. ENG Bombay ducks, bummalows4. DEU —5. FRA bumalos plDICTIONARY OF ANIMAL NAMES IN FIVE LANGUAGES > ducks, Bombay
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"блины" (игра, состоящая в бросании плоских камешков по поверхности воды так, чтобы они подскакивали; обыкн. употр. с гл. to make и to play)...Philip searched for flat stones to play ducks and drakes. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Of Human Bondage’, ch. 6) —...Филип усердно собирал плоские камешки и бросал их с подсечкой, чтобы они прыгали по воде.
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