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61 hold the cards
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62 on the cards
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63 read the cards
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64 stack the cards
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65 cut\ the\ cards
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66 in\ the\ cards
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67 on\ the\ cards
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68 shuffle\ the\ cards
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69 On the cards
Возможно. ВероятноDifficulties of the English language (lexical reference) English-Russian dictionary > On the cards
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70 stack the cards
тж перен подтасова́ть ка́ртыThe Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > stack the cards
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71 deal the cards
Conversation vocabulary and slang. English-Russian dictionary > deal the cards
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72 in the cards
(adj.phr.) сужденоConversation vocabulary and slang. English-Russian dictionary > in the cards
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73 be on the cards
(be on (амер. in) the cards)быть возможным, вероятным; можно ожидать, не исключено (что)When you mentioned me changing my mind about the explanation, you don't seriously think that's on the cards, do you? (C. P. Snow, ‘The Affair’, ch. 10) — Вы сказали, что я могу еще изменить свое мнение. Неужели вы серьезно думаете, что это возможно?
But then you as a playwright make a lot more dough than I do as a novelist. It's in the cards. (J. Jones, ‘Go to the Widow-Maker’, ch. 4) — Но ты как драматург зарабатываешь гораздо больше денег, чем я романами. Так нам, видно, на роду написано.
Devaluation, sooner rather than later, is certainly on the cards... (‘New Statesman’) — Девальвация фунта стерлингов неизбежна, и ждать ее не так долго...
All-London dustmen's strike on the cards. — Ожидается всеобщая забастовка лондонских мусорщиков.
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74 be in the cards
(aмep.paзг. быть вoзмoжным, вepoятным; мoжнo oжидaть, нe иcключeнo (чтo)But then you as a playwright make a lot more dough than I do as a novelist. It's in the cards (J. Jones). When you mentioned me changing my mind about the explanation, you don't seriously think that's on the cards, do you? (C. P. Snow) -
75 to deal the cards
to deal the cardscartear, dar as cartas.————————to deal the cardsdistribuir as cartas (de jogo). -
76 hold all the cards
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77 to speak by the cards
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78 not in the cards
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79 to be on the cards
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80 to have the cards/odds stacked against somebody
to have the cards/odds stacked against somebodyserle las circunstancias desfavorables a alguien, estar todo en contra de alguienEnglish-spanish dictionary > to have the cards/odds stacked against somebody
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in the cards — also[on the cards] {adj. phr.}, {informal} To be expected; likely to happen; foreseeable; predictable. * /It was in the cards for the son to succeed his father as head of the business./ * /John finally decided that it wasn t in the cards for him… … Dictionary of American idioms