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61 lower the hook
Englsh-Russian aviation and space dictionary > lower the hook
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62 raise the hook
Englsh-Russian aviation and space dictionary > raise the hook
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63 drop the hook
быть разжалованным из старших матросов [сержантов]Conversation vocabulary and slang. English-Russian dictionary > drop the hook
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64 on the hook
(adj.phr.) в щекотливом положенииConversation vocabulary and slang. English-Russian dictionary > on the hook
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65 get smb. off the hook
амер.; разг.(get (или let) smb. off the hook)"снять кого-л. с крючка" вызволить, выручить кого-л. из беды; освободить от ответственности за что-лShuttling from Boston to Washington twice a week was too much for him... and I finally had to let him off the hook. (P. Knebel, ‘Trespass’, ch. 8) — Поездки из Бостона в Вашингтон и обратно два раза в неделю сильно утомляли Николета... и в конце концов мне пришлось освободить его от этого задания.
‘I'm going to get you off the hook,’ Mason told him. ‘How?’ ‘By letting you tell me everything you know.’ (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Daring Decoy’, ch. 8) — - я вызволю тебя из беды, - сказал Мейсон Дрейку. - Каким образом? - Вызволю, если ты расскажешь мне все, что тебе известно.
...Norma Logan will be let off the hook if she gets on the stand and tells her story. (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Screaming Woman’, ch. 14) —...с Нормы Логан снимут обвинение, если она даст правдивые показания.
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66 let someone off the hook
expr infml1)That lets me off the hook — Таким образом, с меня взятки гладки
She will be let off the hook if she gets on the stand and tells everything — Ее отпустят на свободу, если она даст правдивые показания в суде
2)Please, let me off the hook for Saturday — Разрешите мне не приходить в субботу
That task was too much for him and finally I had to let him off the hook — Задание было явно ему не по силам, поэтому я его освободил от него
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > let someone off the hook
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67 get someone off the hook
expr infml esp AmEThanks for getting me off the hook — Спасибо, что ты меня отмазал
Jesus gave his life to get us off the hook — Иисус отдал свою жизнь, чтобы спасти наши души
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68 be off the hook
expr infml esp AmEHe's off the hook, the bastard — Этот тип вышел сухим из воды
That means you're off the hook — Значит, ты ускребся
So you're off the hook — Итак, все кончилось для тебя благополучно
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69 ring off the hook
expr infmlThe phone was ringing off the hook when I came in — Телефон буквально разрывался, когда я вошел
We've been busy today. The phone's been ringing off the hook — У нас сегодня была запарка. Телефон звонил не умолкая
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > ring off the hook
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70 get off the hook
освободиться от обязательства, "сорваться с крючка"Jerry got off the hook and didn't have to pay alimony to his wife.English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > get off the hook
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71 go on the hook for smb.
амер.; жарг.(go on the hook for smb. (или smth.))влезть в долги ради кого-л. (или чего-л.)...you'll go on the hook for one of those eighty-dollar sports-car coats and a ten-dollar cap. (DAS) —...вам придется залезть в долг, чтобы купить спортивный пиджак, который стоит восемьдесят долларов, и десятидолларовую кепку.
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72 let smb. off the hook
paзг."cнять кoгo-л. c кpючкa", вызвoлить, выpучить кoгo-л. из бeды, пoмoчь кoму-л. в тpуднoм пoлoжeнии; ocвoбoдить кoгo-л. oт oтвeтcтвeннocти, oбязaннocти и т. п.'If you love her, you should marry her. If you don't, tell her so and let her off the hook' (J. H. Chase). Shuttling from Boston to Washington twice a week was too much for him... and I finally had to let him off the hook (F. Knebet) -
73 be off the hook
разг."сорваться с крючка", избежать опасностиShe was being kept by the senator, and now he's off the hook, the hypocritical son of a bitch. (J. O'Hara, ‘From the Terrace’) — Миссис Сталмайер была на содержании у сенатора, а теперь этот гнусный лицемер хочет выйти сухим из воды.
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74 to take the phone off the hook
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75 to take the phone off the hook
to take the phone off the hooktirar o telefone do gancho.English-Portuguese dictionary > to take the phone off the hook
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76 get off the hook
expr infml esp AmEI went to see the local fuzz and got off the hook by explaining that the accident wasn't my fault — Я пошел в местную полицию и смог выкрутиться, объяснив, что авария произошла не по моей вине
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > get off the hook
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77 phones are ringing off the hook
Общая лексика: телефоны обрываются (already phones at the firm are ringing off the hook as headhunters trawl for talented investment bankers)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > phones are ringing off the hook
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78 go on the hook
влезть в долгиThe company has gone on the hook recently, so I wonder when they are going to pay me.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > go on the hook
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79 ring off the hook
раскалиться (о телефоне); разрываться от звонковThe box office phones were ringing off the hook all day.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > ring off the hook
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80 center line of the hook
- center line of the hook
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Англо-русский строительный словарь. — М.: Русский Язык. С.Н.Корчемкина, С.К.Кашкина, С.В.Курбатова. 1995.
Англо-русский словарь строительных терминов > center line of the hook
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