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1 play it off the cuff
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2 play it off the cuff
Общая лексика: действовать по обстоятельствам, действовать по обстановке -
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I1. [kʌf] n1. 1) манжета, обшлаг2) крага перчатки2. нарукавник3. амер. отворот на брюках4. pl (сокр. от handcuffs) наручники♢
on the cuff - амер. в долг, в кредитoff the cuff - без подготовки, экспромтом
2. [kʌf] v редк.заковать в кандалы, надеть наручникиII1. [kʌf] nудар (особ. рукой по голове или лицу); пощёчина; затрещина, подзатыльник2. [kʌf] vбить рукой; наносить, удары, колотитьII [kʌf] n шотл.загривокIV [kʌf] n пренебр.she took hold of her son by the cuff of the neck - она схватила сына за шиворот
старик; старый скряга -
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̈ɪkʌf I сущ.
1) манжета;
обшлаг
2) наручники
3) отворот на брюках
4) металлический браслет II
1. сущ. легкий удар рукой/кулаком Syn: blow
2. гл. слегка ударять рукой;
шлепать манжета, обшлаг крага перчатки нарукавник (американизм) отворот на брюках pl наручники > on the * (американизм) в долг, в кредит;
> off the * без подготовки, экспромтом;
> to play it off the * действовать по обстоятельствам (редкое) заковать в кандалы, надеть наручники удар (особ. рукой по голове или лицу) ;
пощечина;
затрещина, подзатыльник - to be at *s драться бить рукой;
наносить удары, колотить( шотландское) загривок - she took hold of her son by the * of the neck она схватила сына за шиворот( пренебрежительное) старик;
старый скряга cuff легкий удар рукой или кулаком ~ манжета;
обшлаг ~ слегка ударять рукой;
шлепать -
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1. разг. без подготовки, импровизируя, экспромтомad lib. — экспромт
2. разг. неограниченноСинонимический ряд:extemporaneously (other) casually; extemporaneously; extempore; impromptu; off the cuff; offhand; offhandedly; on the spur of the moment
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