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21 make smb.'s heart bleed
≈ заставить сердце кровью обливаться, заставить кого-л. страдатьFamine is always a terrible, ghastly thing, but the most terrible part of it is the children. To see the poor mites with their little bones literally coming through their skin is enough to make one's heart bleed. (SPI) — Голод - это всегда страшное несчастье, но самое ужасное - это голодные дети. Сердце обливается кровью, когда видишь этих маленьких страдальцев, истощенных до того, что кости буквально видны сквозь кожу.
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22 the gray mare is the better horse
≈ жена верховодит в доме; см. тж. the gray mareNow, what do you think of him? D'you think he knows his own mind? He seems to me a poor thing. I should say the grey mare was the better horse. (J. Galsworty, ‘The Man of Property’, part I, ch. VI) — Ну, а как вы к Босини относитесь? Как по-вашему, он положительный человек? На мой взгляд - ничтожество. Джун будет держать его под каблуком.
She hated that expression "The grey mare is the better horse"; it was vulgar, and she would never recognize its truth in her own case... (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Little Man and Other Satires’, ‘Studies of Extravagance’, ‘The Housewife’) — Она ненавидела выражение "в парной упряжке верховодит кобыла", считала его вульгарным и никогда не признавала его правильным в применении к себе самой...
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23 mouse
1. n зоол. мышь2. n ласк. мышка, мышонокa little mouse of a thing — мышонок, мышка
3. n робкий, боязливый человек4. n мор. мусинг5. n сл. подбитый глаз; фонарь, фингал под глазомpoor as a church mouse — бедный как церковная мышь; без гроша за душой
6. v ловить мышейmanipulator mouse type — тип манипулятора "мышь"
7. v выискивать, выслеживать8. v мор. накладывать найтов; принайтовить, закаболить; делать мусингСинонимический ряд:1. black eye (noun) black eye; shiner2. coward (noun) baby; coward; craven; dastard; invertebrate; lily-livered; poltroon; recreant; weakling3. girl friend (noun) best girl; gal; girl; girl friend; lady friend; lass; popsy4. snoop (verb) busybody; nose; poke; pry; snoop5. steal (verb) creep; glide; slide; slip; steal
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Poor rate — Poor Poor, a. [Compar. {Poorer} (?; 254); superl. {Poorest}.] [OE. poure or povre, OF. povre, F. pauvre, L. pauper; the first syllable of which is probably akin to paucus few (see {Paucity}, {Few}), and the second to parare to prepare, procure.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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thing — W1S1 [θıŋ] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(idea/action/feeling/fact)¦ 2¦(object)¦ 3¦(situation)¦ 4¦(nothing)¦ 5¦(person/animal)¦ 6¦(make a comment)¦ 7 the thing is 8 the last thing somebody wants/expects/needs etc 9 last thing … Dictionary of contemporary English