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1 drive home
1) ( суметь) доказать, убедить, втолковать, довести до сознания; вбивать в голову (тж. hammer или ram home)How Tom strode about that stage! How he hammered home the points of his policy! (H. Pollitt, ‘Serving My Time’, ch. 8) — Как энергично Том расхаживал по сцене! С какой уверенностью он доводил до сознания слушателей основные положения своей концепции!
...if Dick had not hammered home the every-minute importance of the next twenty-four hours, he would not have noticed it. (T. Capote, ‘In Cold Blood’, part I) —...если бы Дику не удалось вбить Перри в голову всю исключительную важность предстоящих суток, то сам Перри не заметил бы этого.
‘You know what the Australian immigration laws are?’ ‘Vaguely. There is something called a White Australia Policy.’ ‘Yes. I don't think most Australians even know its full import, but I've just had it rammed home to me.’ (D. Cusack, ‘The Sun in Exile’, ch. XXXII) — - Вы знаете, что представляют собой австралийские законы об иммиграции? - Очень смутно. Есть какой-то закон, называемый "политика белой Австралии". - Да, есть. я думаю, большинство австралийцев не имеют о нем ни малейшего понятия. Мне самому только что разъяснили, в чем он заключается.
2) доводить до конца, успешно завершать (тж. press home)I believe Arnold's plan in England should be pressed home... (R. E. Sherwood, ‘Roosevelt and Hopkins’, ch. XXIII) — я полагаю, что план Арнольда в Англии должен быть доведен до конца...
She gazed at me doubtfully, her colour coming and going, lost in a trance of uncertainty. And quickly I pressed home my advantage. (A. J. Cronin, ‘Shannon's Way’, book III, ch. 4) — Джин недоверчиво смотрела на меня, то краснея, то бледнея, совсем растерявшись, не зная, на что решиться. И я поспешил воспользоваться моментом.
He drove his success home. — Он добился полного успеха.
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