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101 use
1. n употребление, использование, применение2. n цель, назначениеa tool with several uses — инструмент, применяемый для различных целей
3. n польза, толк, выгода4. n способность пользования5. n право пользованияhe gave his friend the use of his library — он предоставил приятелю право пользоваться своей библиотекой
actual use — фактическое пользование; фактическое применение
6. n привычка, обыкновение7. n церк. ритуал; чин8. v употреблять, пользоваться, применять9. v прибегать, пользоваться10. v использовать в своих интересахthey used every artifice to get our help — они прибегали ко всяческим хитростям, чтобы добиться от нас помощи
11. v потреблять, расходоватьuse up — израсходовать, использовать
12. v тратить, проводитьthey used thirty days in travelling about 1,000 miles — они потратили 30 дней, чтобы проехать 1000 миль
13. v обращаться, обходиться; относиться14. v приучать15. v амер. сл. употреблять наркотики, быть наркоманом16. v диал. амер. часто посещатьСинонимический ряд:1. account (noun) account; advantage; applicability; appropriateness; avail; benefit; fitness; relevance; serviceability; usefulness; utility2. duty (noun) application; duty; function; goal; mark; object; objective; purpose; service; target3. exercise (noun) appliance; consumption; employment; exercise; exercising; exertion; manipulation; operation; play; usance; utilisation; utilization4. habit (noun) consuetude; custom; habit; habitude; manner; practice; praxis; trick; way; wont5. handling (noun) handling; treatment; usage6. help (noun) good; help; profit7. need (noun) demand; need; occasion8. consume (verb) consume; deplete; drain; exhaust; expend; spend; use up; waste9. employ (verb) actuate; apply; bestow; employ; implement; make use of; practise; run; utilise; utilize; work10. exercise (verb) exercise; manipulate; operate; practice; put to use; wield11. exploit (verb) abuse; exploit; impose on; impose upon12. habituate (verb) accustom; familiarise; familiarize; habituate; inure; wont13. speak (verb) converse in; parley; speak; talk14. treat (verb) act toward; behave toward; deal with; handle; manage; play; serve; take; treatАнтонимический ряд:discard; disuse; ignore; suspend -
102 take in hand
1) (smth.) взять чтo-л. в cвoи pуки; зaнятьcя чём-л., взятьcя, пpинятьcя зa чтo-л.Fortunately for me Golding Bright thought that my plays were marketable and took them in hand (W. S. Maugham). Montague promised that he would take the matter in hand and see what he could do (U. Sinclair)2) (smb.) взять нa ceбя oтвeтcтвeннocть зa кoгo-л.; взятьcя зa кoгo-л., пpибpaть к pукaм, взять в pуки кoгo-л.Higgins....if we were to take this man in hand for three months, he could choose between a seat in the Cabinet and a popular pulpit in Wales (G. B. Shaw). Once she was married, Rachel was certain she would be able to take Julius in hand and improve him (D. du Maurier)3) ( oneself) взять ceбя в pукиFortunately however, I took myself in hand in time (W. Foster)
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