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1 set off
['set'ɒf]Gold mining: drift off the heading -
2 set up
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3 the smallest set of smallest rings
Makarov: SSSRУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > the smallest set of smallest rings
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4 to decide on the topics for discussion
General subject: set the agendaУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > to decide on the topics for discussion
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5 быть бычку на верёвочке (used to mean: 1 . one would be forced to take the consequences, be punished 2. one would be forced to propose and get married, be tamed)
Set phrase: after the feast comes the reckoning (1)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > быть бычку на верёвочке (used to mean: 1 . one would be forced to take the consequences, be punished 2. one would be forced to propose and get married, be tamed)
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6 тех же щей, да пожиже влей (used sarcastically to mean: it is the same thing , only a bit worse)
Set phrase: it's six of one and half a dozen of the otherУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > тех же щей, да пожиже влей (used sarcastically to mean: it is the same thing , only a bit worse)
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7 being morally strong in spite of failures and having the enthusiasm to try again.
Set phrase: Live to fight another day (We didn't win this time, but we live to fight another day. (АБ))Универсальный русско-английский словарь > being morally strong in spite of failures and having the enthusiasm to try again.
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8 отзовутся кошке мышкины слёзки (used as words of warning and threat to mean: troubles (will) rebound upon the originator)
Set phrase: curses like chickens come home to roostУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > отзовутся кошке мышкины слёзки (used as words of warning and threat to mean: troubles (will) rebound upon the originator)
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9 отольются кошке мышкины слёзки (used as words of warning and threat to mean: troubles (will) rebound upon the originator)
Set phrase: curses like chickens come home to roostУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > отольются кошке мышкины слёзки (used as words of warning and threat to mean: troubles (will) rebound upon the originator)
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10 International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
Environment: ICOADS (a digital database of 261 million weather observations made by ships, weather ships, and weather buoys spanning the years 1667 to 2007)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > International Comprehensive Ocean-Atmosphere Data Set
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11 Набор символов ASCII Character Set A character set consisting only of the characters included in the original 128-character ASCII standard
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > Набор символов ASCII Character Set A character set consisting only of the characters included in the original 128-character ASCII standard
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12 What should I set on the sub-scale of my altimeter so that the instrument would indicate my elevation if I were on the ground at your station?
Transport: QNHУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > What should I set on the sub-scale of my altimeter so that the instrument would indicate my elevation if I were on the ground at your station?
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13 a ceramic jug in the form of a seated person. Typically the figure is a heavily-set, jovial man holding a mug of beer in one hand and a pipe of tobacco in the other and weari
General subject: Fillpot (also sometimes known as a "Toby jug"), toby jug (also sometimes known as a 'Fillpot')Универсальный русско-английский словарь > a ceramic jug in the form of a seated person. Typically the figure is a heavily-set, jovial man holding a mug of beer in one hand and a pipe of tobacco in the other and weari
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14 Forward edge of the battle area as set during the scenario briefing
Aviation: FEBAУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > Forward edge of the battle area as set during the scenario briefing
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15 demented - see PHB Always applied to people, never to ideas. The plural form is often used as a noun. The pointy-haireds ordered me to use Windows NT, but I set up a Linux server with Samba instead.
Jargon: pointy hairedУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > demented - see PHB Always applied to people, never to ideas. The plural form is often used as a noun. The pointy-haireds ordered me to use Windows NT, but I set up a Linux server with Samba instead.
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16 net price set back to the (oilfield , trankline , pumping station , etc.) metering point/facility
1) Accounting: netback price2) EBRD: net priceУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > net price set back to the (oilfield , trankline , pumping station , etc.) metering point/facility
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17 net price set back to the metering point/facility
1) Accounting: (oilfield, trankline, pumping station, etc.) netback price2) EBRD: (oilfield, trankline, pumping station, etc.) net priceУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > net price set back to the metering point/facility
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18 налагать ограничение
•The boundary conditions impose (or place) the restriction that...
•Similar limits are also imposed (or placed) by the detector.
•The competing processes set limits on the injector signal.
* * *Налагать ограничение-- This restricts r/r0 to be greater than 10. (Это налагает ограничение r/r0>10.) Налагать ограничение на - to impose a limitation on, to impose a limitation to, to impose a constraint on, to place a restriction on, to set a limit on, to place a limit onTransportation to the site of large compressors and their drives does not seem to impose any particular limitation on unit capacity.The laser flash will impose a limitation to the top speed.The thinness of the layer may impose constraints on the natural convection flow pattern.No restriction is placed on pressure fluctuations of less than 0.69 kN/m2.Cyclic thermal stresses are particularly important because they can set the limit on the first wall life due to fatigue.Накладывать / Налагать ограничение наNote that the encoder filter places only a slightly more severe limitation on system response than that imposed by the finite size of the stylus.These conditions do not pose a serious constraint on design operating conditions.Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > налагать ограничение
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19 подготавливать почву для
•The development of the steam engine set the stage for the true mechanization of mining.
•To set the stage for a discussion of... let me briefly review...
Русско-английский научно-технический словарь переводчика > подготавливать почву для
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20 волк-не пастух, свинья-не огородник
Set phrase: give never the wolf the wether to keep (дословно: Не поручай волку за бараном присматривать), set the wolf to keep the sheep (дословно: Приставить волка стеречь овец)Универсальный русско-английский словарь > волк-не пастух, свинья-не огородник
См. также в других словарях:
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set the pace — {v. phr.} To decide on a rate of speed of travel or rules that are followed by others. * /The scoutmaster set the pace so that the shorter boys would not get tired trying to keep up./ * /Louise set the pace in selling tickets for the school… … Dictionary of American idioms
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