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81 not a pin to choose between them
разг.один другого стоит; ≈ одного поля ягода, два сапога пара, из одного теста сделаны‘Why, when you come to think of it - you're as bad as me.’ He came across the room and added with a kind of respect: ‘There's not a pin to choose between us.’ She looked up with childish and devoted eyes and swore solemnly: ‘Not a pin.’ (Gr. Greene, ‘Brighton Rock’, part VI, ch. II) — - Ведь если подумать, ты ничуть не лучше меня, - он подошел к Розе и чуть ли не с почтением добавил: - Мы из одного теста сделаны. Роза по-детски преданно взглянула на него и торжественно подтвердила: - Действительно, из одного.
They get to know ten chaps... and there isn't a pin to choose between these chaps. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Let the People Sing’, ch. XI) — Девушки познакомились с десятком парней... Но все они были похожи друг на друга как две капли воды.
Superintendent Harper said curiously: ‘What put you on to this particular girl? They all looked scared to death and there wasn't a pin to choose between them as far as I could see.’ (A. Christie, ‘The Body in the Library’, ch. 14) — Любопытство взяло верх, и старший инспектор Харпер спросил: - Почему ваше внимание привлекла именно эта девушка? Ведь все они перепуганы до смерти, и, насколько я могу судить, толку от них ото всех не добьешься.
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82 dead
A n2 ( death) to rise/be raised from the dead ressusciter/être ressuscité d'entre les morts ;3 fig ( depths) at dead of night, in the dead of night en pleine nuit, au cœur de la nuit ; in the dead of winter en plein hiver, au cœur de l'hiver.B adj1 ( no longer living) [person] mort, décédé ; [animal, tree, flower, leaf, skin] mort ; the dead man/woman le mort/la morte ; a dead body un cadavre ; to drop (down) dead tomber raide mort ; to play dead faire le mort/la morte ; drop dead ○ ! va te faire voir ○ ! ; to shoot sb dead abattre qn ; dead and buried lit, fig mort et enterré ; they're all dead and gone now ils nous ont tous quittés maintenant ; more dead than alive plus mort que vif ; ‘wanted, dead or alive’ ‘recherché, mort ou vif’ ; to leave sb for dead laisser qn pour mort ; to give sb up for dead tenir qn pour mort ; I'm absolutely dead ○ after that walk! ( exhausted) je suis absolument mort ○ après cette marche! ;2 ( extinct) [language] mort ; [custom, law] désuet/-ète, tombé en désuétude ; [issue, debate] dépassé ; [cigarette] éteint ; [fire] éteint, mort ; [match] usagé ; are these glasses dead? GB avez-vous fini avec ces verres? ;4 (not functioning, idle) [battery] à plat ; [bank account] dormant ; [capital, money] improductif/-ive, inactif/-ive ; [file] qu'on ne consulte plus ; the phone went dead tout d'un coup il n'y avait plus de tonalité (sur la ligne) ;5 ( impervious) to be dead to sth être insensible à qch ;7 ( absolute) a dead calm un calme plat ; dead silence silence de mort ; to be a dead shot ○ être un tireur d'élite ; to come to a dead stop s'arrêter net ; she hit the target in the dead centre elle a atteint la cible en plein milieu.C adv surtout GB (absolutely, completely) absolument ; are you dead certain? est-ce que tu es absolument sûr?, est-ce que tu es sûr et certain? ; he was staring dead ahead il regardait droit devant lui ; sail dead ahead navigue droit devant ; dead in the middle of the street en plein milieu de la rue ; to be dead level être parfaitement plat ; to be dead on time être pile ○ à l'heure ; I left (at) dead on six o'clock je suis parti à six heures pile ○ or sonnantes ; it's dead easy ○ ! c'est simple comme bonjour ○ ! ; his shot was dead on target son coup était en plein dans le mille ; they were dead lucky ○ not to get caught! ils ont eu du pot ○ de ne pas se faire prendre! ; dead drunk ○ ivre mort ; dead tired ○ crevé ○, claqué ○ ; I was dead scared ○ ! j'avais une trouille bleue ○ ! ; you're dead right ○ ! tu as parfaitement raison! ; dead good! génial ○ ! ; ‘dead slow’ Aut ‘roulez au pas’ ; to drive dead slow rouler au pas ; dead straight absolument or tout à fait droit ; to be dead against être totalement opposé à [idea, plan] ; to be dead set on doing être tout à fait décidé à faire ; he's dead on ○ for that job US il est sûr de décrocher ce poste ; you're dead on ○ ! US tu as tout à fait raison! ; to stop dead s'arrêter net ; to cut sb dead snober qn.to be dead to the world dormir comme une souche, être dans les bras de Morphée liter ; I wouldn't be seen dead wearing that hat! je ne porterais ce chapeau pour rien au monde! ; I wouldn't be seen dead in a place like that! pour rien au monde je ne voudrais être vu dans un endroit pareil! ; the affair is dead but it won't lie down l'affaire est loin d'être enterrée ; dead men tell no tales Prov les morts ne parlent pas ; the only good traitor is a dead traitor un bon traître est un traître mort ; you do that and you're dead meat ○ ! US tu fais ça et je te tue!
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