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121 shorten the arm of smb.
книжн.(shorten the arm (или the hand) of smb.)ограничить чью-л. власть [этим. библ. Numbers XI, 23] -
122 shorten sail
умepить пыл, oгpaничивaть cвoи cтpeмлeния [этим. мop. убpaть пapуca, убaвить пapуcoв]At once he began to shorten sail, to invest only the soundest securities, and to convert all his weaker ones into cash (Th. Dreiser) -
123 shorten the working-day
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > shorten the working-day
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124 shorten the working-day
сократить рабочий деньАнгло-русский словарь экономических терминов > shorten the working-day
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125 shorten the flame
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126 shorten the heat
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127 Shorten barrel
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128 shorten (one's) arm
Макаров: согнуть вытянутую руку, согнуть руку
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Shorten — (SHN) ist ein digitales Verfahren zur verlustfreien Audiodatenkompression. Shorten ist ein Format zur platzsparenden Archivierung von PCM Wave Dateien mit 44,1 kHz 16 Bit Stereo mit niederer Komplexität und ist daher schnell und braucht… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Shorten — Short en, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shortened ?}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shortening}.] [See {Short}, a.] 1. To make short or shorter in measure, extent, or time; as, to shorten distance; to shorten a road; to shorten days of calamity. [1913 Webster] 2. To… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Shorten — (SHN) es un formato de archivo usado para comprensión sin pérdidas para archivos de audio calidad CD (44.1 kHz 16 bit estéreo PCM. Es un formato de archivos de datos comprimido similar al ZIP, RAR, y Stufflt; pero está optimizado para compresión… … Wikipedia Español
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shorten — [shôrt′ n] vt. 1. to make short or shorter; reduce in length, amount, or extent 2. to furl or reef (a sail) so that less canvas is exposed to the breeze 3. to add shortening in making (pastry, etc.) for crispness or flakiness vi. to become short… … English World dictionary
Shorten — Short en, v. i. To become short or shorter; as, the day shortens in northern latitudes from June to December; a metallic rod shortens by cold. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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shorten — (v.) 1510s, from SHORT (Cf. short) (adj.); the earlier form of the verb was simply short, from O.E. sceortian to grow short, gescyrtan to make short … Etymology dictionary
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shorten — ► VERB 1) make or become shorter. 2) Sailing reduce the amount of (sail spread) … English terms dictionary
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