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I [swɔn] 1. сущ.2) поэт.; = Swan бард, поэтSyn:••2. гл.; брит.; разг.She swanned into the room. — Она неспешно вошла в комнату.
б) (swan around / about) слоняться, бродить без цели, без делаI've been swanning around town with my mom's friend and her family. — Я гуляла по городу с маминой подругой и её родственниками.
Necking trendy foreign lagers and swanning around London's nightclubs, isn't he? — Он глушит изысканные сорта импортного светлого и шатается по ночным клубам Лондона, да?
в) ( swan off) уходить, смываться, сваливатьII [swɔn] гл.; амер.; диал.While she slaved away, he swanned off to join the boss for golf every afternoon. — Она вкалывала как проклятая, а он каждый день после обеда сваливал играть с боссом в гольф.
( I swan) готов поклясться, могу поклясться -
2 swan
v проплыть (горделиво/важно идти); выступать словно паваThe bride-to-be swanned down the aisle of the church.
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