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121 take a hint
فَهِم الإشارَة وعَمِلَ بِها \ take a hint: to notice an indirect sign or meaning and act upon it: I took the hint and offered to lend him $5. -
122 take one's stand
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > take one's stand
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123 take revenge
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124 take smb. into one's confidence
поведать кому-л. свои тайны, довериться кому-л‘And what ails you, then? - tell me, Lina.’ ‘Nothing, Robert’, but her voice faltered. ‘That is to say, nothing that you will tell me; I am not to be taken into confidence.’ (Ch. Brontë, ‘Shirley’, ch. XIII) — - В таком случае, Лина, скажите мне, что же вас беспокоит? - Ничего, Роберт, - но ее голос дрогнул. - То есть ничего, что можно было бы рассказать мне. Вы не хотите мне довериться.
He had not taken me into his confidence upon this matter and I had not enquired what he did with himself in the evenings. (S. Butler, ‘The Way of All Flesh’, ch. LXXI) — Он не посвящал меня в свои дела, и я не знал, чем он занимается по вечерам.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > take smb. into one's confidence
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125 take-home sale
credit sale — продажа на условиях кредита; продажа в долг
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126 take a decision upon a motion
1) Дипломатический термин: принять решение по предложению2) Политика: принимать решение по предложениюУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > take a decision upon a motion
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127 take blame upon oneself
Юридический термин: взять на себя винуУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > take blame upon oneself
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128 take compassion upon somebody
Общая лексика: отнестись с состраданием к (кому-либо), относиться с состраданием к (кому-либо)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > take compassion upon somebody
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