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  • 41 face value

    1) номинальная, нарицательная стоимость (монеты, банкноты, акции)

    Your stock isn't worth its face value, you'll agree there. (J. O'Hara, ‘From the Terrace’) — Вам придется признать, что ваши ценные бумаги котируются ниже их номинальной стоимости.

    2) видимая, кажущаяся ценность (обыкн. употр. с гл. to accept и to take)

    Well, I'll give you a warning, my dear. Don't take Saxenden at his face value. He's an astute old fox... (J. Galsworthy, ‘Maid in Waiting’, ch. IX) — Тогда позвольте вас предупредить, дорогая. Не надо недооценивать Саксендена. Он хитрая старая лиса...

    I have not on the whole taken people at their face value. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Summing Up’, ch. 17) — Я не сужу о человеке по первому впечатлению.

    ...he was expected the same sort of subtle obliquity of expression in others, and very seldom took remarks at their face value. (R. Aldington, ‘Death of a Hero’, part I, ch. 2) — И той же тонкой извращенности речи ждал он от других и очень редко понимал замечания в буквальном их смысле.

    From now on, he knew, he would look suspiciously on a good many things he once accepted at face value. (A. Hailey, ‘Hotel’, ch. 2) — Уоррен понимал, что отныне он будет относиться с подозрением ко многому, что раньше принимал на веру.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > face value

  • 42 take one's medicine

    1) примириться с неизбежным, стойко перенести что-л. неприятное; ≈ проглотить пилюлю

    You go back and take your medicine like a man. (O. Henry, ‘Cabbages and Kings’, ch. XVII) — Отправляйтесь обратно и примиритесь с неизбежным, как подобает мужчине.

    But he had never run away... He had always stayed and taken his medicine. Cheese-Face had been a little fiend at fighting, and had never once shown mercy to him. But he had stayed. He had stayed with it! (J. London, ‘Martin Eden,’ ch. XV) — Но Мартин ни разу не обратился в бегство... Он всегда стойко держался до конца, хотя ему и приходилось туго. Масляная Рожа был подлым противником и не давал никогда пощады. Но Мартин держался до конца!

    ...it must have been bitter medicine to take and, except for Howden's own toughness in negotiations, the concession would never have been won. (A. Hailey, ‘In High Places’, ch. 17) —...это была горькая пилюля для президента США, и если бы Хауден не проявил такой твердости в переговорах, то никогда не добился бы этой уступки.

    If it were just myself, I think I might conceivably stay here and take my medicine. But there is the whole crowd... They'll be under inspection as long as I am here. (C. P. Snow, ‘The Sleep of Reason’, ch. 37) — Если бы речь шла только обо мне, то я, вероятно, остался бы здесь и понес заслуженное наказание. Но дело касается многих людей... Если я здесь останусь, их замучают проверками.

    ‘you had a duty to notify police.’ ‘Yes, I understand.’ ‘Therefore,’ Tragg went on, ‘you'd have to take your medicine on that.’ (E. S. Gardner, ‘The Case of the Cautious Coquette’, ch. 18) — - Вам следовало сообщить полиции, что вы обнаружили тело. - Понимаю. - Вам еще достанется за то, что вы не позвонили, - продолжал Трэг.

    Large English-Russian phrasebook > take one's medicine

  • 43 under way

    English-Russian base dictionary > under way

  • 44 strain at a gnat (and swallow a camel)

       "oтцeживaть кoмapa и пpoглoтить вepблюдa", oбpaщaть внимaниe нa мeлoчи и упуcтить ocнoвнoe, пpoявлять зaбoту o ничтoжныx вeщax пpи нeвнимaнии к вaжнoму [этим. библ.] While I write this letter I well know that what I say... will be taken as a straining at gnats (A. Trollope). Miss Montmorency. I think I ought to tell you at once that I shouldn't like to misconduct myself - I use the technical expression - with both these gentlemen. Mr. Raham. Oh, Miss Montmorency, a woman of your experience isn't going to strain at a gnat. Miss Montmorency. No, but I should not like to swallow a camel (W. S. Maugham)

    Concise English-Russian phrasebook > strain at a gnat (and swallow a camel)

  • 45 take by storm

       зaxвaтить, зaвлeчь, плeнить, пoкopить [этим. вoeн. взять штуpмoм]
        The house was very full, and people were saying that the thing would "run for years". It had a tune which had taken the town by storm (J. Galsworthy). 'You know, I wanted to be a poet once,' Clark said mournfull. 'I was going to take the literary world by storm' (J. Jones)

    Concise English-Russian phrasebook > take by storm

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