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n infml1)2)The old boy bawled me out something awful — Когда шеф орал на меня, это было что-то страшное
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n infmlSometimes I think the only way to get a good job is through the old boy network — Иногда мне кажется, что хорошую работу можно получить только по блату
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разг.-фам.1) старый школьный или университетский товарищ, однокашник...a series of class banquets at which the "old boys" got together and listened to patriotism and jokes. (U. Sinclair, ‘Boston’, part II, ch. XIV) —...на встречах однокашников старые друзья вспоминали прошлое, шутили.
The old boy bears his age wonderfully well. — Этот старикан отлично выглядит для своих лет.
3) старина, старикан, братец, дружище (в обращении; тж. по отношению к животным); см. тж. big boy 1)Algernon: "Didn't it go off all right, old boy? You don't mean to say Gwendolen refused you?" (O. Wilde, ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, act I) — Алджернон: "А что, разве не вышло, дружище? Неужели Гвендолен отказала тебе?"
‘Come on, old boy!’ The dog came slowly all black foursquare on his feathered legs. (J. Galsworthy, ‘Flowering Wilderness’, ch. XVII) — "Поди сюда, малыш!" Пес медленно приблизился, черный, без единого пятнышка, квадратный, на обросших длинной шерстью лапах.
4) шутл. чёрт, дьявол ( всегда the old boy)I'll be so careful hiding it the Old Boy himself'd never find it. The Old Boy is Satan, of course. The devil. (J. O'Hara ‘Ourselves to Know’) — Я так запрячу пистолет, что враг человеческий его не найдет. Враг человеческий - это сатана, конечно. Дьявол.
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«Сообщество бывших учеников школы», круг бывших однокашников. The old boy network в Британии является одной из старейших и, так сказать, добропорядочных «мафий» в мире. Old boys носят the old school tie («галстук старой школы»), знак принадлежности к привилегированному слою бывших учеников частных средних школ public schools.Every year we have a gathering of old boys. — Мы ежегодно устраиваем встречу школьных товарищей.
I don't think we need to advertise this job. We can find someone on the old boy network, can't we? — Считаю, что не нужно объявлять о вакансии на этот пост. Мы сможем найти кого-нибудь из своих, не так ли?
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[ëuld boi] shok i vjetër; the old boy a) pronari, bosi; b) babai -
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old boy network〈 voornamelijk the〉 〈 Brits-Engels〉 -
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paзг.-фaм.1) cтapый шкoльный или унивepcитeтcкий тoвapищ, oднoкaшникseries of class banquets at which the "old boys" got together and listened to patriotism and jokes (V. Sinclair)2) cтapинa, cтapикaн, бpaтeц, дpужищe (в oбpaщeнии; тж. пo oтнoшeнию к живoтным); cм. тж. old beanAlgernon. Didn't it go off all right, old boy? You don't mean to say Gwendolen refused you? (O. Wilde). 'Come in, old boy!' The dog came slowly all black foursquare on his feathered legs (J. Galsworthy) -
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(a former pupil (of a school): The new prime minister is an old boy of our school.) gammel elev* * *(a former pupil (of a school): The new prime minister is an old boy of our school.) gammel elev -
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1. разг. старик, старина; дружище, приятель2. разг. бывший ученик, питомец учебного заведения; однокашникhead boy — старший префект, старший ученик, староста
3. разг. старый или пожилой человекwonder boy — блестящий молодой человек; восходящая звезда
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(a former pupil (of a school): The new prime minister is an old boy of our school.) ex alumno; ex alumna -
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(a former pupil (of a school): The new prime minister is an old boy of our school.) fyrrverandi nemandi (í tilteknum skóla) -
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(a former pupil (of a school): The new prime minister is an old boy of our school.) öregdiák -
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(a former pupil (of a school): The new prime minister is an old boy of our school.) antigo aluno -
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(a former pupil (of a school): The new prime minister is an old boy of our school.) eski öğrenci -
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(a former pupil (of a school): The new prime minister is an old boy of our school.) bivši učenec -
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(a former pupil (of a school): The new prime minister is an old boy of our school.) entinen koulutoveri -
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(a former pupil (of a school): The new prime minister is an old boy of our school.) tidligere elev
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