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1 set the scene
1) oпиcывaть дeйcтвующиx лиц и мecтo пpoиcшecтвия, уcтaнoвить мecтo дeйcтвия (в пьece, poмaнe и т. п.)', дaвaть пpeдвapитeльныe пoяcнeния (тж. lay the scene)'The editor gave me the name, you know, and then I had to write the story...' 'Of two rival knights in love with the same lady... The scene is laid in Ireland, I presume?' (A. Trollope). After the guide had spent a few minutes setting the scene, the tourists were allowed to wonder around the castle as they liked2) (for) пoдгoтoвить пoчву (для чeгo-л.), пpeдвeщaть (чтo-л.); coздaть блaгoпpиятную oбcтaнoвку (для чeгo-л.; тж. set the stage for smth.)For this contingency also, Landau now meticulously set the scene (J. le Carre). Thurgood Marshall retires, setting the stage for Bush to strengthen a conservative majority that could dominate the High Bench [Bepxoвный cуд CШA] for decades (Time) -
2 come into view
(come into view (тж. rise to view))появиться, стать видимым, предстать (перед глазами)Entering the gate and passing the shrubs, the silhouette of a house rose to view... (Ch. Brontë, ‘Jane Eyre’, ch. XXVIII) — Когда я вошла в калитку и миновала кусты, у меня перед глазами возник силуэт дома...
Down Whitehall, under the grey easterly sky, the towers of Westminster came for a second into view. (J. Galsworthy, ‘The White Monkey’, part I, ch. I) — В конце Уайтхолла под сереющим на востоке небом на миг появились башни Вестминстера.
There came a clatter of horses and the sound of wheels and Lady Wondershoot's greys came into view. (H. G. Wells, ‘The Food of the Gods’, book II, ch. I) — Размышления его были прерваны стуком колес и топотом лошадиных копыт. Из-за поворота дороги выкатилась коляска леди Уондершут.
Two people then came into view and passed out of sight down the road... (A. J. Cronin, ‘Hatter's Castle’, book I, ch. 9) — Показались двое прохожих и скоро скрылись из виду...
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3 Gray Dick
сущ.; Calla диал.; SK, DT 5В легенде об Орисе (см. Oriza) крамольный принц, погибшей от рук Орисы, которая убила его, метнув заточенную металлическую тарелку.Lady Oriza invited Gray Dick, a famous outlaw prince, to a vast dinner party in Waydon, her castle by the River Send. — Согласно легенде <…> леди Ориса пригласила Серого Дика, знаменитого главаря разбойников, на обед в Уэйдон, свой замок на реке Сенд. (ТБ 5)
English-Russian dictionary of neologisms from a series of books by Stephen King "Dark Tower" > Gray Dick
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4 clean hands
"чистые руки", незапятнанность, честность [этим. библ. Psalms XXIII, 4]; см. тж. one's hands are cleanLady Wanley: "Are you ready still for any adventure that comes your way?" Jack Straw: "So long as I can do it with clean hands." (W. S. Maugham, ‘Jack Straw’, act I) — Леди Уэнли: "Вы по-прежнему готовы ринуться в любую авантюру?" Джек Стро: "Конечно, если при этом моя честь окажется незапятнанной."
I always fought fair! I've always fought with clean hands. (A. J. Cronin, ‘Hatter's Castle’, book II, ch. 4) — я всегда действовал честно! я всегда боролся чистыми руками.
...some of those who have condemned him most vigorously haven't done so with entirely clean hands. (E. O'Connor, ‘The Last Hurrah’, part I, ch. V) —...кое у кого из тех, кто с особым пылом осуждал Скеффингтона, тоже рыльце в пушку.
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