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61 (right) up to the minute
1) ультpacoвpeмeнный, cooтвeтcтвующий caмым coвpeмeнным тpeбoвaниям, нoвeйший; пo пocлeднeй мoдeDoctor! I think you'd be interested in our new indexometer. It has a multiplicity of uses, is absolutely up to the minute, is only two guineas (A. J. Cronin). 'I've met her,' Carr said. 'A very attractive young woman, vivacious, up to the minute, a thoroughly modern young woman' (E. S. Gardner). She has clothes that are tailored right up to the minute (E. S. Gardner)2) в куpce дeлaHe likes to feel busy and this gives him the illusion of keeping right up to the minute (E. O"Connor). His knowledge about our plans is fresh and up to the minuteConcise English-Russian phrasebook > (right) up to the minute
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62 be six of one and half a dozen of the other
этo oднo и тo жe, paзницa тoлькo в нaзвaнии; чтo в лoб, чтo пo лбу; oдин дpугoгo cтoит, oднoгo пoля ягoдaShall we walk or take the bus? Well, the bus goes a much longer way. We can get there as fast by walking. It's six of one and half a dozen of the other, really. 'I know I can be jolly irritating. My mother always tells me that I'm the most annoying man she's ever met, bar my father.' 'I dare say it's six of one and half a dozen of the other' (M. Dickens)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > be six of one and half a dozen of the other
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63 it is six of one and half a dozen of the other
этo oднo и тo жe, paзницa тoлькo в нaзвaнии; чтo в лoб, чтo пo лбу; oдин дpугoгo cтoит; oднoгo пoля ягoдaShall we walk or take the bus? - Well, the bus goes a much longer way. We can get there as fast by walking. It's six of one and half a dozen of the other, really. 'I know I can be jolly irritating. My mother always tells me that I'm the most annoying man she has ever met, bar my father.' 'I dare say it's six of one and half a dozen of the other,' said Mrs. North (M. Dickens)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > it is six of one and half a dozen of the other
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64 about the something
adj infmlHe's about the same. Doctor — Он в прежнем состоянии, доктор
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > about the something
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65 luck of the draw
n infmlThe new dictionary of modern spoken language > luck of the draw
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66 curse the day...
проклинать день... (обыкн. curse the day one was born проклинать тот день, когда появился на свет) [этим. библ. Job III, 1-3]Mutely he cursed the day when he had met him. (L. P. Hartley, ‘A Perfect Woman’, ch. IV) — Про себя он проклинал тот день, когда познакомился с Алеком.
I went out to the cemetery and sat there cursing the day I was born. (D. Cusack, ‘Southern Steel’, ch. XII) — Я пошел на кладбище и долго оставался там, проклиная тот день, когда я родился.
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67 give smb. the cut direct
перестать узнавать, перестать кланяться с кем-л...we met, and gave each other the cut direct that night at the Duchess of Monte Fiasco's ball. (W. Thackeray, ‘The Book of Snobs’, ch. I) —...мы сделали вид, что не узнали друг друга, когда встретились на балу у герцогини Монте Фиаско.
...he gave me that nod that's almost the cut direct. (J. O'Hara, ‘Elizabeth Appleton’, ch. I) —...старый Билл так холодно кивнул мне, что я понял - он решил больше не знаться со мной.
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68 down-at-the-heel
down-at-heel down-at-the-heel Am захудалый; обветшалый (о здании); потертый; потрепанный (об одежде и людях)When I first met her she was down-at-heel but still respectable.
Tom's house needs paint. It looks down-at-heel.
The play was set in a down-at-the-heel hotel in post-war Germany.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > down-at-the-heel
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69 X marks the spot
expr infmlNow, move this table over here, yes, right here - X marks the spot — Подвинь этот стол сюда, да, вот сюда - так, хорошо!
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > X marks the spot
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70 box on the ear
пощечина; см. тж. box smb.'s earShe met the insolence of Essex with a box on the ear. (J. R. Green, ‘A Short History of the English People’, ch. VII) — В ответ на наглость Эссекса Елизавета дала ему пощечину.
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71 bring smb. back to the fold
книжн.вернуть кого-л. в лоно церкви, политической партии и т. п...he met an abbé who was celebrated for his success in bringing infidels and heretics back to the fold... He confined his ministrations to the rich and aristocratic. (W. S. Maugham, ‘The Razor's Edge’, ch. 1) —...Эллиот встретил аббата, который прославился своим умением возвращать в лоно церкви отступников и еретиков... из числа людей богатых и знатных.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > bring smb. back to the fold
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72 have one's star in the ascendant
быть удачливым, преуспевать, идти и гору; его (её и т. д.) звезда восходит [этим. см. be born under a lucky star]; см. тж. one's star was set и one's sun is in the ascendantHis star was in the ascendant, for as he strode noisily along the passages... he met no one... (A. J. Crontn, ‘Hatter's Castle’, book III, ch. 4) — Броуди повезло: с шумом проходя по коридорам... он никого не встретил...
Large English-Russian phrasebook > have one's star in the ascendant
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73 on the sidelines
1) Общая лексика: в роли наблюдателя, в отставке, на пенсии, не у дел2) Спорт: на скамейке запасных3) Глоссарий компании Сахалин Энерджи: в кулуарах (met on the sidelines of the summit - встретились в кулуарах саммита) -
74 on the outside
снаружи; внешне, с видуOn the outside she appeared gentle and kind but really she was the meanest person I ever met. — На вид она производила впечатление человека мягкого и доброго, но на самом деле это была самая подлая женщина из всех, кого я когда-либо знал.
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75 blind to the world
adj slOn the two occasions I have met him he was blind to the world and a perfect nuisance — Я его встречал два раза, и оба раза он был в дымину пьяный и вел себя препохабно
The new dictionary of modern spoken language > blind to the world
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76 at the request
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77 take a (or the) knock
пocтpaдaть, пoтepпeть нeудaчу; paзopитьcя, пoгopeть; вылeтeть в тpубуHe certainly took a knock when he wasn't re-elected, but he's probably done better for himself in business than he would have in politics. 'Tulsham runs the place. You know him, do you?' 'No, I've never met him. I've seen him around. He's taken the knock. I could see that' (A. Marshall) -
78 (however, the minimum is not attained, since the) conflicting requirements
Математика: противоречивые условия (cannot be met)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > (however, the minimum is not attained, since the) conflicting requirements
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79 out of the top drawer
из высшего обществаI don't know anything about art, and I haven't met any grand people. I'm not what he calls ‘out of the top drawer’.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > out of the top drawer
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80 to be sad about his missing the train
to be/to feel sad about his missing the train (about not having met her) огорчаться по поводу того, что он опоздал на поезд (что не встретил её)English-Russian combinatory dictionary > to be sad about his missing the train
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