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noun plural ((in an orchestra, the group of people who play) stringed instruments, ie violins, violas, 'cellos and double basses: The conductor said the strings were too loud.) smyčce* * *• výplet• řetězce• struny -
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noun plural ((in an orchestra, the group of people who play) stringed instruments, ie violins, violas, 'cellos and double basses: The conductor said the strings were too loud.) coarde -
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noun plural ((in an orchestra, the group of people who play) stringed instruments, ie violins, violas, 'cellos and double basses: The conductor said the strings were too loud.) έγχορδα -
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noun plural ((in an orchestra, the group of people who play) stringed instruments, ie violins, violas, 'cellos and double basses: The conductor said the strings were too loud.) sláčikové nástroje -
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noun plural ((in an orchestra, the group of people who play) stringed instruments, ie violins, violas, 'cellos and double basses: The conductor said the strings were too loud.) cordes -
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noun plural ((in an orchestra, the group of people who play) stringed instruments, ie violins, violas, 'cellos and double basses: The conductor said the strings were too loud.) cordas -
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строка; струна; серияСинонимический ряд:1. condition (noun) condition; provision; proviso; reservation; stipulation2. conditions (noun) conditions; provisions; provisos or provisoes; reservations; stipulations; terms3. lines (noun) columns; echelons; files; lines; queues; ranks; rows; tiers4. power (noun) authority; command; control; domination; jurisdiction; mastery; might; power; sway5. resources (noun) expediencies; expedients; makeshifts; recourses; refuges; resorts; resources; shifts; stopgaps; substitutes; surrogates6. successions (noun) alternations; chains; courses; orders; progressions; rounds; runs; sequels; sequences; series; successions; suites; trains -
88 strings\ of\ epithets
present a group of homogeneous attributes varying in number from three up to sometimes twenty and even moreYou're a scolding, unjust, abusive, aggravating, bad old creature. (Ch.Dickens)
He's a proud, haughty, consequential, turned-nosed peacock. (Ch.Dickens)
And then in a nice, old-fashioned, lady-like, maiden-lady way, she blushed. (A.Christie)
And the eyes watchful, waiting, perceiving, indifferent. (T.S.Eliot)
See: epithetEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > strings\ of\ epithets
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89 The piece is scored for piano, strings, and drums
Разговорное выражение: Эта пьеса оркестрована для фортепьяно, струнных инструментов и ударныхУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > The piece is scored for piano, strings, and drums
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90 the boy is always hanging on to his mother's apron strings
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the boy is always hanging on to his mother's apron strings
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91 the money was given with no strings attached!
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the money was given with no strings attached!
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92 pull strings wires
1) быть заправилой, быть скрытым двигателем, стоять за спиной кого-л., тайно влиять на ход дела [букв. дёргать за ниточки; первонач. тк. в кукольном театре]He sits in his office in San Francisco and pulls the strings and we've got to dance. (Fr. Norris, ‘The Octopus’, book I, ch. III) — Он сидит у себя в кабинете в Сан-Франциско и только дергает за веревочки, а мы здесь должны плясать.
From now on we're just a couple of puppets. They'll pull the strings in London. And we'll stay here and stand the racket. (A. J. Cronin, ‘The Northern Light’, part I, ch. V) — Теперь мы просто марионетки. Господа в Лондоне будут дергать ниточки, а мы здесь - расхлебывать эту кашу.
2) нажимать на тайные пружины, прибегать к протекции; пустить в ход связи; заниматься политическими интригами ( отсюда wire-puller политический интриган)I pulled more strings than you'll ever know of, to keep the prosecution from going any further. (K. S. Prichard, ‘Golden Miles’, ch. 19) — Я нажал на все тайные пружины, сделал столько, что вы и представить себе не можете, чтобы прекратить судебное разбирательство.
There was all that sort of things at the Crillon, of course; there were those who had the President's ear, and other who sought to get it, and pulled wires and flattered and fawned. (U. Sinclair, ‘World's End’, ch. 27) — Всего этого было вдоволь в отеле "Крийон"; одни пользовались влиянием на президента, другие старались этого влияния добиться, пуская в ход всяческие козни, лесть и низкопоклонство.
He knows political Washington, too, and pulls the strings. (W. Du Bois, ‘Worlds of Color’, ch. I) — Кроме того, у него есть связи в Вашингтоне, и он ими нередко пользуется.
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93 play the guitar
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94 purse strings
the subst. flt. \/ˈpɜːsstrɪŋz\/( overført) utgiftene, pengebeholdningenhold the purse strings styre med pengenetighten\/loosen the purse strings stramme inn \/ løsne på pengepungen -
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{'pə:sstriŋz}
n pl връзки на кесия
to hold the PURSE-STRINGS разпореждам се, държа касата
to loosen the PURSE-STRINGS разпущам се, разтварям кесията
to tighten the PURSE-STRINGS ограничавам се, стягам кесията* * *{'pъ:sstrinz} n pl връзки на кесия; to hold the purse-strings разпо* * *1. n pl връзки на кесия 2. to hold the purse-strings разпореждам се, държа касата 3. to loosen the purse-strings разпущам се, разтварям кесията 4. to tighten the purse-strings ограничавам се, стягам кесията* * *purse-strings[´pə:s¸striʃz] n pl връзки на кесия за пари; to hold ( control) the \purse-strings прен. разпореждам се, държа касата; to loosen ( tighten) the \purse-strings прен. разпущам се, развързвам кесията (стягам се, ограничавам се, стягам кесията). -
96 hold the purse strings
контролировать расходы [первонач. амер.]Since Mrs. Chaplin held the purse strings, if she wanted a new frock for the occasion she would certainly not ask her husband for the money. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘The Pool’) — Миссис Чаплин сама распоряжалась деньгами, и потому, если ей вздумается по случаю этого события сшить себе новое платье, она вряд ли станет просит денег у мужа.
And she held the purse strings. Non of them had a penny of their own. (A. Christie, ‘Appointment with Death’ part II, ch. 1) — Мамаша Бойнтон заправляла всеми финансами. У других членов семьи не было и пенни.
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97 purse-strings
[pɜ:sstriŋz]nounplural vrvica mošnjeto hold the purse-strings — upravljati z denarjem, nadzirati uporabo denarjato loosen the purse-strings — biti radodaren, izdati denar -
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purse strings♦voorbeelden:loosen the purse strings • de uitgaven vergrotentighten the purse strings • bezuinigen, de buikriem aanhalen -
99 tighten one's purse strings
сокращать расходы, скупиться, экономитьAs money was so tight with him that he exulted in the opportunity to economise at her expense, he had tightened his purse strings to the limit and ground her further under the pressure of his heel. (A. J. Cronin, ‘Hatter's Castle’, book II, ch. 5) — И так как теперь Броуди был стеснен в средствах и радовался всякой возможности экономить на семье, то он все туже стягивал мошну, и миссис Броуди становилось все труднее и труднее.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > tighten one's purse strings
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100 purse strings
[ʹpɜ:s͵strıŋz] pl1) уст. шнурки, которыми стягивался кошелёк2) финансовые ресурсыto hold /to control/ the purse strings - распоряжаться расходами /деньгами/; контролировать расходы
to tighten the purse strings - сокращать расходы, экономить; скупиться
to loosen the purse strings - увеличивать расходы, не скупиться
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