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1 the upper crust
(the upper crust (тж. the upper ten или ten thousand))верхушка общества, аристократия [первонач. амер.]Is it true that Senators are bought by vested interests, and that the Executive is infested with those placed there by the upper crust and taken out of the top drawer? (V. Perlo, ‘The Empire of High Finance’, ch. I) — Правда ли, что крупные капиталисты подкупают сенаторов и что в правительстве каждый третий назначен господствующей верхушкой и сам принадлежит к верхним слоям общества?
The Peerage... the bulky volume that records the alliances and the ages of the "upper ten thousand". (OED) — Книга пэров... это объемистый том, содержащий сведения о брачных союзах и возрасте всех представителей аристократической верхушки.
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2 the upper storey
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3 the Upper House
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4 the upper middle class
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5 the upper servants
the upper servants старшая прислуга (дворецкий и т. п.) -
6 the upper ten
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7 the upper thousand
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8 (the) upper deck
the upper/promenade (lower) deck верхняя (нижняя) палуба -
9 (the) upper eyelid
the upper (lower) eyelid верхнее (нижнее) веко -
10 the upper hand
превосходство, перевес [часть выражения to have the upper hand; см. gain the upper hand]...at last, his passion completely taking the upper hand he struck at them right and left in his blindness, and his stick sounded heavily on more than one. (R. L. Stevenson, ‘Treasure Island’, ch. V) — В припадке неистовой злобы Пью поднял свою клюку и, бросившись на товарищей, принялся награждать их ударами.
It was the first time in his life that anyone had dared to take the upper hand of him, and he ground his teeth to think that he had been outfaced and outwitted by the effrontery of such a low-born upstart. (A. J. Cronin, ‘Hatter's Castle’, book I, ch. 8) — В первый раз за всю его жизнь нашелся человек, дерзнувший дать ему отпор, и он скрипел зубами при мысли, что какой-то выскочка самого низкого происхождения посмел говорить ему дерзости в лицо и ушел безнаказанно, посрамив его, Броуди!
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11 the upper crust
вepxний cлoй, вepxушкa oбщecтвa, гocпoдcтвующaя вepxушкa, apиcтoкpaтия; мecтнaя элитa [пepвoнaч. aмep.]It was a very big society wedding, all the upper crust were there. The bus picked its way through District Six and dropped him at the top end, in the select and exclusive quarter of the upper crust of Cape Town's coloured community (P. Abrahams) -
12 the upper crust
«сливки»/цвет обществаIn certain working situations, belonging to the upper crust can create more problems than belonging to the underprivileged classes.
High-ranking army officers and communist party officials belonged to the upper crust of Soviet society.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > the upper crust
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13 (the) upper lip
1) the upper (lower) lip верхняя (нижняя) губа2) the upper lip (shelf) верхняя губа (полка) -
14 (the purpose of the book is in part to discuss the validity of the upper bound work method in a form that) can be appreciated by a practicing engineer
Математика: который может быть принят практическим инженером (...)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > (the purpose of the book is in part to discuss the validity of the upper bound work method in a form that) can be appreciated by a practicing engineer
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15 the purpose of the book is in part to discuss the validity of the upper bound work method and in part to provide compact and up-to-date summary of recent advances in
Общая лексика: целью данной книги частично является обсуждение применимости (...) метода и час (...)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the purpose of the book is in part to discuss the validity of the upper bound work method and in part to provide compact and up-to-date summary of recent advances in
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16 the purpose of the book is in part to discuss the validity of the upper bound work method in a form that can be appreciated by a practicing soil engineer
Математика: целью этой книги частично является обсуждение справедливости (...)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the purpose of the book is in part to discuss the validity of the upper bound work method in a form that can be appreciated by a practicing soil engineer
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17 the upper part of a glacier, where the ice flow lines have a component into the glacier surface
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > the upper part of a glacier, where the ice flow lines have a component into the glacier surface
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18 (the plate is submitted to body forces f and the upper and lower surfaces to) surface forces
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > (the plate is submitted to body forces f and the upper and lower surfaces to) surface forces
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19 (the) upper canopy (of the forest)
Биология: верхний ярус крон деревьев (в лесу)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > (the) upper canopy (of the forest)
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20 The plate is submitted to body forces f and the upper and lower surfaces to surface forces g1 and g2
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > The plate is submitted to body forces f and the upper and lower surfaces to surface forces g1 and g2
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