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61 Cambrian
['kæmbrɪən] 1. прил.; ист.; поэт.1) кимрский, валлийский, уэльсскийSyn:Welsh 2.2) геол. кембрийский, относящийся к кембрийскому периоду2. сущ.1) кимр, валлиецSyn:2) ( the Cambrian) геол. кембрийский период, кембрий ( первый период палеозойской эры) -
62 playboy
['pleɪbɔɪ]сущ.1) гуляка, кутилаSyn:2) повеса, плейбой, бабник3) брит.; нарк. "плейбой" ( таблетка экстази с изображением логотипа одноимённого журнала)Come on, mate, give it a try. I got good pills, those Amsterdam Playboys. The best ever. (I. Welsh, Lorraine goes to Livingston) — Ну, приятель, давай попробуем. У меня есть хорошие таблетки - "Плейбойчики" из Амстердама. Самые клёвые.
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63 set one's sights on smth.
поставить своей целью (сделать что-л.), сосредоточиться на чём-л.By studying Dr Conroy, and by staying for a month or two in an area where most people spoke Welsh, Roger hoped to increase his professional potency and set his sights definitely on Uppsala. (J. Wain, ‘A Winter in the Hills’, part I) — Живя месяц-другой в краю, где говорят по-валлийски, и изучая труды доктора Конроя, он, конечно, значительно расширит свои филологические познания и тогда сможет мечтать об Упсале.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > set one's sights on smth.
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64 backwater
1. n заводь, запруженная вода, затон; верхний бьеф2. n тихая заводь, болото, застойintellectual backwater — отупляющая обстановка, интеллектуальное болото
3. n спец. противотечение; струя обратного течения4. v изменить курс судна на противоположный5. v сдать свои позиции; изменить своё мнениеI predict that the council will backwater — я предвижу, что совет пойдёт на попятный
Синонимический ряд:1. frontier (noun) back country; backcountry; backland; backwash; backwoods; bush; frontier; hinterland; outback; sticks; up-country2. back down (verb) back down; back off; back out; backpedal; crawfish out; cry off; declare off; renege; resile; welsh -
65 have one's sights set on smth.
(тж. set one's sights on smth.)пocтaвить cвoeй цeлью cдeлaть чтo-л. или дoбитьcя чeгo-л., cocpeдoтoчитьcя нa чём-л.But the Inspector has his sights set on more ambitious targets (Th. Sharpe). By staying for a month or two in an area where most people spoke Welsh, Roger hoped to increase his professional [филoлoгичecкий] potency and set his sights definitely on Uppsala (J. Wain)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > have one's sights set on smth.
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