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разг.1) (с трудом справляться с нуждой, едва укладываться в сумму заработка, сметы и т. п.) make both (two) ends meet, make ends meet; make buckle and tongue meet Amer.Князь Шеин, несмотря на своё видное положение в обществе, а может быть и благодаря ему, едва сводил концы с концами. (А. Куприн, Гранатовый браслет) — Despite his prominence in society, or possibly because of it, Prince Sheyin could hardly make both ends meet.
Когда в семье четыре парня, одежонка на них горит, как на огне. Ещё удивительно, что Мария как-то сводила концы с концами и ребятишки ходили чисто, не хуже других... (В. Распутин, Деньги для Марии) — When there are four of them in a family the clothes go as if devoured by flames. The remarkable thing was that Maria managed to make ends meet and her sons always looked neat and clean and were dressed as well as the rest of the village children.
2) (справляться с каким-либо затруднением, согласовывая различные стороны дела, работы и т. п.) make ends meet; tie up the ends; bring matters to a successful conclusionПисатель придумал Зубцова, заставил его влюбиться по уши в жену товарища, осрамил перед всеми, а затем, чтобы свести концы с концами, отправил в Заполярье. (И. Эренбург, Оттепель) — The novelist thought up Zubtsov, made him fall in love with his friend's wife, shamed him publicly, and to tie up the ends, sent him to Arctic.
Был ли я справедлив? Научился ли этому за долгую жизнь? И как свести концы с концами в поисках справедливости? (И. Грекова, Кафедра) — Was I just? Did I learn to be so in my long life? And how to make ends meet in the search for justice?
Кошев, зелено-бледный от ядрёного дыма самосада, то и дело вытирал платком влажную шею и не знал, как свернуть собрание и свести концы с концами. (П. Проскурин, Судьба) — Koshev, pale, almost green from the poisonous fumes of home-grown tobacco, kept dabbing his sweaty neck with his handkerchief, at a loss how to round the meeting out and bring matters to a successful conclusion.
Русско-английский фразеологический словарь > сводить концы с концами
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НА ПАМЯТИ чьей, кого PrepP Invar the resulting PrepP is adv or subj-compl with бытье ( subj: usu. abstr, human, or collect)) during s.o. 's lifetime, so that he himself has been a witness to sth. and remembers what happened at the time: на Х-овой памяти - in (within) X's memory (recollection) X can recall (remember) (in limited contexts) in (within) living memory.Я думаю о своем роде, о его и своей судьбе... У нас было пять ветвей, все мужские. Четыре из них прекратились при моей жизни, на моей памяти (Федин 1). I think of my family, of its fate and my own... We had five branches, all male. Four of them came to an end during my lifetime, within my memory (1a)Саша никогда не думал, что в Советском Союзе есть ещё меньшевики и эсеры. Троцкисты - это уже на его памяти. Но эти? (Рыбаков 2). Sasha had never realized that there were still any Mensheviks or Socialist Revolutionaries left in the Soviet Union. Trotskyites he could remember. But the others? (2a). -
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• НА ПАМЯТИ чьей, кого[PrepP; Invar; the resulting PrepP is adv or subj-compl with быть (subj: usu. abstr, human, or collect)]=====⇒ during s.o.'s lifetime, so that he himself has been a witness to sth. and remembers what happened at the time:- [in limited contexts] in (within) living memory.♦ Я думаю о своем роде, о его и своей судьбе... У нас было пять ветвей, все мужские. Четыре из них прекратились при моей жизни, на моей памяти (Федин 1). I think of my family, of its fate and my own... We had five branches, all male. Four of them came to an end during my lifetime, within my memory (1a)♦ Саша никогда не думал, что в Советском Союзе есть ещё меньшевики и эсеры. Троцкисты - это уже на его памяти. Но эти? (Рыбаков 2). Sasha had never realized that there were still any Mensheviks or Socialist Revolutionaries left in the Soviet Union. Trotskyites he could remember. But the others? (2a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > на памяти
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