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1 a short cut
1) короткий, прямой путь, кратчайшее расстояние (обыкн. употр. с гл. to make и to take)He suggested that they should leave the path and make a short cut across the greensward. (B. Shaw, ‘Cashel Byron's Profession’, ch. VII) — Он предложил сойти с тропинки и пойти напрямик через зеленую лужайку.
2) самый быстрый, кратчайший путьThe French materialists did not limit their criticism to matters of religious belief; they extended it to whatever scientific tradition or political institution they met with; and to prove the claim of their doctrine to universal application, they took the shortest cut and boldly applied it to all subjects of knowledge in the giant work after which they were named - the Encyclopedie. (F. Engels, ‘Socialism: Utopian and Scientific’, Special Introduction to the English Edition of 1892) — Французские материалисты не ограничивали своей критики только областью религии: они критиковали каждую научную традицию, каждое политическое учреждение своего времени. Чтобы доказать всеобщую применимость своей теории, они избрали кратчайший путь: они смело применили ее ко всем объектам знания в том гигантском труде, от которого они получили свое имя, - в "Энциклопедии"...
Mrs. Hillcrist: "A man like that thinks of nothing but the short cut to his own way." (J. Galsworthy, ‘The Skin Game’, act I) — Миссис Хилкрист: "Такой человек ни о чем другом не думает - лишь бы поскорее добиться своего."
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2 a short cut
He suggested that they should leave the path and make a short cut across the greensward (G. B. Shaw)2) caмый быcтpый, кpaтчaйший путь (к дocтижeнию чeгo-л.)Mrs. Hillcrist. A man like that thinks of nothing but the short cut to his own way (J. Galsworthy). There are many short cuts one can learn in dealing with numbers
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