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681 как хочешь
• КАК ХОТИТЕ < ХОЧЕШЬ>[these forms only; fixed WO]=====1. [subord clause]⇒ (you can do sth.) any way you want, (you can do) whatever you choose:- (do) as you please <will, wish, like>;- [in limited contexts](do) whatever you want.♦ [Митя:]...Судите, как хотите, я весь тут-с: я вашу дочку полюбил душою-с (Островский 2). [М.:] You must judge me as you will; here I stand, just as I am. But I love your daughter with all my heart (2b).♦ "Так пойдёшь ужинать?" - "Не хочется". - "Дело хозяйское. Как хочешь" (Залыгин 1). "Are you going to get supper?" "I don't feel like it." "Suit yourself. Do as you like" (1a).♦ "Ирма, иди в машину, ты вся промокла. Бол-Кунац, на твоём месте я бы тоже пошёл в машину"... Бол-Кунац сказал вежливо: "Благодарю вас, господин Банев, но, право, я лучше останусь". - "Как хочешь" (Стругацкие 1). "Irma...go to the car, you're soaking wet. Bol-Kunats, if I were you I'd also get into the car."...Bol-Kunats looked at him politely. "Thank you, Mr. Banev, but I think I'd better stay." "Whatever you want" (1a).2. [sent adv (parenth; usu. foll. by a clause introduced by Conj " а" or "но"]⇒ (usu. used when objecting to s.o.'s statement or when anticipating an objection to one's own statement) whether you agree with me or not, regardless of whether you think the way I do:- say what you like < will>, but...;- that's all very well, but...;- [in limited contexts] all the same.♦ "Нет, господа, как хотите, а Коршунова превзойти невозможно! Дракон, а не человек!" (Шолохов 5). "No, gentlemen, say what you like, but Korshunov is unbeatable! He's not a man but a dragon!" (5a).Большой русско-английский фразеологический словарь > как хочешь
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think better of it — If you think better of something, you decide not to do something that you intended to do. I wanted to go shopping, but when I saw the crowded car park I thought better of it … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
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