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1 boil the pot
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > boil the pot
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2 boil the pot
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3 boil the pot
зарабатывать средства к жизниподрабатывать, халтуритьАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > boil the pot
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4 boil the pot
зарабатывать средства к жизни, подрабатывать, халтурить -
5 boil\ the\ pot
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6 to boil the pot
to boil the potganhar a vida. -
7 to boil the pot
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8 keep the pot boiling
1) зарабатывать на пропитание, на кусок хлеба (тж. make the pot boil); см. тж. make the pot boilMeantime, there's a few shillings for you, Grace, just to keep the pot boiling till custom comes. (Ch. Brontë, ‘Shirley’, ch. VIII) — А пока, Грейс, вот тебе несколько шиллингов продержаться первое время, пока не появятся покупатели.
2) энергично продолжать (заниматься своим делом), продолжать в том же духе...Mr. Pickwick paused... took two or three short runs, baulked himself as often, and at last took another run and went slowly and gravely down the slide... ‘Keep the pot a bilin' [= boiling], sir,’ said Sam. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Pickwick Papers’, ch. XXX) —...мистер Пиквик помедлил... разбежался раз, другой, третий и столько же раз остановился, затем разбежался еще раз и медленно и торжественно покатился по дорожке... - Хорошо, сэр, продолжайте в том же духе, - крикнул Сэм.
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9 make the pot boil
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10 beauty doesn't make the pot boil
var: beauty never boiled a potкрасою ситий не будешEnglish-Ukrainian dictionary of proverbs > beauty doesn't make the pot boil
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11 keep the pot boiling - = to make the pot boil
Общая лексика: он пописывал и этим кормилсяУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > keep the pot boiling - = to make the pot boil
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12 keep the pot boiling = to make the pot boil
Общая лексика: энергично продолжать, поддерживать быстрый темп (и т. п.)Универсальный англо-русский словарь > keep the pot boiling = to make the pot boil
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13 Money will make the pot boil though the devil piss in the fire
Табуированная лексика: поговорка по поводу всесилия денегУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > Money will make the pot boil though the devil piss in the fire
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14 keep the pot on the boil
Общая лексика: зарабатывать на пропитание, энергично продолжатьУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > keep the pot on the boil
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15 keep the pot on the boil
зарабатывать на пропитаниеэнергично продолжатьАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > keep the pot on the boil
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16 keep the pot on the boil
зарабатывать на пропитание, энергично продолжать* * *1) зарабатывать на пропитание 2) энергично продолжать -
17 to keep the pot on the boil
Англо-русский современный словарь > to keep the pot on the boil
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18 make the pot boil
Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > make the pot boil
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19 make the pot boil
Общая лексика: зарабатывать средства к жизни, подрабатывать, энергично продолжать, поддерживать быстрый темп (и т. п.), зарабатывать на жизнь, зарабатывать на кусок хлеба, зарабатывать на пропитание, зарабатывать себе на кусок хлеба, халтурить -
20 make the pot boil
зарабатывать средства к жизниподрабатывать, халтуритьАнгло-русский большой универсальный переводческий словарь > make the pot boil
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