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21 break
I [breɪk] n1) разрыв, пролом, брешь, дыра, пробоинаThe dog escaped through a break in the fence. — Собака убежала через щель/дыру в заборе.
There was a break in the water-pipes. — Водопровод прорвало.
There was a break between two friends. — Между друзьями произошел разрыв.
There was a mass prison break. — Массовый побег из тюрьмы имел место.
When the rain stopped we made a break for home. — Когда дождь перестал мы бросились домой.
- complete break- unhappy break
- diplomatic break
- break in the skin
- break in the circuit
- break in the pipe
- break in the fence
- break in the window
- break in the gas-pipe
- break of diplomatic relations
- commit a break of etiquette
- make a complete break with an old tradition2) перерыв, пауза, интервалWe had a long break in our jurney. — Во время путешествия у нас была длительная остановка.
They noticed a curious break in his voice. — Они заметили, что голос его странно срывался.
There was an awkward break in delivery. — Произошел досадный перерыв в доставке.
- tea breakThere was no break in the rains. — Дождям не было конца. /Беспрерывно шел дождь.
- news break
- hour's break for lunch
- 10 minutes' break for tea
- break in smth
- break in prices
- break in the conversation
- break of continuity
- break of slope
- break of voice
- break in the weather
- break in the ordinary routine
- break in the heat-wave
- without a break
- during a break at school
- at the break of the day
- write to smb after a break of two years
- have a break
- take a ten minutes break
- go on reading to the next break
- speak without a break3) везение, удача, шансIt was a lucky break. — Мне повезло.
The breaks were against us. — Нам не везло.
The cinema director discovered the actress and gave her a break. — Режиссер нашел эту актрису и дал ей возможность попытать счастья на съемках.
Give me a break. — ◊ Я в покое. /Отстань от меня
- bad break- lucky break
- give smb a break II [breɪk] v(broke, broken)1) ломать, разбивать, разламывать- break a chair- break a cup
- break a
- break smth into pieces2) ломаться, разрываться- chair breaks- cup breaks
- rope breaks3) нарушать- break one's promise- break the silence
- break the rules4) порывать- break with smb, smth- break with old habits
- break the ice
- it's the last straw that breaks the camel's back
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22 back I
n
1) спина, to be ( или to lie) on one`s ~ а) быть побеждённым;
б) лежать больным, to give smb. the ~ игнорировать кого-л., пренебрегать кем-л., he is glad to see the ~ of он счастлив, что отделался от (кого-л.), to turn one`s ~ upon smb. покинуть кого-л., отвернуться от кого-л., with one`s ~ to the wall прижатый к стене, to crouch one`s ~ before гнуть спину перед( кем-л.) ;
2) а) спинной хребет, позвоночник;
б) поясница, крестец;
3) задняя часть или оборотная сторона чего-л., спинка( стула, платья), изнанка, корешок( книги), ~ of the hand тыльная поверхность руки, at the ~ of one`s mind подсознательно, to be at the ~ of быть тайной причиной чего-л.;
4) гребень (волны, холма), ~ of the ship киль судна;
5) спорт. защитник( тж. full ~), half ~ полузащитник, ~ and edge целиком, полностью, to break the ~ of а) преодолеть препятствие или самую трудную часть чего-л., отделаться от;
б) разорить кого-л.;
в) сокрушить, сломить сопротивление, it breaks the camel`s ~ е это последняя капля, to get ( или to put, to set) one`s ~ up рассердить(ся), разозлить(ся), on the ~ of в дополнение к, to put one`s ~ into много работать над чем-л., the ~ of beyond край света -
23 straw
[stro:]1) (( also adjective) (of) the cut stalks of corn etc, having many uses, eg as bedding for cattle etc, making mats and other goods etc: The cows need fresh straw; a straw hat.) slama2) (a single stalk of corn: There's a straw in your hair; Their offer isn't worth a straw!) slamnata bilka3) (a paper or plastic tube through which to suck a drink into the mouth: He was sipping orange juice through a straw.) slamica•* * *I [strɔ:]1.nounslamnata bilka, slama, pletena slama; slamica (za pitje); figuratively bilka, malenkost, mrvica; slamnikin the straw obsolete v porodni posteljia straw in the wind — slamica v vetru, figuratively majhna stvar, ki je znak prihodnjih velikih dogodkovthe last straw figuratively tisto, kar preseže merothe last straw that breaks the camel's back — majhen dodatek bremenu, ki zlomi kameli hrbet, figuratively tisto, kar sodu izbije dnoa man of straw — slamnati mož, lutka, slabič; ptičje strašiloto be (to lie) in the straw obsolete biti otročnicaI don't care a straw — še malo mi ni mar, požvižgam sea straw shows which way the wind blows — tudi majhna stvar pokaže (da slutiti) važne stvari (dogodke)it is not worth a straw — ni vredno prebite pare, počenega grošato be quite out of one's straw figuratively biti ves zmešan, zmedento split straws — cepiti slamice, figuratively ukvarjati se z nekoristnimi stvarmi, prepirati se zaradi malenkostito throw straws against the wind figuratively zaman se truditi;2.adjectiveslamnatII [strɔ:]transitive verbobsolete napolniti ali nastlati s slamo
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