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1 bribe
1. сущ.эк., юр. взятка, подкупto accept [to take\] bribes — брать взятки
The minister was dismissed for taking bribes. — Министр был отстранен от занимаемой должности за взяточничество.
Syn:See:2. гл.эк., юр. давать взятку, подкупатьHe bribed a senior civil servant to get the import licence passed. — Он дал взятку высшему должностному лицу, чтобы получить разрешение на ввоз товаров.
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взятка: незаконное подношение официальному лицу в той или иной форме за совершение определенных действий в пользу взяткодателя. -
2 bribe
1. IIIbribe smb. bribe a judge (a witness a policeman, etc.) подкупать. судью и т. д.)., давать взятки судье и т. д., you can't bribe him его нельзя подкупить. он неподкупен2. VIIbribe smb. to do smth. bribe a witness to commit perjury (a janitor to let us into the house, etc.) подкупить свидетеля /дать взятку свидетелю/, чтобы он дал ложные показания и т. д. XXI 1 bribe smb. into smth. bribe the maid into silence (his secretary into secrecy, the chief of the tribe into submission, etc.) подкупом /взяткой/ добиваться от горничной молчания /, чтобы горничная хранила молчание о чем-л./' и т. д.; bribe smb. by smth. bribe the secretary by costly presents подкупать секретаря дорогими подарками3. XXIIbribe smb. into doing smth. bribe the janitor into letting them in (the maid into keeping silent, etc.) подкупом /взяткой/ добиться, чтобы швейцар впустил их и т. д. -
3 bribe
1. noun(a gift offered to persuade a person to do something, usually dishonest: Policemen are not allowed to accept bribes.) suborno2. verb(to give (someone) a bribe: He bribed the guards to let him out of prison.) subornar- bribery* * *[braib] n 1 suborno. 2 fig sedução. • vt 1 subornar. he bribed the policeman / ele subornou o policial. 2 influenciar por meio de suborno, seduzir. to take a bribe deixar-se subornar. -
4 save face
мы говорим: ""сохранить честь мундира"", то бишь спасти свою репутацию, американцы говорят: ""сохранить лицо"": — This policeman was caught accepting a bribe. But he tried to save the face by claiming that was money owed to him.— Этот полисмен был взят с поличным во время получения взятки. Но он пытался отстоять свою честь, заявив, что эти деньги были им якобы ранее одолжены,—рассказывает 'комиссар Ле Пешен сержанту Холдуину. мы говорим: ""сохранить честь мундира"", то бишь спасти свою репутацию, американцы говорят: ""сохранить лицо"": — This policeman was caught accepting a bribe. But he tried to save the face by claiming that was money owed to him.— Этот полисмен был взят с поличным во время получения взятки. Но он пытался отстоять свою честь, заявив, что эти деньги были им якобы ранее одолжены,—рассказывает 'комиссар Ле Пешен сержанту Холдуину.English-Russian slang from the book M. Goldenkova "Caution, hot dog" > save face
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5 take
take [teɪk]━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. noun4. compounds━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━1. nouna. prendre• do you take sugar? vous prenez du sucre ?• he takes "The Times" il lit le « Times »• to take sth upon o.s. prendre qch sur soi• to take it upon o.s. to do sth prendre sur soi de faire qch► to take + from• he took $10 off the price il a fait une remise de 10 dollarsc. ( = capture) attraper ; [+ prize, degree] obtenird. ( = earn) (British) the shop takes about £5,000 per day le magasin fait un chiffre d'affaires d'environ 5 000 livres par joure. ( = occupy) is this seat taken? cette place est-elle prise ?g. ( = sit) [+ exam, test] passerh. ( = study) [+ subject] fairei. ( = teach) [+ class, students] faire cours àj. ( = tolerate) [+ behaviour, remark] accepterk. ( = have as capacity) contenirl. ( = accept) [+ gift, payment, bribe, bet] accepter ; [+ news] supporter• he won't take less than $50 for it il ne le laissera pas pour moins de 50 dollars• take it from me! croyez-moi (sur parole) !• will you take it from here? (handing over task) pouvez-vous prendre la relève ?m. ( = assume) supposer• what do you take me for? pour qui me prenez-vous ?n. ( = consider) prendreo. ( = require) prendre• he's got what it takes! (inf) il est à la hauteurp. ( = carry) porter• he takes home £200 a week il gagne 200 livres net par semaine• £20 doesn't take you far these days de nos jours on ne va pas loin avec 20 livres• what took you to Lille? pourquoi êtes-vous allés à Lille ?[vaccination, plant cutting] prendre4. compounds[+ person] tenir dea. ( = carry away) emporter ; ( = lead away) emmenerb. ( = remove) [+ object] retirer( ( from sb à qn), from sth de qch ;) [+ sb's child] enlever ( from sb à qn)a. ( = accept back) [+ person] reprendre• I take it all back! je n'ai rien dit !b. [+ book, goods] rapporter ; [+ person] raccompagnerc. ( = recall) it takes me back to my childhood cela me rappelle mon enfance► take down separable transitive verbb. ( = dismantle) démontera. (into building) [+ person] faire entrerb. [+ homeless person, stray dog] recueillirc. [+ skirt, waistband] reprendred. ( = include) comprendree. ( = understand) comprendre[person] partir ; [aircraft, career, scheme] décollera. ( = remove) [+ garment, lid] enlever ; [+ telephone receiver] décrocher ; [+ item on menu] supprimer• he took £5 off il a fait une remise de 5 livresb. ( = lead away) emmener• to take o.s. off s'en allera. [+ work, responsibility] se charger de ; [challenger in game, fight] accepter d'affronter• he has taken on more than he bargained for il ne s'était pas rendu compte de ce à quoi il s'engageaitc. ( = contend with) s'attaquer à• he took on the whole committee il s'en est pris à tout le comité► take out separable transitive verba. ( = lead or carry outside) sortirb. (from pocket, drawer) prendre (from, of dans ) ; ( = remove) retirer ; [+ tooth] arracher ; [+ appendix, tonsils] enlever• don't take it out on me! (inf) ne t'en prends pas à moi !c. [+ insurance policy] souscrire à► take over[dictator, army, political party] prendre le pouvoira. ( = assume responsibility for) [+ business, shop] reprendrea. ( = conceive liking for) [+ person] se prendre de sympathie pour ; [+ game, action, study] prendre goût à• she took to telling everyone... elle s'est mise à dire à tout le monde...a. [+ carpet] enlever ; [+ hem] raccourcir ; (after interruption) [+ one's work, book] reprendre ; [+ conversation, discussion, story] reprendre (le fil de)b. ( = occupy) [+ space, time] prendre ; [+ attention] occuperc. ( = raise question of) aborder* * *[teɪk] 1.1) Cinema prise f (de vues); Music enregistrement m2.1) ( take hold of) prendre [object, money]to take something from — prendre quelque chose sur [shelf, table]; prendre quelque chose dans [drawer, box]
to take something out of — sortir quelque chose de [pocket]
to take somebody by the hand/throat — prendre quelqu'un par la main/à la gorge
2) ( carry with one) emporter, prendre [object]; ( carry to a place) emporter, porter [object]to take somebody something —
to take something upstairs/downstairs — monter/descendre quelque chose
3) (accompany, lead) emmener [person]to take somebody to — [bus, road] conduire quelqu'un à [place]
to take somebody to school/work — emmener quelqu'un à l'école/au travail
you can't take him anywhere! — hum il n'est pas sortable!
his work takes him to many different countries — son travail l'appelle à se déplacer dans beaucoup de pays différents
4) ( go by) prendre [bus, taxi, plane, road, path]5) ( negotiate) [driver, car] prendre [corner, bend]; [horse] sauter [fence]6) (capture, win) [army] prendre [fortress, city, chess piece]; ( in cards) faire [trick]; [person] remporter [prize]7) ( have) prendre [bath, shower, holiday]; prendre [milk, sugar, pills]I'll take a pound of apples, please — donnez-moi une livre de pommes, s'il vous plaît
8) ( accept) accepter [job, cheque, credit card, bribe]; prendre [patients, pupils, phone call]; [machine] accepter [coins]; supporter [pain, criticism]; accepter [punishment]will you take £10 for the radio? — je vous offre 10 livres sterling en échange de votre radio
that's my last offer, take it or leave it! — c'est ma dernière proposition, c'est à prendre ou à laisser!
9) ( require) [activity, course of action] demander, exiger [patience, skill, courage]; Linguistics [verb] prendre [object]; [preposition] être suivi de [case]to have what it takes — avoir tout ce qu'il faut ( to do pour faire)
10) ( react to) prendre [news, matter, comments]11) ( adopt) adopter [view, attitude]; prendre [measures, steps]to take the view ou attitude that — être d'avis que, considérer que
12) ( assume)to take somebody for ou to be something — prendre quelqu'un pour quelque chose
13) ( consider) prendre [person, example, case]take Jack (for example), he has brought a family up by himself — prends Jack, il a élevé une famille tout seul
14) ( record) prendre [notes, statement, letter]; prendre [pulse, temperature, blood pressure]; Photography prendre [photograph]to take somebody's measurements — ( for clothes) prendre les mesures de quelqu'un
15) ( hold) [hall, bus] pouvoir contenir [50 people, 50 passengers]; [tank, container] avoir une capacité de [quantity]the suitcase won't take any more clothes — il est impossible de mettre plus de vêtements dans cette valise
16) School, University ( study) prendre, faire [subject]; suivre [course]; prendre [lessons] (in de); ( sit) passer [exam, test]; ( teach) [teacher, lecturer] faire cours à [students]17) ( wear) ( in clothes) faire [size]what size do you take? — ( in clothes) quelle taille faîtes-vous?; ( in shoes) quelle est votre pointure?, quelle pointure faîtes-vous?
I take a size 5 — ( in shoes) je chausse du 38
18) Mathematics ( subtract) soustraire [number, quantity]19) ( officiate at) [priest] célébrer [service]3.intransitive verb (prét took; pp taken) ( have desired effect) [drug] faire effet; [dye] prendre; ( grow successfully) [plant] prendrePhrasal Verbs:- take in- take off- take on- take out- take to- take up••to be on the take — (colloq) toucher des pots-de-vin
to take it ou a lot out of somebody — fatiguer beaucoup quelqu'un
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6 reach
reach [ri:tʃ]portée ⇒ 1 (a), 1 (e) extension ⇒ 1 (b) arriver à ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (c), 2 (d) atteindre ⇒ 2 (a)-(c) parvenir à ⇒ 2 (a), 2 (d) passer ⇒ 2 (e) joindre ⇒ 2 (f) tendre la main ⇒ 3 (a) s'étendre ⇒ 3 (b)1 noun∎ within (arm's) reach à portée de la main;∎ within reach of à la portée de; (of place) à proximité de, proche de;∎ the house is within easy reach of the shops la maison est à proximité des magasins;∎ within everyone's reach (affordable by all) à la portée de toutes les bourses;∎ out of or beyond reach hors de portée;∎ out of reach of hors de (la) portée de;∎ keep out of the reach of children (on packaging) ne pas laisser à la portée des enfants;∎ nuclear physics is beyond my reach la physique nucléaire, ça me dépasse complètement;∎ beyond the reach of the authorities à l'abri des ou hors de la portée des autorités∎ a good or long reach une bonne allonge∎ she made a reach for the gun elle étendit la main pour prendre le revolver∎ we'll never reach Las Vegas by nightfall nous n'arriverons jamais à Las Vegas avant la tombée de la nuit;∎ they reached port ils arrivèrent au ou gagnèrent le port;∎ to reach the end of one's journey arriver au bout de son voyage;∎ easy/difficult to reach facile/difficile d'accès;∎ which page have you reached? à quelle page en es-tu?;∎ I've reached the end of chapter one je suis arrivé à la fin du premier chapitre;∎ the letter hasn't reached him yet la lettre ne lui est pas encore parvenue;∎ it has reached my ears that… j'ai entendu dire ou appris que… + indicative;∎ the sound of laughter reached their ears des rires parvenaient à leurs oreilles(b) (get as far as → age, goal, point, level) atteindre;∎ to reach the age of eighty atteindre l'âge de quatre-vingts ans;∎ to reach the semi-finals atteindre les demi-finales;∎ contributions have reached the million-pound mark le montant des contributions a atteint un million de livres;∎ inflation has reached record levels l'inflation a atteint des niveaux record;∎ production has reached rock bottom or an all time low la production est descendue à son niveau le plus bas;∎ to reach a ceiling (imports, wages) plafonner;∎ to reach a younger/wider audience toucher un public plus jeune/large∎ the water reached my knees l'eau m'arrivait aux genoux;∎ she reaches his shoulders elle lui arrive à l'épaule;∎ can you reach the top shelf? est-ce que tu peux atteindre la dernière étagère?;∎ the ladder doesn't quite reach the roof l'échelle n'atteint pas tout à fait le toit;∎ are the curtains long enough to reach the floor? est-ce que les rideaux sont suffisamment longs pour descendre jusqu'au sol?;∎ his feet don't reach the floor ses pieds ne touchent pas par terre(d) (come to → agreement, decision, conclusion) arriver à, parvenir à; (→ compromise) arriver à, aboutir à; (→ verdict) parvenir à(e) (pass, hand) passer;∎ could you reach me that book? pourriez-vous me passer ce livre?∎ to reach sb by telephone joindre qn par ou au téléphone;∎ you can always reach me at this number vous pouvez toujours me joindre à ce numéro∎ to reach for sth or to get sth tendre la main pour prendre qch;∎ she reached for her glass elle tendit la main pour prendre son verre;∎ he reached across the table for the mustard il allongea le bras par-dessus la table pour prendre la moutarde;∎ the policeman reached for his gun l'agent de police mit la main sur son revolver;∎ to reach into sth (for sth) mettre la main dans qch (pour prendre qch);∎ reach for the sky! haut les mains!;∎ to reach for the stars viser haut∎ it won't reach ce n'est pas assez longétendue f;∎ vast reaches of water/moorland de vastes étendues fpl d'eau/de lande;∎ the upper/the lower reaches of a river l'amont m/l'aval m d'une rivière;∎ the upper reaches of society les échelons mpl supérieurs de la societé;∎ in the further reaches of the empire au fin fond de l'empire(in time) remonter;∎ a family reaching back to the 16th century une famille qui remonte au XVIème siècledescendre;∎ can you reach me down that saucepan? est-ce que tu peux me passer la casserole là-haut?(a) (coat, hair) descendre;∎ her skirt reached down to her ankles sa jupe lui descendait jusqu'aux chevilles(arm, hand) tendre, étendre;∎ he reached out his hand and took the money il étendit la main et prit l'argenttendre ou étendre le bras;∎ to reach out to people in need venir en aide aux nécessiteux;∎ reach out for Jesus! tendez la main vers le Seigneur!(b) (rise → water, snow)∎ to reach up to arriver à;∎ the water reached up to my waist l'eau m'arrivait à la taille;∎ her boots reached halfway up her legs ses bottes lui montaient à mi-jambe
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