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1 висеть на волоске
1) General subject: be in the balance, cliff-hang, hang by, hang in the balance, hang on a thread, on a thread, swing in the balance, tremble in the balance, hang on by eyebrows, hang on by eyelashes2) Colloquial: cliffhang3) Set phrase: hang by a thread4) Makarov: hang by a hair, hang by a single hair, hang by the eyelids, hang on by ( one's) eyebrows, hang on by (one's) eyelashes, hang on by on's eye brows, hang on by on's eyelashes, hang on by the eye brows, hang on by the eyelashes, hang on by the eyelids, to cliff-hang -
2 смотреть с захватывающим интересом
Универсальный русско-английский словарь > смотреть с захватывающим интересом
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3 затаив дыхание
1) General subject: cliff-hang, the audience sat in unbreathing astonishment, with an absorbed attention, with bated breath, breathlessly2) Colloquial: cliffhang4) Internet: heart-in-mouth ('I was going up to the butterfly very careful, heart-in-mouth, as they say" (The Collector, John Fowles)) -
4 оборвать рассказ на самом интересном месте
1) General subject: cliffhang2) Makarov: to cliff-hangУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > оборвать рассказ на самом интересном месте
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5 оборвать фильм на самом интересном месте
Makarov: to cliff-hangУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > оборвать фильм на самом интересном месте
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6 оборвать фильм, рассказ на самом интересном месте
General subject: cliff-hangУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > оборвать фильм, рассказ на самом интересном месте
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7 смотреть, затаив дыхание
Makarov: to cliff-hangУниверсальный русско-английский словарь > смотреть, затаив дыхание
См. также в других словарях:
cliff|hang|er — «KLIHF HANG uhr», noun, adjective. Slang. –n. a story, play, motion picture, or real situation that depends on unusually strong and sustained suspense for its dramatic interest: »... a script for a Hollywood cliffhanger (Newsweek). –adj.… … Useful english dictionary
cliff|hang|ing — «KLIHF HANG ihng», adjective. Slang. suspenseful: »a cliffhanging contest … Useful english dictionary
cliff|hang — «KLIHF HANG», intransitive verb. ang. 1. to undergo the suspense of a cliffhanger: »He [Eugene O Neill] can put a character in a preposterous situation and still make the playgoer cliffhang over the outcome (Time). 2. to write or produce a… … Useful english dictionary
cliff-hang — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ intransitive verb : to end an installment of a cliff hanger with a suspenseful usually melodramatic unresolved conflict designed to entice the audience to read or view the succeeding installment to discover the resolution of the… … Useful english dictionary
cliff-hang — /klif hang /, v.i., cliff hung, cliff hanging. Informal. to wait eagerly for the outcome of a suspenseful situation or contest. Also, cliffhang. [1935 40] * * * … Universalium
cliff-hang — intransitive verb Etymology: back formation from cliff hanger Date: 1946 to await the outcome of a suspenseful situation … New Collegiate Dictionary
cliff-hang·er — /ˈklıfˌhæŋɚ/ noun, pl ers [count] : a story, contest, or situation that is very exciting because what is going to happen next is not known The election was a real cliff hanger. No one knew who was going to win until the very end … Useful english dictionary
cliff-hanger — cliff′ hang er or cliff′hang er n. 1) a melodramatic adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense 2) a situation or contest of which the outcome is uncertain up to the very last moment • Etymology: 1935–40, amer. cliff′ hang ing,… … From formal English to slang
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Cliff Carlisle — in den 1930er Jahren Clifford Raymond „Cliff“ Carlisle (* 6. Mai 1904 in Taylorsville, Kentucky; † 2. April 1983 in Lexington, Kentucky) war ein US amerikanischer Old Time und Country Musiker, der als Pionier des Blue Yodeling gilt, einer… … Deutsch Wikipedia
hang on — {v.} 1. To hold on to something, usually tightly. * /Jack almost fell off the cliff, but managed to hang on until help came./ Syn.: HOLD ON(1). 2a. To continue doing something; persist. * /The grocer was losing money every day, but he hung on,… … Dictionary of American idioms