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1 dither
['dɪðə] 1. сущ.1) разг. сильное возбуждение2) смятение, смущение, замешательствоSyn:3) диал. дрожь, трепетSyn:4) диал. ознобSyn:2. гл.2) колебаться; быть в нерешительностиI still dithered about participating. — Я всё еще колебался, участвовать мне или нет.
He dithered on what should have been a no-brainer. — Он ломал голову над простейшей задачей.
Syn:3) диал. дрожать, терепетать4) разг.; австрал. быть в состоянии алкогольного опьянения -
2 policy
n1) политика; политический курс; стратегия; система; ( towards smth) позиция•to abandon policy — отходить / отказываться от политики
to adhere to policy — придерживаться политики; быть верным какой-л. политике
to administer policy — проводить политику; осуществлять политику
to adopt policy — принимать политику, брать на вооружение политический курс
to back down from policy — отказываться от какой-л. политики
to be at odds with policy — противоречить какой-л. политике
to be committed to one's policy — быть приверженным своей политике
to be wary about smb's policy — настороженно относиться к чьему-л. политическому курсу
to break away from smb's policy — отходить от чьей-л. политики
to camouflage one's policy — маскировать свою политику
to carry out / to carry through policy — проводить политику
to champion policy — защищать / отстаивать политику
to conflict with smb's policy — противоречить чьей-л. политике
to coordinate one's policy over smth — координировать свою политику в каком-л. вопросе
to cover up one's policy — маскировать свою политику
to decide policy — определять политику, принимать политические решения
to develop / to devise policy — разрабатывать политику
to dismantle one's policy — отказываться от своей политики
to dissociate oneself from smb's policy — отмежевываться от чьей-л. политики
to dither about one's policy — колебаться при проведении своей политики
to effect a policy of insurance — страховаться; приобретать страховой полис
to embark on / to embrace policy — принимать какой-л. политический курс
to execute / to exercise policy — проводить политику
to follow policy — следовать политике; проводить политику
to harmonize policy — координировать / согласовывать политику
to justify one's policy — оправдывать свою политику
to lay policy before the electorate for approval — излагать политический курс для его одобрения избирателями
to make clear one's policy — разъяснять свою политику
to overturn policy — отвергать политику, отказываться от какой-л. политики
to proclaim one's commitment to policy — публично обязываться проводить какую-л. политику
to propagate policy — пропагандировать / рекламировать политику
to put across smb's policy to smb — доводить свою политику до кого-л.
to railroad through one's policy — протаскивать свою политику
to reappraise one's policy — пересматривать свою политику
to reassess one's policy toward a country — пересматривать свою политику по отношению к какой-л. стране
to reconsider one's policy — пересматривать свою политику
to relax one's policy towards smb — смягчать свою политику по отношению к кому-л.
to rethink one's policy — пересматривать свою политику
to reverse one's policy — изменять свою политику
to shape policy — определять / разрабатывать политику
to spearhead one's policy — направлять острие своей политики
to spell out one's policy in advance — заранее излагать свою политику
to stick to a policy — придерживаться какой-л. политики
to thrash out policy — вырабатывать / обсуждать политику
to tone down one's more controversial policy — ограничивать свои менее популярные политические меры
- active policyto validate policy — поддерживать какую-л. политику / политическую линию
- adventurist policy
- adventuristic policy
- advocacy of policy
- advocate of policy
- aggressive policy
- agrarian policy
- agricultural policy
- alternative policy
- annexationist policy
- anti-inflationary policy
- anti-national policy
- anti-nuclear policy
- anti-recessionary policy
- appropriate policy
- architect of policy
- arms policy
- austere policy
- austerity policy
- autonomous policy
- balanced policy
- banking policy
- bankrupt policy
- basic policy
- beggar-my-neighbor policy
- bellicose policy
- big stick policy
- big-time policy
- bipartisan policy
- blind-eye policy
- bloc policy
- bomb-in-the-basement policy
- breach of policy
- bridge-building policy
- brinkmanship policy
- brink-of-war policy
- broad-brush policy
- budget policy
- cadres policy
- carrot and stick policy
- cautious policy
- centrist policy
- champion of policy
- change in policy
- change of emphasis in policy
- change of policy
- circumspect policy
- class policy
- clean-air policy
- closed-door trade policy
- coherent policy
- cold war policy
- colonial policy
- colonialist policy
- commercial policy
- commitment to policy of nonintervention
- common policy
- comprehensive national science and technology policy
- comprehensive set of policy
- concerted policy
- conduct of policy
- confrontation policy
- consistent policy
- containment policy
- continuity in policy
- continuity of policy
- continuity with smb's policy
- controversial policy
- coordinated policy
- cornerstone of policy
- counterproductive policy
- country's fundamental policy
- credible policy
- credit card policy
- credit policy
- crumbling policy
- cultural policy
- current policy
- damaging policy
- defeatist policy
- defense policy
- deflationary policy
- demilitarization policy
- democratic policy
- departure in policy
- destabilization policy
- deterrent policy
- development policy
- diametrically opposed policy
- dilatory policy
- diplomatic policy
- disarmament policy
- discretionary policy
- discriminatory policy
- disinflation policy
- distortion of policy
- divide-and-rule policy
- domestic policy
- dynamic policy
- economic and commercial policy
- economic policy
- embargo policy
- emigration policy
- emission policy
- employment policy
- energy policy
- environmental policy
- erroneous policy
- European policy
- even-handed policy
- expansionary policy
- expansionist policy
- experience of policy
- extreme right-wing policy
- fair policy
- farm policy
- far-reaching policy
- far-sighted policy
- federal policy
- financial policy
- firm policy
- fiscal policy
- flexible policy
- for reasons of policy
- foreign aid policy
- foreign policy
- foreign trade policy
- foreign-economic policy
- formation of foreign policy
- formulation of policy
- forward-looking policy
- framework for policy
- free trade policy
- general policy
- generous policy
- give-and-take policy
- global policy
- godfather to policy
- good neighbor policy
- government policy
- government's policy
- great-power policy
- green policy
- gunboat policy
- hands-off policy
- hard-line policy
- harmful policy
- harmonized policy
- health policy
- hegemonic policy
- high-risk policy
- home policy
- ill-thought-out policy
- imperial policy
- imperialist policy
- import policy
- import substitution policy
- in line with policy
- in the field of foreign policy
- inadmissibility of policy
- independent line of policy
- independent policy
- industrial policy
- inflationary policy
- inhuman policy
- instigatory policy
- insurance policy
- internal policy
- international policy
- internment policy
- interventionist policy
- intolerableness of policy
- investment policy
- iron-fist policy
- irreversible policy
- it's against our policy
- kid-glove policy
- labor mediation policy
- laissez-faire policy
- land policy
- language policy
- leash-loosening policy
- left-wing policy
- lending policy
- liberal policy
- liberalization of policy
- liberalized policy
- line of policy
- long-range policy
- long-term policy
- lunatic policy
- main plank of smb's policy
- major changes to policy
- manifestation of policy
- maritime policy
- marketing policy
- massive condemnation of smb's policy
- militaristic policy
- misconduct of policy
- mobile policy
- moderate policy
- monetarist policy
- monetary policy
- much-heralded policy
- mushy policy
- national policy
- nationalistic policy
- nationalities policy
- native policy
- nativist policy
- neo-colonialist policy
- NEP
- neutral policy
- neutrality policy
- New Economic Policy
- news policy
- nonaligned policy
- nonalignment policy
- noninterference policy
- nonintervention policy
- nonnuclear policy
- nuclear defense policy
- nuclear deterrent policy
- nuclear policy
- nuclear-free policy
- obstructionist policy
- official policy
- official trade policy
- oil policy
- old faces can't make new policy
- one-child-family policy
- one-sided policy
- open-door policy
- openly pursued policy
- opportunistic policy
- optimal policy
- ostrich policy
- ostrich-like policy
- outward-looking policy
- overall policy
- overtly racist policy
- parliamentary policy
- party policy
- passive policy
- pay-curb policy
- peace policy
- peaceful policy
- peace-loving policy
- personnel policy
- plunderous policy
- policy from positions of strength
- policy from strength
- policy in science and technology
- policy is bearing fruit
- policy is constitutional
- policy of a newspaper
- policy of aid
- policy of alliances
- policy of amicable cooperation with smb
- policy of appeasement
- policy of belt-tightening
- policy of capitulation
- policy of compromise
- policy of conciliation
- policy of confrontation
- policy of connivance
- policy of containment
- policy of cooperation
- policy of democracy and social progress
- policy of détente
- policy of deterrence
- policy of dictate
- policy of discrimination
- policy of economic blockade and sanctions
- policy of economy
- policy of elimination
- policy of expansion and annexation
- policy of fiscal rigor
- policy of freedom of expression
- policy of friendship
- policy of genocide
- policy of good-neighborliness
- policy of goodwill
- policy of inaction
- policy of intervention
- policy of intimidation
- policy of isolation
- policy of militarism
- policy of militarization
- policy of military confrontation
- policy of military force
- policy of national reconciliation
- policy of neutrality
- policy of nonalignment
- policy of noninterference
- policy of nonintervention
- policy of nonviolence
- policy of obstruction
- policy of openness
- policy of pacification
- policy of peace
- policy of peaceful co-existence
- policy of plunder
- policy of protectionism
- policy of racial segregation and discrimination
- policy of reconciliation
- policy of reform
- policy of reforms
- policy of regulating prices
- policy of renewal
- policy of restraint
- policy of revanche
- policy of revenge
- policy of subjugation
- policy of violence
- policy of wage restraint
- policy of war
- policy towards a country
- policy vis-à-vis a country
- policy with regard to a country
- policy won out
- political policy
- population policy
- position-of-strength policy
- practical policy
- predatory policy
- price control policy
- price-formation policy
- price-pricing policy
- pricing policy
- principled policy
- progressive policy
- proponent of policy
- protagonist of policy
- protectionist policy
- pro-war policy
- pro-Western policy
- public policy
- push-and-drag policy
- racial policy
- racist policy
- radical policy
- rapacious policy
- reactionary policy
- realistic policy
- reappraisal of policy
- reassessment of policy
- recession-induced policy
- reevaluation of policy
- reexamination of policy
- reform policy
- reformist policy
- regional policy
- renewal of policy
- re-orientation of policy
- repressive policy
- resettlement policy
- rethink of policy
- retrograde policy
- revanchist policy - revisionist policy
- rigid economic policy
- robust foreign policy
- ruinous policy
- safe policy
- sanctions policy
- scientifically substantiated policy
- scorched-earth policy
- selfless policy
- separatist policy - short-sighted policy
- single-child policy
- social policy
- socio-economic policy
- sound policy
- splitting policy
- state policy
- state remuneration of labor policy
- stated policy
- staunch policy
- sterile policy
- stick-and-carrot policy
- stringent policy
- strong policy
- structural policy
- suitable policy
- sustained policy
- sweeping review of policy
- switch in policy
- tariff policy
- tax policy
- taxation policy
- technological policy
- tight policy
- tightening of policy
- time-serving policy
- tough policy
- toughening of policy
- trade policy
- trade-unionist policy
- traditional policy
- treacherous policy
- turn in policy
- turning point in policy
- unified policy
- united policy
- unsophisticated policy
- U-turn in policy
- viability of policy
- vigorous policy
- vote-losing policy
- wage policy
- wage-freeze policy
- wages policy
- wait-and-see policy
- war-economy policy
- wealth-creating policy
- whip-and-carrot policy
- wise policy
- world policy
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3 talk
1. n разговор, беседаstraight talk — откровенный разговор, разговор начистоту
small talk — разговор о пустяках, светский разговор
to engage in talk, to make a talk — начинать разговор, пытаться завязать беседу
pillow talk — «беседа под одеялом»
2. n лекция, доклад, беседаadmonitory talk — наставительная беседа, нотация
after-supper talk — беседа после ужина; вечерняя беседа
3. n пустой разговор, болтовняto end in talk — кончиться одними словами, не пойти дальше разговоров
talky talk — пустая болтовня, разговор о пустяках
4. n разговоры, слухи; россказни; толки, молваthat will make talk — теперь пойдут разговоры, теперь разговоров не оберёшься
salty talk among men — «мужские разговоры»
heart-to-heart talk — разговор по душам; задушевный разговор
5. n предмет толков, разговоровto risk talk — быть выше сплетен, не бояться сплетен
empty talk — пустые разговоры, переливание из пустого в порожнее
6. n переговоры7. n разг. язык, диалект, жаргон8. v разговаривать, беседовать; говорить; общатьсяI know what I am talking about — я знаю, о чём говорю
to talk of one thing and another, to talk of this and that — поговорить о том о сём
9. v общаться при помощи звуковых сигналов, обладать способностью речи; переговариватьсяdolphins can talk — дельфины умеют говорить, у дельфинов есть язык
sweet talk — лесть, медоточивые речи; умасливание
10. v говорить11. v проводить беседу12. v избегать существа дела; обсуждать, не касаясь, не доходя до существа делаthey talked around the proposal for several hours — они несколько часов обсуждали это предложение, но так ни до чего и не договорились
talk over — обсуждать; дискутировать
13. v разг. болтать; говорить пустоеto talk by the hour — болтать без умолку, тараторить, трещать
to talk small — вести пустой разговор, вести салонную беседу
to talk mere twaddle — болтать попусту; говорить чепуху
14. v распускать или распространять слухи, сплетничать; судачить, злословитьtea-table talk — беседа за чаем; фривольный или пустой разговор
15. v доводить разговорамиto talk oneself hoarse — договориться до хрипоты; охрипнуть от разговоров
16. v убеждать, уговаривать17. v разг. сообщать нужные сведения; доноситьto make a prisoner talk — заставить арестованного заговорить, «расколоть» арестованного
Синонимический ряд:1. chat (noun) causerie; chat; chin; prose; rap; yarn2. communication (noun) colloquy; communication; confabulation; conversation; dialogue; discussion; negotiation; prattle; talking3. conference (noun) conference; meeting; parley; powwow4. jargon (noun) jargon; language; slang5. report (noun) buzz; cry; gossip; grapevine; hearsay; murmur; on-dit; report; rumble; rumor; scuttlebutt; tattle; tittle-tattle; whispering; word6. speech (noun) address; allocution; commentary; declamation; discourse; lecture; oration; speaking; speech; utterance; verbalization7. voice (noun) discourse; utterance; verbalisation; voice8. address (verb) address; lecture; pontificate; prelect; spout9. advise (verb) advise; confer; consult; parley; powwow10. chat (verb) babble; burble; cackle; chat; chin-chin; clack; clatter; dither; gab; gabble; jaw; patter; prate; prattle; rattle; run on; smatter; tinkle; twaddle; twiddle; twitter; yak; yakety-yak; yammer; yatter11. communicate (verb) blab; chatter; chin; colloque; communicate; discuss; gossip; harangue; inform; noise; noise about; noise abroad; pronounce; rumor; rumour; tattle; visit; yarn12. grumble (verb) grumble; mutter; stammer13. sing (verb) sing; squeak; squeal14. speak (verb) converse; converse in; discourse; speak; use; utter; verbalize; vocalize; voice15. utter (verb) utter; verbalise; vocalise -
4 confusion
1. n смущение, замешательство2. n беспорядок3. n путаница, неразбериха; смешение4. n недоразумениеthere was some confusion about tickets — произошло недоразумение с билетами; кто-то перепутал билеты
5. n психол. крайнее волнение; потеря ориентации; частичное затемнение сознания6. n общественные беспорядки, волнения7. n библ. смешение языковСинонимический ряд:1. ataxia (noun) ataxia; chaos; clutter; disarrangement; disarray; disorder; disorderliness; disorganisation; hubbub; huddle; jumble; mess; misorder; mix-up; muddle; pell-mell; scramble; snafu; snarl; tangle; topsy-turviness2. bafflement (noun) astonishment; bafflement; bewilderment; daze; disorientation; distraction; humiliation; mystification; perplexity; puzzlement; quandary; stupefaction3. commotion (noun) agitation; anarchy; bedlam; commotion; disturbance; dither; flap; furor; lather; mayhem; Pandemonium; pother; stew; stir; tumult; turbulence; turmoil4. embarrassment (noun) abashment; chagrin; discomfiture; discomposure; disconcertion; disconcertment; embarrassment; unease; uneasiness5. ruin (noun) destruction; devastation; havoc; loss; ruin; ruinationАнтонимический ряд:clarity; enlightenment; method; order; sense; system -
5 hesitate
1. v колебаться, сомневатьсяI hesitated about taking the position — я раздумывал, согласиться ли мне на эту должность
2. v не решаться3. v стеснятьсяdo not hesitate to ask me — спрашивайте меня, не стесняйтесь
4. v запинаться, заикатьсяhe hesitated for a word — он запнулся, подыскивая нужное слово
Синонимический ряд:1. balk (verb) balk; recoil; shrink2. delay (verb) defer; delay; deliberate; demur; linger; wait3. falter (verb) alternate; dither; falter; flounder; fluctuate; halt; hover; pause; shilly-shally; stagger; straddle; vacillate; waver; whiffle; wiggle-waggleАнтонимический ряд:act; attack; career; carry on; confront; continue; decide; determine; embrace; flow; go; hasten; hustle; jump; persevere; resolve -
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7 chat
1. n разговор, беседа; разговор о том о сёмto have a chat — побеседовать, поговорить, поболтать
2. v болтать; непринуждённо беседовать; говорить о том о сём3. v разг. заговариватьto chat up a girl — заговорить с девушкой; увлечь девушку разговором
4. n певчая птичка5. n австрал. птица6. n рудничная пустая порода7. n горн. убогая руда; промежуточные продукты обогащения8. n сл. вошьСинонимический ряд:1. chatter (noun) babble; bibble-babble; blab; blabber; brabble; cackle; chatter; chin-chin; chitchat; chit-chat; chitter-chatter; clack; gab; gabble; gibble-gabble; jabber; prate; prattle; stultiloquence; talkee-talkee; tittle-tattle; yak; yakety-yak; yak-yak; yatter2. conversation (noun) colloquy; confabulation; conversation; converse; dialogue; parley3. talk (noun) causerie; chin; palaver; prose; rap; talk; tete-a-tete; tкte-а-tкte; yarn4. babble (verb) babble; burble; cackle; chatter; chin-chin; clack; clatter; dither; gab; gabble; gas; jaw; patter; prate; prattle; rattle; run on; smatter; tinkle; twaddle; twiddle; twitter; yak; yakety-yak; yammer; yatter5. converse (verb) chin; colloque; converse; discourse; speak; talk; visit; yarn -
8 patter
1. n условный язык, социальный или профессиональный жаргон2. n скороговоркаa Cheap Jack extolls his goods with a patter — странствующий торговец расхваливает свой товар особой скороговоркой
3. n речитатив4. n разг. слова песни, текст комических номеров; репризаin provincial theatres half the people do not even know the patter — в провинциальных театрах половина зрителей не понимает репризы
5. n разг. пустая болтовня; трескотня6. v говорить скороговоркой, тараторить7. v болтать пустое, бессмысленно тараторить8. v говорить на жаргоне, на тайном языке9. v разг. говорить на языке10. n стук, постукивание11. n лёгкий топот, топотание, шлёпанье12. v барабанить, стучать13. v топотать, шлёпатьwe could hear mice pattering about in the attic — мы слышали, как на чердаке шуршали мыши
14. v бросать со стуком15. v обрызгиватьthe trees pattered me all over with big drops — крупные капли, падающие с деревьев, обрызгали меня с головы до ног
16. n сл. естьСинонимический ряд:1. chatter (noun) babble; blab; blabber; chatter; chitchat; gibberish; pitch; prattle; spiel; yak2. dialect (noun) argot; cant; dialect; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular3. tapping (noun) drumming; patting; pitter-patter; pounding; pulsation; rat-a-tat; tapping; thrum4. chat (verb) babble; burble; cackle; chat; chatter; chin-chin; clack; clatter; dither; gab; gabble; jaw; prate; prattle; run on; smatter; talk; tinkle; twaddle; twiddle; twitter; yak; yakety-yak; yammer; yatter5. tap (verb) beat; drum; palpitate; pat; pound; pulsate; rap; rattle; tap6. walk lightly (verb) pitter-patter; scurry; scuttle; skip; tiptoe; trip along; walk lightly
См. также в других словарях:
dither — I UK [ˈdɪðə(r)] / US [ˈdɪðər] verb [intransitive] Word forms dither : present tense I/you/we/they dither he/she/it dithers present participle dithering past tense dithered past participle dithered showing disapproval to be unable to make a… … English dictionary
dither — dith|er1 [ dıðər ] verb intransitive to be unable to make a decision about something: She was dithering about what to wear. ╾ dith|er|er noun count dither dith|er 2 [ dıðər ] noun be (all) in a dither INFORMAL to be nervous or excited and unable… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
dither — dith|er [ˈdıðə US ər] v [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: didder [i] to shake (14 19 centuries)] to keep being unable to make a final decision about something dither over/about/between ▪ He accused the government of dithering over the deal. ▪ Stop… … Dictionary of contemporary English
dither — [[t]dɪ̱ðə(r)[/t]] dithers, dithering, dithered VERB When someone dithers, they hesitate because they are unable to make a quick decision about something. [V over wh/n] We have been living together for five years, and we re still dithering over… … English dictionary
dither — verb a) To be uncertain or unable to make a decision about doing something. b) To do something nervously … Wiktionary
dither — [ˈdɪðə] verb [I] showing disapproval to be unable to make a decision about something … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
be (all) in a dither — informal phrase to be nervous or excited and unable to concentrate on anything or decide what to do Thesaurus: to worry or feel nervous about somethingsynonym Main entry: dither … Useful english dictionary
fanny about — vb British to faff about, dither. The fanny element may be present merely for its sound, its proximity to fuss or faff, or as a sugges tion of femininity, rather than as a direct reference to the buttocks or genitals … Contemporary slang
dith´er|er — dith|er «DIHTH uhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a confused, excited condition: »He s in a dither about tomorrow s test. The children were all in a dither when they heard that the circus was coming to town. 2. a tremble; shiver; quiver. SYNONYM(S):… … Useful english dictionary
dith|er — «DIHTH uhr», noun, verb. –n. 1. a confused, excited condition: »He s in a dither about tomorrow s test. The children were all in a dither when they heard that the circus was coming to town. 2. a tremble; shiver; quiver. SYNONYM(S): vibration.… … Useful english dictionary
Eugenia Sheppard — (died 1984) was a American fashion writer andnewspaper columnist for some 80 newspapers (including the Columbus Dispatch , New York Post , The Boston Post , and most notably, the New York Herald Tribune .Sheppard was credited with having… … Wikipedia