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1 enquiry
n1) запрос; наведение справок2) расследование; обследование•to help the police with their enquiries — брит. полиц. жарг. давать полиции необходимые показания
to institute / to launch an enquiry — начинать расследование
- enquiry into smthto mount / to open an enquiry — начинать расследование
- enquiry is underway
- full enquiry
- high enquiry
- independent enquiry
- limited enquiry
- official enquiry
- preliminary enquiry
- public enquiry
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2 get nowhere
I(get nowhere (тж. not to get anywhere))ничего не достигнуть, не добиться своего; не достичь цели, потерпеть фиаско, не сдвинуться с мёртвой точки; см. тж. get somewhereSheila: "...If you can't stand criticism you'll never get anywhere." (N. Coward, ‘The Rat Trap’, act II) — Шейла: "...Если ты не выносишь критики, то никогда ничего не добьешься в жизни."
In his spare time he tried to bring the Indians to the light by forcing them to attend gospel meetings; but he got nowhere with them. (N. Lewis, ‘The Volcanoes above Us’, ch. XXI) — Свободные минуты он посвящал спасению души своих пеонов, силой сгоняя их на молитву, но мало преуспел в этом.
I was on the edge of saying, this discussion would get nowhere, it might as well stop. (C. P. Snow, ‘Last Things’, ch. XIII) — Меня так и подмывало сказать, что от этого обсуждения никакой пользы не будет и лучше его прекратить.
II...so far his enquiry had got nowhere. (I. Murdoch, ‘The Nice and the Good’, ch. 13) —...пока его расследование ни к чему не привело.
(get (lead или take smb.) nowhere)ничего не достигнуть, ничего не добиться; не достичь цели; не продвинуться ни на йотуMy efforts to discover whether Myrtle's firm had American customers led us nowhere. (W. Cooper, ‘Scenes from Provincial Life’, part I, ch. V) — Все мои старания обнаружить, имеются ли американские клиенты у фирмы Мертла, ни к чему не привели.
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