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1 snuff
[snʌf] I 1. сущ.1)2)а) понюшкаIn his excitement he took four or five snuffs consecutively. — Находясь в состоянии сильного возбуждения, он сделал четыре или пять понюшек табаку.
б) что-л. очень маленькое, незначительноеSyn:sternutatory 1.••2. гл.1) нюхать табак2) втягивать носом; вдыхатьSyn:inhale 1.3) нюхать, обнюхивать; чувствовать запахSyn:smell 2.4) вынюхивать; раскрывать ( преступление)Syn:II 1. сущ.2) огарокSyn:3) бесполезный остаток чего-л.4) шотл. вспышка раздражения или гнева; дурное настроениеSyn:2. гл.1)а) = snuff out тушить ( свечу)Snuff out the candles, it's time to go to bed. — Потушите свечи, время спать.
Syn:б) снимать нагар ( со свечи)2) = snuff out резко пресекать, прерыватьHis life has been snuffed out by a bullet. — Его сразила пуля.
3) разг. прикончитьSyn:•- snuff it -
2 botte
n. f.1. A toutes bottes: 'At full-pelt', at full speed.2. Lécher les bottes de quelqu'un: To 'suck up to someone', to flatter someone in a servile manner. (A 'crawler' in colloquial French is known as un léche-bottes.)3. En avoir plein les bottes: To be fed up to the back teeth. J'en ai plein les bottes de ses histoires de guerre! I'm sick up to here with his 'How-I-won-the-war' stories!a To 'do the dirty on someone', to play a dirty trick on someone.b To be a 'pain in the arse', to be a bloody nuisance to someone.5. Cirer ses bottes: To 'pop one's clogs', to 'snuff it', to die.6. Ça fait ma botte: That suits me down to the ground. —That's fine by me.7. A propos de bottes: For no reason at all, irrelevantly. (A certain jocularity within the expression stems from its nonsensical nature.)8. Coup de botte: 'Tap', attempt at borrowing money. C'est le roi des coups de bottes! When it comes to getting subs out of people, he's second to none!9. Proposer la botte à quelqu'un: To 'proposition someone', to suggest sexual intercourse.10. Une botte de (also: des bottes de): 'Stacks of', 'masses', lots of. Elle a loupé des bottes d'occases! She's missed oodles of opportunities!11. Sortir dans la botte (sch.): To graduate 'summa cum laude' (with honours). Chiader la botte: To aim for a top degree.12. Botte de radis: 'Tootsies', toes.
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