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a house of cards — карточный домик, нечто эфемерное
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['hɑːfweɪˌhaus]сущ.1) брит. компромисс2) "дом на полпути" (учреждение для реабилитации отбывших наказание заключённых, вылечившихся наркоманов, алкоголиков, психических больных) -
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1. n швейные иглы среднего размера2. adv междуhe separated them by rushing between — он разнял их, бросившись между ними
Синонимический ряд:among (other) amid; among; betwixt; halfway; intervening; mid; midway; twixt; within -
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half-way
1> лежащий на полпути
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half-way house гостиница на полпути между двумя городами;
учреждение для реабилитации бывших заключенных, вылечившихся
наркоманов, алкоголиков и психически больных; компромисс
2> компромиссный
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half-way measures половинчатые меры
3> промежуточный, переходный
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half-way hostels общежития для бывших заключенных
4> на полпути
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half-way between two towns на полпути между двумя городами
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to meet smb. half-way встретить кого-л. на полпути; идти на
взаимные уступки; идти на компромисс
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we turned back half-way мы вернулись с полдороги
5> почти, наполовину, частично
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he half-way yielded он почти уступил
6> _тех. на пол-оборота
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