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1 burst with
• burst with something to be extremely full of something быть переполненным чем-то, лопаться отShe was bursting with the desire to tell everyone about her success. He is bursting with pride. The room was bursting with people.
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2 high spirits
хорошее настроение; см. тж. low spiritsWhen he and Martin met again, and were alone, he was in high spirits, and evidently had something to communicate, in which he gloried very much. (Ch. Dickens, ‘Martin Chuzzlewit’, ch. XXXIV) — Когда они с Мартином встретились снова, и без свидетелей, Марк был очень оживлен и, по-видимому, собирался сообщить нечто такое, чем немало гордился.
He was not angry. On the contrary, he was in high spirits. (W. S. Maugham, ‘Complete Short Stories’, ‘Mackintosh’) — Манума не сердился. Наоборот, он был в хорошем настроении.
Tyrone: "She was bursting with health and high spirits and the love of loving" (E. O'Neill, ‘Long Day's Journey into Night’, act IV) — Тайрон: "Твоя мать была цветущая, здоровая, жизнерадостная женщина, она так вся и тянулась навстречу любви."
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bursting — burst|ing [ bɜrstıŋ ] adjective never before noun 1. ) bursting with if you are bursting with something such as PRIDE, energy, or love, you feel or have a lot of it: He was bursting with excitement. The new teacher was enthusiastic and bursting… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
bursting — UK [ˈbɜː(r)stɪŋ] / US [ˈbɜrstɪŋ] adjective [never before noun] 1) a) if you are bursting with something such as pride, energy, or love, you feel or have a lot of it bursting with: He was bursting with excitement. The new teacher was enthusiastic… … English dictionary
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