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1 flat as a pancake
English-Russian small dictionary of idioms > flat as a pancake
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2 (as) flat as a pancake
1) плocкий кaк блин; cплющeнныйThe sea was as flat as a pancake and the sun was heavy and hot (J. Jones). There are one or two hills but otherwise the land is as flat as a pancake. Why don't you look where you were sitting? You've squashed my hat as flat as a pancake2) нe пpeдcтaвляющий интepeca, paзoчapoвывaющий; плocкий (o шуткe, aнeкдoтe)Here were her aunt, and her cousins the Cardigans... and everything flat as a pancake for the want of her (J. Galsworthy). It was supposed to have been a gathering of celebrities, but as most of them sent notes of regret for their absence, the whole affair fell flat as a pancake -
3 DRTSF
Физиология: Dead right there, squashed flat -
4 projectile
additional propulsion (cannon) projectile — активно-реактивный снаряд, АРС
laser terminal homing (artillery) projectile — самонаводящийся снаряд с лазерной системой наведения на конечном участке траектории
multilayer (body) wall fragmentation projectile — осколочный снаряд с многослойными стенками корпуса
ready-element scattering (fragmentation) projectile — снаряд, разбрасывающий готовые поражающие элементы
reconnaissance device(s) carrying projectile — снаряд для доставки разведывательных приборов (к цели)
— bomblet-dispensing artillery projectile— contact fuzed projectile— fragmentation projectile— guided cannon projectile— gyroscope stabilized projectile— mass-filled projectile— neutron warhead projectile— noncontact fuzed projectile— nuclear-armed projectile— special purpose projectile -
5 тесно
1. прил.;
кратк. форма от тесный
2. предик. здесь тесно ≈ it is crowded here в вагоне было очень тесно ≈ the carriage was packed, the carriage was very crowded нам тесно в нашей квартире ≈ we are cramped in our flat, our flat is too small for us тесно так сидеть ≈ we are sitting all squashed together, there is no room for us all to sit here мне тесно под мышками ≈ it feels tight under the arms
3. нареч. narrowly;
tight(ly) ;
closely;
перен. (близко) closely, intimately тесно сидеть
1. нареч. closely, intimately;
перен. tightly;
narrowly;
идти ~ в ряд to march shoulder to shoulder;
~ прижиматься к чему-л. press close against smth. ;
~ связанный с кем-л. closely/intimately connected with smb. ;
~ сидеть not have enough room;
2. в знач. сказ. безл. it is cramped;
здесь очень ~ it`s very cramped here;
в вагоне было ~ the carriage was packed/crowded;
3. в знач. сказ. безл. (дт.): ему ~ (мало места) he hasn`t enough room;
(мало свободы) he feels restricted, there is no scope for him.
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squashed — Synonyms and related words: crushed, even, flat, flattened, flush, homaloidal, horizontal, level, plain, plane, quashed, quelled, repressed, rolled, smashed, smooth, smoothed out, smoothened, smothered, squashed flat, squelched, stifled, subdued … Moby Thesaurus
squashed — [skwɔʃt US skwa:ʃt, skwo:ʃt] adj 1.) broken or made flat by being pressed hard ▪ squashed tomatoes 2.) [not before noun] in a space that is too small ▪ I was squashed between Jan and Dave in the back seat … Dictionary of contemporary English
Squashed — Squash Squash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Squashed} (skw[o^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Squashing}.] [OE. squachen, OF. escachier, esquachier, to squash, to crush, F. [ e]cacher, perhaps from (assumed) LL. excoacticare, fr. L. ex + coactare to constrain,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
squashed — adjective broken or made flat by being pressed hard: a bag of squashed tomatoes … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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level — Synonyms and related words: IC analysis, accommodate, accordant, address, adjust, aim, akin, alabaster, align, aligned, alike, alkali flat, alluvial plain, altitude, amount, appositive, arrowlike, assimilate to, at full length, at par, attribute … Moby Thesaurus
even — Synonyms and related words: Laodicean, a fortiori, above all, absolutely, accommodate, accordant, adjust, after all, again, albeit, algorismic, algorithmic, align, aligned, alike, aliquot, all the more, all the same, already, alternate, although … Moby Thesaurus
flush — Synonyms and related words: Hygeia, SRO, ablution, abounding, abounding in riches, abundant, ace, adjacent, affluent, afterglow, air glow, align, all sufficing, ample, animate, animation, aplenty, arousal, arouse, at full length, bake, bang,… … Moby Thesaurus
smooth — Synonyms and related words: Ciceronian, Demosthenian, Demosthenic, Machiavellian, Machiavellic, Mickey Mouse, Tullian, accordant, acomous, acute, adipose, adulatory, agreeable, aid, align, alike, all jaw, allay, ameliorate, appease, arch,… … Moby Thesaurus
horizontal — Synonyms and related words: arrowlike, billiard table, bowling green, dead flat, dead level, dead straight, direct, earth, esplanade, even, flat, flatland, flattened, floor, flush, ground, homaloid, homaloidal, horizontal axis, horizontal fault,… … Moby Thesaurus