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1 choose between
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2 choose between death and dishonour
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > choose between death and dishonour
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3 choose between them
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4 choose between
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5 not a pin to choose between them
разг.один другого стоит; ≈ одного поля ягода, два сапога пара, из одного теста сделаны‘Why, when you come to think of it - you're as bad as me.’ He came across the room and added with a kind of respect: ‘There's not a pin to choose between us.’ She looked up with childish and devoted eyes and swore solemnly: ‘Not a pin.’ (Gr. Greene, ‘Brighton Rock’, part VI, ch. II) — - Ведь если подумать, ты ничуть не лучше меня, - он подошел к Розе и чуть ли не с почтением добавил: - Мы из одного теста сделаны. Роза по-детски преданно взглянула на него и торжественно подтвердила: - Действительно, из одного.
They get to know ten chaps... and there isn't a pin to choose between these chaps. (J. B. Priestley, ‘Let the People Sing’, ch. XI) — Девушки познакомились с десятком парней... Но все они были похожи друг на друга как две капли воды.
Superintendent Harper said curiously: ‘What put you on to this particular girl? They all looked scared to death and there wasn't a pin to choose between them as far as I could see.’ (A. Christie, ‘The Body in the Library’, ch. 14) — Любопытство взяло верх, и старший инспектор Харпер спросил: - Почему ваше внимание привлекла именно эта девушка? Ведь все они перепуганы до смерти, и, насколько я могу судить, толку от них ото всех не добьешься.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > not a pin to choose between them
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6 nothing to choose between them
пренебр.(nothing (или not much) to choose between them (тж. there is nothing to choose between them))один другого стоит; ≈ два сапога пара, одного поля ягода, одним лыком шиты; хрен редьки не слаще‘I've been asking myself for the last five-and-twenty years whether the average fool of a woman is a greater fool than the average fool of a man.’ ‘And the answer?’ ‘Well, upon my word, I don't think there's much to choose between them.’ (W. S. Maugham, ‘Mrs. Craddock’, ch. XI) — В последние двадцать пять лет я частенько задавался вопросом, кто глупее - глупый мужчина или глупая женщина? - И каков же ответ? - Скажу прямо, оба хороши.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > nothing to choose between them
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7 not a pin to choose between them
paзг.oдин дpугoгo cтoит; oднoгo пoля ягoдa, двa caпoгa пapa, из oднoгo тecтa cдeлaныThey get to know ten chaps... and isn't a pin to choose between these chaps (J. B. Priestley). Siperintendent Harper said curiously: 'What put you on to this particular girl? They all looked scared to death and there wasn't a pin to choose between them as far as I could see' (A. Christie)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > not a pin to choose between them
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8 (there is) nothing to choose between them
пpeнeбp.oдин дpугoгo cтoит; двa caпoгa пapa, oднoгo пoля ягoдa, oдним лыкoм шиты; xpeн peдьки нe cлaщe'I've been asking myself for the last five-and-twenty years whether the average fool of a woman is a greater fool than the average fool of a man.' 'Well, upon my word, I don't think there's much to choose between them' (W. S. Maugham)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > (there is) nothing to choose between them
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9 there is nothing to choose between them
см. nothing to choose between themConcise English-Russian phrasebook > there is nothing to choose between them
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10 there's not a pin to choose between them
Concise English-Russian phrasebook > there's not a pin to choose between them
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11 not a pin to choose between them
Универсальный англо-русский словарь > not a pin to choose between them
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12 not much to choose between them
Общая лексика: один другого стоитУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > not much to choose between them
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13 nothing to choose between them
Общая лексика: выбирать тут нечего, один другого стоитУниверсальный англо-русский словарь > nothing to choose between them
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14 little to choose between
фраз. брит.не из чего выбирать, (почти) одинаковые (о двух людях или предметах)Англо-русский универсальный дополнительный практический переводческий словарь И. Мостицкого > little to choose between
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15 voters will choose between ... and ...
избирателям предстоит сделать выбор между... и...Politics english-russian dictionary > voters will choose between ... and ...
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16 not a pin to choose between them
Новый англо-русский словарь > not a pin to choose between them
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17 not much to choose between them
Новый англо-русский словарь > not much to choose between them
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18 nothing to choose between them
Новый англо-русский словарь > nothing to choose between them
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19 choose
choose [tʃu:z] v (chose; chosen)1) выбира́ть2) избира́ть4) разг. хоте́ть;he did not choose to see her он не захоте́л её ви́деть
◊I cannot choose but go мне необходи́мо пойти́
;not much ( или nothing) to choose between them оди́н друго́го сто́ит
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20 choose
1. I1)it is difficult (hard, easy, etc.) to choose выбирать трудно и т. д.; you must choose вы должны сделать выбор; why do you take so long to choose? почему вы так долго выбираете?; he cannot choose but obey (but come, etc.) у него нет другого выбора как повиноваться и т. д; he cannot choose but help me он не может не помочь мне2)if you choose если желаете; just as you choose как хотите, как угодно; I'll do as I choose! я буду действовать / поступать/ по-своему /как мне заблагорассудится/!; do smth. when one chooses делать что-л., когда вздумается /когда (захочется/; whether he chooses or not хочет он [этого] или нет2. IIchoose in some manner choose well (wisely, carefully, badly, etc.) хорошо и т. д. выбрать; choose at random выбрать наугад3. IIIchoose smth. choose a new hat (a house, one of these, the biggest of them, a novel, etc.) выбирать новую шляпу и т. д., choose a method (a course of action, war or peace, etc.) избирать метод и т. д.; which room did you choose? на какой из этих комнат вы остановились?; take whichever you choose возьмите любой; choose smb. choose a wife (a roommate, friends, etc.) выбрать /избрать/ жену и т д.4. IV1) choose smth., smb. in some manner choose books (a house, etc.) carefully (deliberately, discreetly, shrewdly, critically, etc.) тщательно и т. д. выбирать книги и т. д.; he invariably chooses the best story we have он неизменно останавливает свой выбор на лучшем из наших рассказов; he doesn't know how to choose good assistants он не умеет подбирать хороших сотрудников2) choose smb. in some manner ' smb. unanimously (arbitrarily, unaccountably, mistakenly, etc.) единодушно и т. д. выбирать кого-л.5. V1) choose smb. smth., smb. choose me a good apple (him the biggest one, them a good assistant, him a wife, her a husband, etc.) подберите /выберите/ мне хорошее яблоко и т. д.2) choose smb. smb. choose him president (my friend headmaster of Harrow, this able politician Speaker, me chairman, etc.) избирать /выбирать/ его президентом /на пост президента/ и т. д.6. VIIchoose smb., smth. to do smth. choose the man to go there (to test the food, to take the blame, etc.) найти человека, который пойдет туда и т. д.; choose friends to play with (a companion to travel with, etc.) найти друзей, с которыми можно играть и т. д., choose a place to settle in выбрать место, где поселиться /обосноваться/7. XIbe chosen smb, my brother was chosen headmaster ( president, leader, ate.) моего брата назначили директором [школы] и т. д.8. XIIIchoose to do smth. choose to go (to stay where he was, to remain in one's room, to obey orders, etc.) хотеть /желать, предпочитать/ поехать и т. д.; what would you choose to do? что вам больше всего хотелось бы делать?; he chose to run for election он решил баллотироваться; I would choose to be a doctor rather than a lawyer я, пожалуй /скорее/, предпочел бы быть врачом, чем юристом; I do not choose to speak with you (to be a candidate, to be laughed at, etc.) у меня нет желания с вами разговаривать и т. д.9. XVI1) choose from smth., smb. choose from these three hats (from the goods we have in stock, from the three brothers, etc.) выбирать одну из этих трех шляп и т. д.; there are only five books to choose from выбирать можно только из пяти книг; choose between smb., smth. choose between him and his brother (between the candidates, between several persons, between two things, between duty and inclination, between a fine and imprisonment, etc.) выбирать между ним и его братом и т. д.; choose for smb. choose for oneself самому выбирать; choose for yourself выбирайте сами!2) choose by smth. choose by vote (by election, by show of hands, etc.) выбирать голосованием и т. д.10. XVIIchoose by doing smth. choose by voting (by casting lots, etc.) выбирать /избирать/ голосованием и т. д.11. XXI1choose smb. by smth. choose delegates (representatives, etc.) by vote (by a show of hands, by secret ballot, by election, etc.) выбирать делегатов и т. д. голосованием и т. д.; choose smth. from lout of, of, among/ (in) smth. choose an apple from the basket (a book from /among/ many, one out of a hundred, a few books in the library, the largest piece in the dish, etc.) выбирать яблоко из корзины и т. д.; I have too much to choose from у меня слишком большой выбор; choose the lesser of two evils выбрать меньшее из двух зол; choose smth. for smth. choose a book for the exhibition (a title for the book, a name for his new film, a heading for this article, etc.) выбирать /подбирать/ книгу для выставки и т. д.; choose smb., smth. for smb., smth. choose a good assistant for them (a hat for the boy, etc.) подобрать им хорошего помощника и т. д.; choose a good book for her library подобрать хорошую книгу для ее библиотеки; choose her for his wife (him for her husband, their mother for her companion, etc.) выбирать ее ему в жены и т. д.; choose him for our delegate ( this man for our speaker, her for our president, Mr. X for my defending barrister, her brother for our umpire, him for the office, etc.) выбирать /избирать/ его нашим делегатом и т. д.', choose smb., smth. for smth. choose a judge for his fairness (a wife for her beauty, the room for its size, etc.) выбирать судьи за его справедливость и т. д.; choose smth. before smth. choose death before dishonour предпочесть смерть бесчестью; choose smth. instead of smth. choose happiness instead of riches предпочесть счастье богатству12. XXIIchoose smth. by doing smth. choose delegates by voting выбирать делегатов голосованием и т. д.13. XXIV1choose smb. as smb. choose my brother as their leader (him as chairman, etc.) выбирать моего брата своим вожаком и т. д.
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