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121 at close quarters
1) воен. в непосредственном соприкосновении ( с противником)We got fired into at close quarters. (H. G. Wells, ‘The Passionate Friends’, ch. V) — Нас обстреляли с близкого расстояния.
2) бок о бок, в тесном соседстве, рядом, на близком расстоянии друг от другаI had never seen the castle at close quarters before - it has fine architectural qualities. (R. Aldington, ‘Roads to Glory’, ‘The Case of Lieutenant Hall’) — Мне никогда не приходилось видеть этот замок на таком близком расстоянии. Это замечательное архитектурное сооружение.
To be at close quarters with... murder must be a great strain on anyone who has not come in contact with such a thing before. (A. Christie, ‘They Do It with Mirrors’, ch. XI) — Соприкосновение с... убийством буквально потрясает человека, никогда не сталкивавшегося ни с чем подобным.
At close quarters you could see that the brown skin of his face was pitted. (S. Chaplin, ‘The Watchers and the Watched’, ch. 2) — Вблизи заметно, что его смуглое лицо все в рябинках.
Examining the theory at close quarters he found it equally unpalatable. (S. Chaplin, ‘The Watchers and the Watched’, ch. 2) — Вдумавшись в свою теорию, Нед соглашается с Дафной, что слишком уж некрасиво получилось, если бы их увидели.
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122 to all intents and purposes
تَقْرِيبًا \ about: not exactly; a little before or after; a little more or less: about 9 o’clock; about 50 boys. all but: nearly: Our boat all but sank in the storm. almost: nearly: I have almost finished. He is very old - almost eighty. approximately: nearly, but not exactly: The box weighed approximately 10 kilos. as good as: nearly: The match is as good as won. close on: nearly: There were close on a hundred people at the meeting. more or less: about, but not exactly: It’s 20 miles away, more or less. She’s more or less ready, but she can’t find her handbag. near: close to, in time: It was near midnight when he got home. nearly: almost: She’s nearly ready. It’s nearly six o’clock.. odd: (after a guessed number which is the nearest 10 or 100 or 1000 below the actual number) and more: 50-odd boys (between 50 and 60); 600-odd girls (between 600 and 700). practically: nearly: She’s practically ready. pretty well: almost: The paint is pretty well dry. roughly: (with numbers and amounts) not exactly; about: roughly 50 trees; roughly a mile away. to all intents and purposes: in regard to all that matters: To all intents and purposes, the work is finished (though a few unimportant points remain to be dealt with). -
123 run smb. close
(run smb. close (или hard))1) идти почти наравне с кем-л., быть серьёзным соперником кого-л.Warrington and Paley had been competitors... and had run each other hard. (W. Thackeray, ‘Pendennis’, vol. I, ch. XXIX) — Уоррингтон и Пейли были соперниками... и трудно было сказать, чья возьмет.
Pete won the match, but Nick ran him pretty close. — Пит выиграл этот матч, но Ник оказался опасным соперником.
2) поставить кого-л. в очень трудное, отчаянное положение; ≈ прижать к стенке‘He says I stole these goods,’ said Bryce who now saw himself run so close that pleading to the charge became inevitable. (W. Scott, ‘The Pirate’, ch. XXXII) — - Он утверждает, что я украл этот товар, - сказал Брайс, который и сам сейчас понимал, что его так прижали, что необходимо было ответить на обвинение.
I shall be hard run unless I can get a certain sum of money. (W. Scott, ‘St. Ronan's Well’, ch. XI) — Мне придется туго, если я не достану определенной суммы денег.
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124 Spelling and punctuation
This table presents a useful way of clarifying difficulties when you are spelling names etc.A comme Anatole means A for Anatole, and so on.When spelling aloud…A A comme AnatoleB B comme BertheC C comme Célestinç c cédilleD D comme DésiréE E comme Eugèneé e accent aiguè e accent graveê e accent circonflexeë e trémaF F comme FrançoisG G comme GastonH H comme HenriI I comme IrmaJ J comme JosephK K comme KléberL L comme LouisM M comme MarcelN N comme NicolasO O comme OscarP P comme PierreQ Q comme QuintalR R comme RaoulS S comme SuzanneT T comme ThérèseU U comme UrsuleV V comme VictorW W comme WilliamX X comme XavierY Y comme YvonneZ Z comme ZoéSpellingcapital B= B majusculesmall b= b minusculeit has got a capital B= cela s’écrit avec un B majusculein small letters= en minusculesdouble t= deux tdouble n= deux napostrophe= apostrophed apostrophe= d apostrophehyphen= trait d’unionrase-mottes has got a hyphen= rase-mottes s’écrit avec un trait d’unionDictating punctuation. point or un point ( full stop), virgule ( comma): deux points ( colon); point-virgule ( semicolon)! point d’exclamation† ( exclamation mark)? point d’interrogation† ( interrogation mark)à la ligne ( new paragraph)( ouvrez la parenthèse ( open brackets)) fermez la parenthèse ( close brackets)() entre parenthèses ( in brackets)[] entre crochets ( in square brackets)- tiret ( dash)… points de suspension ( three dots)« ou " ouvrez les guillemets ( open inverted commas)» ou " fermez les guillemets ( close inverted commas)«» ou "" entre guillemets ( in inverted commas)The use of inverted commas in FrenchIn novels and short stories, direct speech is punctuated differently from English:The inverted commas lie on the line, e.g.«Tiens, dit-elle, en ouvrant les rideaux, les voilà!»‡This example also shows that the inverted commas are not closed after each stretch of direct speech. In modern texts they are often omitted altogether (though this is still sometimes frowned on):Il l’interrogea:- Vous êtes arrivé quand?- Pourquoi cette question? Je n’ai rien fait de mal.- C’est ce que nous allons voir.Note the short dash in this case that introduces each new speaker. Even if inverted commas had been used in the above dialogue, they would have been opened before vous and closed after voir, and not used at other points.English-style inverted commas are used in French to highlight words in a text:Le ministre a voulu "tout savoir" sur la question.† Note that, unlike English, French has a space before ! and ? and: and ;, e.g. Jamais !, Pourquoi ? etc. This is not usual, however, in dictionaries, where it would take up too much room.‡ Single inverted commas are not much used in French. -
125 a close call
разг.опасное положение; смертельная опасность; ≈ на волосок от, на краю гибели [первонач. амер.]; см. тж. a close shave и a close squeakWhy, he mighty near starved... So he learnt the trade, and then he was all right - but it was a close call. (M. Twain, ‘The American Claimant’, ch. XI) — Да, он голодал... Но ему удалось приобрести профессию, и дела его поправились. Но это было чертовски трудно.
Jean Robillard had a close call that summer. He never would have survived but for the way his mate nursed him. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 6) — Жан Робийар этим летом был на волосок от смерти. Он бы не выздоровел, если бы не товарищ, который выходил его.
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126 a close call
a close call/shave на волосок (от несчастья); чудом спастись/избежать чего-либоThat was a close call! That van came speeding round the corner and didn't see me crossing the road!
He's never had an accident but he's had several close shaves.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > a close call
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127 a close shave
a close call/shave на волосок (от несчастья); чудом спастись/избежать чего-либоThat was a close call! That van came speeding round the corner and didn't see me crossing the road!
He's never had an accident but he's had several close shaves.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов > a close shave
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128 hit close to home
expr infmlThe audience felt that the speaker's remarks hit pretty close to home — Аудитория почувствовала, что замечания выступающего были не в бровь, а в глаз
I listened carefully and didn't think she hit close to home at all — Я внимательно слушал и думаю, что она не имела в виду именно нас
Her remarks hit a bit too close to home — Легко было догадаться, кого она имела в виду, когда говорила это
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