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41 to do a large trade
to do a large (considerable/a lot of, roaring, thriving) trade вести большую (значительную, бурную, процветающую) торговлюEnglish-Russian combinatory dictionary > to do a large trade
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42 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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43 calling
1. n призвание2. n профессия; занятие; ремесло3. n зов; выкрик4. n созыв5. n перекличка6. n приглашение; вызовcalling out — выкрикивающий; вызывающий; вызов
7. n юр. вызов истца на судебное заседаниеcalling rate — нагрузка; интенсивность потока вызовов
8. a кричащий; зовущий, окликающий9. a спец. вызывающийСинонимический ряд:1. vocation (noun) affair; art; business; craft; employment; handicraft; job; lifework; line; line of work; metier; mission; occupation; profession; pursuit; trade; vocation; work2. calling (verb) bawling; bellowing; blustering; calling; clamouring; crying; hollering; roaring; shouting; vociferating; yelling3. demanding (verb) challenging; claiming; demanding; exacting; postulating; requiring; requisitioning; soliciting4. estimating (verb) approximating; estimating; judging; placing; putting; reckoning; setting5. foretelling (verb) adumbrating; auguring; forecasting; foretelling; guessing; portending; predicting; presaging; prognosticating; prophesying; vaticinating6. gathering (verb) assembling; calling in; collecting; convening; convoking; gathering; get together; marshalling; mustering; round up; send for; summoning7. naming (verb) baptising; baptizing; characterising; christening; denominating; designating; dubbing; entitling; labelling; naming; styling; tagging; terming; titling8. seeing (verb) come by; drop by; drop in; look in; look up; pop in; run in; seeing; stopping9. telephoning (verb) phoning; telephoning10. visiting (verb) coming by; coming over; dropping by; dropping in; looking in; looking up; popping in; running in; stepping in; stopping by; stopping in; visiting
См. также в других словарях:
do a roaring trade — Ⅰ. do a roaring trade (in sth) (also do a brisk trade (in sth)) ► to sell a lot of something: »We do a roaring trade in ice creams during the hot weather. Main Entry: ↑trade Ⅱ … Financial and business terms
do a roaring trade in sth — Ⅰ. do a roaring trade (in sth) (also do a brisk trade (in sth)) ► to sell a lot of something: »We do a roaring trade in ice creams during the hot weather. Main Entry: ↑trade Ⅱ … Financial and business terms
do a roaring trade (in something) — phrase to sell large quantities of something in a short period of time We did a roaring trade in ice creams last week. Thesaurus: to sell somethingsynonym Main entry: roaring * * * do a ˈroaring trade (in sth … Useful english dictionary
a roaring trade — If you do a roaring trade, your business is very successful. Cosmetic surgeons are doing a roaring trade these days … English Idioms & idiomatic expressions
do a roaring trade — British & Australian, American to sell a lot of goods quickly. It was a hot day and the ice cream sellers were doing a roaring trade. (usually in continuous tenses) The toy department was doing a roaring trade in furry dinosaurs. (often + in) … New idioms dictionary
do a roaring trade (or business) — informal do very good business. → roaring … English new terms dictionary
do a roaring trade — ► do a roaring trade (or business) informal do very good business. Main Entry: ↑roaring … English terms dictionary
do a roaring trade — To do very brisk and profitable business • • • Main Entry: ↑roar … Useful english dictionary
Roaring trade — a lot of business … Dictionary of Australian slang
roaring trade — Australian Slang a lot of business … English dialects glossary
roaring — roar‧ing [ˈrɔːrɪŋ] adjective do a roaring trade ( in something) informal COMMERCE to sell a lot of something very quickly: • The food sellers were doing a roaring trade in spiced sausages. * * * roaring UK US /rɔːrɪŋ/ adjective [before noun] ● … Financial and business terms