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1 toss
[tɔs] 1. гл.1) = toss away, = toss aside бросать, кидать, метать; отбрасывать, швырятьShe tossed her head back. — Она резко откинула голову назад.
I wish the children would stop tossing those stones about. — Мне бы хотелось, чтобы дети перестали швыряться камнями.
He picked up his sister's ball and with an unpleasant smile tossed it away. — Он подобрал мячик своей сестры и, криво усмехнувшись, отшвырнул его.
Syn:2) = toss upа) подбрасывать, подкидыватьб) бросать жребий, решать спор подбрасыванием монетыMy friend and I, we tossed who should have first shot. — Мы с другом бросили жребий, кому стрелять первому.
Syn:wager 2.3) вскидывать ( голову)4)а) поднимать на рога ( о быке)б) сбрасывать седока ( о лошади)5) подниматься и опускаться, носиться по волнам ( о судне)7) = toss about беспокойно метаться ( о больном)8) амер.; разг. обыскивать, проводить обыскThey tossed the room while I had breakfast. — Они обыскали комнату, пока я завтракал.
9)а) трясти, встряхиватьSyn:б) сотрясать, волноватьMy mind is tossed by various considerations. (J. MacDonald) — Мой ум терзают разные мысли.
Syn:10) перекидываться репликами, вопросамиSyn:to toss smb. into jail — бросить кого-л. в тюрьму
12) горн. промывать ( руду)•- toss away
- toss back
- toss in
- toss off
- toss out
- toss together
- toss up 2. сущ.1) бросок, бросание, подбрасывание, метаниеSyn:2) толчок, сотрясениеSyn:3) резкое движение головой, кивокShe walked in with a toss of the head which would have befitted an empress. (W. M. Thackeray) — Она вошла, сделав кивок, достойный императрицы.
Syn:jerk I 1.4) подбрасывание монеты, жеребьёвка- win the toss- lose the toss5) амер.; разг. обыск, досмотр ( здания или человека)He was allowed to attend as an observer but not active participant in the toss. — Ему разрешили присутствовать при обыске, но не участвовать в нём.
7) мера веса, используемая при продаже мелкой рыбы типа кильки ( около 40-50 фунтов)Syn:••not to give / care a toss about smth. — плевать на что-л.
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