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1 give the final touch to
(give the final (или finishing) touch(es) to (тж. put the final или finishing touches (up)on или to))наносить последние штрихи, отделывать, шлифовать; завершить, довести до конца; см. тж. the finishing stroke и give the finishing stroke to smth....before they set out she spent at least an hour putting the finishing touches upon herself in front of a mirror... (U. Sinclair, ‘100%’, ch. 85) —...перед тем как отправиться в церковь, Глэдис добрый час вертелась перед зеркалом, проверяя, все ли у нее в порядке...
...Carrie was putting the finishing touches to her toilet... when a commotion near the stage door caught her ear. (Th. Dreiser, ‘Sister Carrie’, ch. XLVI) —...Кэрри кончала переодеваться... как вдруг услышала какой-то шум за дверью, ведущей на сцену.
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2 give the finishing stroke to smth.
(give (или put) the finishing stroke to smth.)завершать, заканчивать что-л., делать последние штрихи, отделывать что-л.; см. тж. the finishing stroke и give the final touch toThe artist was putting the finishing stroke to the portrait. — Художник заканчивал портрет.
Large English-Russian phrasebook > give the finishing stroke to smth.
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3 give the palm to smb.
(give the palm to smb. (или smth.))отдать пальму первенства кому-л. (или чему-л.)The mind, taking a bird's-eye view of the English language from Chaucer to this day, will find it impossible, I think, to give the palm to any particular period in all those centuries. (J. Galsworthy, ‘On Expression’, Kenk) — Если мысленно обозреть историю английского языка, начиная от Чосера и до наших дней, то окажется, что ни один период не может претендовать на пальму первенства.
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4 give (free/full) rein(s)/give the reins to someone/something
give (free/full) rein(s)/give the reins to someone/somethingiemand/iets de vrije teugel latenEnglish-Dutch dictionary > give (free/full) rein(s)/give the reins to someone/something
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5 give the alarm
give the alarm поднять тревогу -
6 give the bucket
give the bucket увольнять со службы -
7 give the gate
give the gate дать отставку, уволить -
8 give the green light
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9 give the mitten
give the mitten уволить -
10 give the needle to
give the needle to раздражать (кого-л.) -
11 give the office
give the office сделать намек -
12 give the onceover
give the onceover бегло осмотреть (кого-л., что-л.) -
13 give the pas
give the pas уступить первенство; -
14 give the sack
give the sack уволить кого-л. -
15 give the wall
give the wall посторониться; уступить дорогу, преимущество и т. п. кому-л. -
16 give the whisper
give the whisper coll. намекнуть -
17 give the force of an Act
= give the force of an law надавати силу закону -
18 give the force of an law
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19 give the higher rank
= give the next rank присвоювати чергове звання -
20 give the next rank
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