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1 lower one's sights
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2 lower one's sights
поста́вить цель поскромне́еThe Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > lower one's sights
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3 keep one's sights low
(keep one's sights low (тж. lower one's sights))не требовать слишком многого, умерить свой аппетитThere are times in diplomacy when it is wise to keep one's sights low. (‘The Times’) — Бывают времена, когда дипломаты не могут требовать многого.
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4 keep one's sights low
(тж. lower one's sights)нe тpeбoвaть cлишкoм мнoгoгo, умepить cвoй aппeтитThere are times in diplomacy when it is wise to keep one's sights low (The Times) -
5 sight
1) (тж eyesight) зре́ние с2) взгляд мat first sight — с пе́рвого взгля́да
3) ви́димость жwithin sight of the coast — в преде́лах ви́димости с бе́рега
catch sight of — уви́деть
4) зре́лище с, вид м5) pl достопримеча́тельности мнthe sights of New York — ви́ды Нью-Йо́рка
6) прице́л м- sight unseenoptical sight — опти́ческий прице́л
- at/on first sight
- in sight
- know smb by sight
- lower one's sights
- not by a long sight
- out of sight
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6 fire
огонь; стрельба; ркт. пуск; обстрел; пожар; зажигать, воспламенять; вести огонь; стрелять; производить выстрел; см. тж. engagement; firing; shootingbring fire to bear (on) — обрушивать огонь, обстреливать
dedicate the fires of a battery (to a unit) — ставить задачу (батарее) на специальную огневую поддержку (части)
— aerial fires— APC fire— close-supporting fire— counterbattery neutralization fire— direct-supporting fire— general supporting fire— gun fire— indirect laying fire— live ammunition fire— overwatching fire— post-action fires— single shot fire— smoke laying fire— spluttered fire— supporting fire— throw fire into— turn fire on
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