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1. v связывать, скреплять; завязыватьfasten up — закрывать, завязывать
2. v прикреплять, привязывать3. v навязатьthey fastened themselves on him and spoiled his holiday — они навязались ему в компанию и испортили ему отдых
4. v укреплять; свинчивать, завинчивать; зажимать5. v запирать6. v запираться7. v застёгивать8. v застёгиваться9. v затвердевать, застывать; схватываться10. v приписывать, сваливатьsomeone must have broken the plate, but why fasten it on me? — кто-то, очевидно, разбил тарелку, но зачем сваливать это на меня?
11. v устремлять, сосредоточивать12. v зацепиться, ухватиться13. v прицепиться, придратьсяthe defence counsel fastened on this discrepancy in her testimony — защитник прицепился к этому противоречию в его показаниях
Синонимический ряд:1. attach (verb) attach; bind; clamp; clasp; clinch; hitch; hook; join; knot; lock; secure; stick on; tie; tie up2. concenter (verb) concenter; concentrate; direct; fixate; focus; hold; put; rivet3. couple (verb) anchor; catch; clip; connect; couple; fix; lash; moor; secure4. fix (verb) embed; entrench; fix; ingrain; instil; lodge; root5. place (verb) affix; assign; blame; pin on; place; saddleАнтонимический ряд:divert; loose; loosen; release; unfasten
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