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1 a turn of phrase
мaнepa выpaжaтьcя, выcкaзывaтьcяHe is very entertaining to listen to; he has a very nice turn of phrase. 'I'll do it if it kills me.' 'I don't like your turn of phrase,' said his wife. 'You shouldn't tempt Providence' -
2 a visiting fireman
амер.; разг.1) именитый, важный гость, заезжая знаменитостьEver since the Buddhist trouble started, the local correspondents have been very hostile to Cung. So he's started feeding out comment through visiting firemen: representatives of the foreign Catholic press, magazine writers and stringers for odd journals who drift in and of Saigon, looking for features. (M. West, ‘The Ambassador’, ch. VII) — С тех пор, как началась эта история с буддистами, местные корреспонденты стали чрезвычайно враждебно относиться к Кунгу. И он для оглашения своих взглядов использовал влиятельных заезжих визитеров: представителей иностранной католической прессы, журналистов и разных борзописцев - газетчиков, курсирующих из Сайгона и в Сайгон в поисках материала.
The president's wife is a hopeless alcoholic and I've had to do the entertaining of the visiting firemen. (J. O'Hara, ‘Elizabeth Appleton’, ch. XI) — Супруга ректора - хронический алкоголик, вот мне и приходится заниматься приемом именитых гостей.
2) гость, посетитель, турист (особ. не останавливающийся перед расходами)The Senior Senator was going to be stripped of his dignity. He would be... curtly introduced like a visiting fireman, and that was all. No toasts. No words about his years of service, no place of honor. (W. Manchester, ‘The Death of a President’, ch. 1) — Хотели унизить его достоинство. Его, старейшего сенатора штата! Хотели... наспех представить его президенту - просто ни слова о его многолетних заслугах, ни почетного места.
Girls... will show your visitors what most visiting firemen want to see. (WD) — Девушки... покажут вашим гостям все, что так хотят видеть заезжие визитеры, швыряющие деньги налево и направо.
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3 of the old school
старой школы, старой закалки, старомодныйTo Romans of the old school this was a new way of thought... (F. R. Cowell, ‘Cicero and the Roman Republic’, Kenk) — Для римлян старой закалки подобные рассуждения казались новшеством...
He is a writer of the old school, witty and entertaining but not very up-to-date. — Это писатель старой школы. Его остроумные произведения могут позабавить читателя, но они не современны.
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4 convivial
1. a праздничный; пиршественный2. a компанейский, любящий выпить и закусить с друзьямиСинонимический ряд:1. festive (adj.) entertaining; festal; festive; hearty; holiday; jovial; merry; pleasant2. friendly (adj.) amiable; amicable; friendly; neighbourly; sympathetic; warm-hearted3. sociable (adj.) affable; congenial; gay; genial; gregarious; sociable4. social (adj.) companionable; socialАнтонимический ряд:reserved; sober -
5 hilarious
1. a весёлый, шумный2. a весёлый, смешнойСинонимический ряд:1. comical (adj.) comical; hysterical; riotous; side-splitting; uproarious2. extremely funny (adj.) boisterously entertaining; extremely funny; funny; lively; loudly amusing; noisily merry; very gay; witty3. exuberant (adj.) exuberant; high-spirited; jubilant; mirthful; rollicking4. happy (adj.) elated; happy; high; merryАнтонимический ряд:gloomy; serious
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