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1 afford
v. 1. (after can, be able to)... боломжтой байх, чадах, сачий хүрэх. 2. олгох, өгөх, хангах. -
2 question
n. 1. асуулт. Ask me no \questions. Надад асуулт бүү тавь. 2. \question (of sth) асуудал. economic and social \questions эдийн засаг ба нийгмийн асуудал. 3. эргэлзээ, дамжиг. beyond/ without \question маргаангүй, дамжиггүй. put a \question асуулт тавих. call sth into question эргэлзэх, итгэхгүй байх. bring sth/ come into question асуулт тавигдах, асуудал болох. in question 1. авч үзэж байгаа, хэлэлцэж байгаа. The woman in \question is sitting over there. Асуудлыг нь хэлэлцэж байгаа бүсгүй энд бий. 2. эргэлзээтэй, асуудалтай. The future of public transport is now in \question. Нийтийн тээврийн хэрэгслийн ирээдүй одоо эргэлзээтэй болоод байна. a moot point/ question маргаантай асуудал. pop the question санал дэвшүүлэх. there is, was, etc some/ no question боломж байсан/ байгаагүй. There was some \question of selling the business. Наймааг бусдад зарах тухай асуудал ч тавигдаж байв. There is no \question of anyone being made redundant. Хэн нэгнийг цомхотгох тухай асуудал тавигдах боломжгүй юм. out of the question хэлэлцэх шаардлагагүй, ярих ч хэрэггүй. A new bycicle is out of \question-we can`t afford it. Шинэ дугуй авах тухай ярих ч хэрэг алга, бидэнд тийм мөнгө алга. question mark n. 1. асуултын тэмдэг. 2. эргэлзээ, тээнэгэлзэл. question-master (also US quiz-master) n. асуулт хариултын уралдааны хөтлөгч. v. 1. sb (about/ on sth) асуух, шалгаах; байцаах. They \questioned her closely about her previous job. Түрүүчийн ажлынх нь тухай тэд түүнээс ихэд сонирхон шалгаасан ажээ. 2. эргэлзэх, тээнэгэлзэх. Her loyalty has never been \questioned. Түүний үнэнч эсэх тухай асуудал тавигдаж байсан түүх ер үгүй. questionable adj. 1. эргэлзээтэй. a \question decision зөв эсэх нь эргэлзээтэй шийдвэр. 2. сэжигтэй, сэжиг төрмөөр. \question earnings сэжигтэй ашиг орлого. questioner n. ярилцлага авагч, сурвалжлагч. questioning n. байцаалт. questioningly adv. асуусан байртай, асуусан янзтай. look at sb \question асуусан янзтай харах.
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can ill afford (to do) something — phrase used for saying that someone should definitely not do something because it will cause problems We could ill afford another argument with the publisher. The soldiers can ill afford to wait another 24 hours before receiving orders. Thesaurus … Useful english dictionary
can/could afford — have sufficient money, time, or means for. → afford … English new terms dictionary
can afford — ► to be able to buy or do something because you have enough money: »He is over 60 and can t afford his pension contributions. can afford to do sth »Debt is not necessarily a bad thing if the consumer can afford to pay it back. ► to be able to do… … Financial and business terms
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afford — ► VERB 1) (can/could afford) have sufficient money, time, or means for. 2) provide (an opportunity or facility). DERIVATIVES affordability noun affordable adjective. ORIGIN Old English, «promote, perform»; related to FORTH(Cf. ↑ … English terms dictionary
I can't afford it — it is out of my budget, it is too expensive; it is too difficult … English contemporary dictionary
afford */*/*/ — UK [əˈfɔː(r)d] / US [əˈfɔrd] verb [transitive] Word forms afford : present tense I/you/we/they afford he/she/it affords present participle affording past tense afforded past participle afforded Get it right: afford: Afford is never followed by a… … English dictionary
afford — v. 1) to well afford 2) (formal) (A) it afforded great pleasure to him; or: it afforded him great pleasure 3)(E; preceded by the forms: can cannot can t could) we cannot afford to buy a new house; we can ill afford to lose this contract 4)… … Combinatory dictionary
afford — af|ford [ ə fɔrd ] verb transitive *** 1. ) if you can afford something, you have enough money to be able to pay for it. This word always follows can, could, or be able to : I m not sure how they are able to afford such expensive vacations. We… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
afford — 01. We d like to go skiing this winter, but we can t really [afford] it right now because my wife isn t working. 02. I can t [afford] to go to the bar tonight because I spent too much last week. 03. We re hoping to go to Hawaii for our holidays,… … Grammatical examples in English
afford — af|ford W3S1 [əˈfo:d US o:rd] v [T] [: Old English; Origin: geforthian to carry out , from forth] 1.) can/could afford [usually negative] a) to have enough money to buy or pay for something afford [to do] sth ▪ We can t afford to go on vacation… … Dictionary of contemporary English
