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  • 1 delay

    1. I
    don't delay, act now! не медли, не мешкай, действуй!
    2. II
    delay in some manner delay unconsciously (unreasonably, unaccountably, ate.) безотчетно /неосознанно/ и т. д. медлить или задерживаться
    3. III
    1) delay smth. delay one's trip (one's departure, one's marriage, a party, the consideration of a matter, etc.) откладывать /переносить/ [свою] поездку и т. д.
    2) delay smth., smb. delay the traffic (delivery, the clerk, etc.) задерживать движение и т. д.; delay progress тормозить прогресс; delay the train service нарушать движение поездов
    4. IV
    delay smth. for some time delay an operation too far слишком долго откладывать операцию; what delayed you so long? почему вы так задержались?
    5. XI
    be delayed payments were delayed платежи были просрочены; his return is being delayed его возвращение задерживается или откладывается; be delayed by smth. be delayed by illness (by an unforeseen event, by bad weather, etc.) задерживаться из-за /вследствие/ болезни и т. д.; the train was delayed by snow поезд опоздал из-за (снежных) заносов; be delayed somewhere be delayed in the city (in the office, etc.) задержаться в городе и т. д.; I was delayed on the way я задержался /меня задержали/ по дороге
    6. XIV
    delay doing smth. delay coming (paying, writing letters, forwarding smb.'s letters, making a decision, etc.) откладывать приезд или приход и т. д.
    7. XVI
    delay at /in/ some place delay at the office задерживаться в конторе /на службе/; delay for same time delay for 3 hours (for two weeks, for a long time, etc.) задерживаться на три часа и т. д.
    8. XVII
    delay in doing smth. delay in sending the letter (in telling her about it, in paying, etc.) откладывать отправку письма в т. д., задерживаться /мешкать/ с отправкой письма и т. д.
    9. XXI1
    delay smth., smb. in /at/ some place my work delayed me at the office у меня было много работы, и я задержался в конторе; delay smth., smb. for some time they delayed the traffic for some time (the performance for an hour, etc.) движение было ими на некоторое время и т. д. остановлено; delay the discussion for a week отложить дискуссию на неделю; they delayed him for two hours (her for three days, etc.) [они] его задержали на два часа и т. д.; delay payment from day to day со дня на день откладывать внесение платы; we decided to delay our holiday until next month мы решили отложить отпуск до следующего месяца

    English-Russian dictionary of verb phrases > delay

  • 2 make good time

       быcтpo пpoйти или пpoexaть кaкoe-л. paccтoяниe, быcтpo дoexaть; улoжитьcя вoвpeмя
        He was pressing, panicked now at being late, passing entire rows of cars and hogging the center of the pike... He was lucky: we made good time (J. Updike). We had hoped to reach home before night, and we were making good time until the bad weather delayed us

    Concise English-Russian phrasebook > make good time

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