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41 drag
I n1) infmlOne more drag and he stubbed out the fag — Еще одна затяжка, и он потушил сигарету
2) infml3) infmlThis extra work's going to be a bit of a drag on us — Эта дополнительная работа нам совсем ни к чему
The drag of the population growth on living standards is all too evident — Совершенно очевидно, что рост населения сдерживает подъем его благосостояния
4) slThe party was a drag, so we left early — Вечеринка была скучной, и мы ушли пораньше
She was crying and everything, it was a real drag — Она рыдала и прочее, в общем, сплошной мрак
5) slShe could sure be a drag when she wanted — Она может достать любого, если захочет
He suddenly decided that his girlfriend was a real drag — Вдруг он пришел к выводу, что эта девушка ему в тягость
6) AmE sl7) AmE sl8) AmE slII viI managed to learn this from some guy on the drag — Мне удалось узнать это от одного парня, который ошивался на "броде"
1) infml2) AmE slIt's a law violation to drag — Появление мужчин в общественном месте в женской одежде запрещено законом
3) AmE slIII vtAnybody's got the bug to drag can use the strip long as they have a driver's license — Все, кто желает состязаться в скорости, могут использовать эту полосу, лишь бы у них были права
1) infmlShe dragged a couple and sat in the funk for a while — Она пару раз затянулась и сидела, вся окутанная дымом
2) AmE slIV adv infml esp AmEI'm planning to drag you at the fairgrounds next Saturday — Давай в субботу на ярмарке посмотрим, чья машина быстрее берет со старта
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42 misfortunes never come alone
посл.(misfortunes never come alone (single или singly; тж. one misfortune comes on the neck of another))≈ беда беду родит, беда никогда не приходит одна, пришла беда - отворяй воротаWhen she gave him Trefusis's letter, he said more calmly: ‘Misfortunes never come singly.’ (B. Shaw, ‘An Unsocial Socialist’, ch. II) — Когда миссис Джансениус дала мужу письмо Трефузиса, тот заметил уже более спокойно: "Беда никогда не приходит одна".
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43 otiosus
ōtĭōsus, a, um, adj. [otium], at leisure, unoccupied, disengaged, unemployed, idle (class.; cf. feriatus, immunis; opp. negotiosus).I.Of persons.A.In gen.:B.nimis otiosum te arbitror hominem esse,
Plaut. Truc. 1, 2, 34; 40:quamvis etiam maneo otiosus hic,
Ter. Ad. 2, 4, 15:cum essem otiosus domi,
Cic. Brut. 3, 10:rebus humanis aliquos otiosos deos praeficere,
id. N. D. 3, 39, 93.—In partic.1.Without official employment, free from public affairs:2.quo in studio hominum quoque ingeniosissimorum otiosissimorumque totas aetates videmus esse contritas,
Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 219:quem locum nos otiosi convertimus,
in an interval of leisure, id. Div. 2, 30, 63:Graeculum se atque otiosum putari maluit,
id. Sest. 51, 110: numquam se minus otiosum esse, quam cum otiosus, that he was never less at leisure than when [p. 1285] free from official business, Cato ap. Cic. Off. 3, 1, 1:cum a te tua promissa flagitabam, ad urbem te otiosissimum esse arbitrabar,
Cic. Fam. 3, 11, 3:cum otiosus stilum prehenderat,
id. Brut. 24, 93.—With respect to participation, quiet, unconcerned, indifferent, neutral:3.spectatores otiosi Leuctricae calamitatis,
Cic. Off. 2, 7, 26:quidam enim non modo armatis, sed etiam otiosis minabantur,
id. Marcell. 6, 18.—Without excitement, quiet, passionless, calm, tranquil:4.etiam istos, quibus odio est otium, quietissimos atque otiosissimos reddam,
Cic. Agr. 2, 37, 102:vide ut otiosus it,
Ter. Eun. 5, 3, 10; Cic. Fam. 9, 25, 3.—Of style, tedious, dull:5.(Cicero) lentus est in principiis, longus in narrationibus, otiosus circa excessus,
Tac. Or. 22.—That has leisure for any thing; with gen.: studiorum otiosi, Plin. H. N. praef. § 6.—Hence,C.Subst.: ōtĭōsus, i, m., a private person, one not in official life:2.et facilior et tutior vita est otiosorum,
Cic. Off. 1, 21, 70:otioso vero et nihil agenti privato,... quando imperium senatus dedit?
id. Phil. 11, 8, 20.—Non-combatants, civilians:II.crudeliter enim otiosis minabantur,
Cic. Fam. 9, 6, 3 (B. and K. otiosissimi):militare nomen grave inter otiosos,
Tac. Agr. 40.—Of inanim. and abstr. things, at leisure, free, idle, unemployed: otioso in otio animus nescit, quid velit, Enn. ap. Gell. 19, 10, 12 (Trag. v. 256 Vahl.):B.ego, cui fuerit ne otium quidem umquam otiosum,
Cic. Planc. 27, 66: pecuniae, idle, unemployed (opp. occupatus), Plin. Ep. 10, 62, 1:senectus,
Cic. Sen. 14, 49:his supplicationum otiosis diebus,
id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 3:quid quiete otiosius animi,
Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 4.—Transf.1.Idle, useless, unprofitable, superfluous (cf.:2.ignavus, iners, desidiosus): sententiae,
Quint. 1, 1, 35:sermo,
id. 8, 2, 19:otiosissimae occupationes,
Plin. Ep. 9, 6, 4; so,otiosum est persequi singula,
Lact. 2, 4, 28; cf. Min. Fel. 23, 1.—Quiet, free from any thing; with ab:3.animo nunc jam otioso esse impero,
Ter. And. 5, 2, 1:ab animo,
id. Phorm. 2, 2, 26:a metu,
Gell. 2, 29, 9:quid est animi quiete otiosius,
Sen. Ira, 2, 13, 2.—With a quiet or gentle motion, quiet, gentle:A.fons vel rivus huc conveniat otiosus,
flowing quietly, gently, Pall. 1, 37, 3.—Hence, adv.: ōtĭōsē.Lit., at leisure, at ease, without occupation:B.vivere,
Cic. Off. 3, 26, 97:inambulare in foro,
Liv. 23, 7 fin.:sequi,
Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 8:ire,
id. Ep. 5, 1, 21:magnast res, quam ego tecum otiose, si otiumst, cupio loqui,
id. Aul. 4, 10, 41.—Transf.1.Calmly, quietly, without haste, gently, gradually: ambula ergo cito. Sy. Immo otiose, Plaut. Ps. 4, 1, 14; cf. id. Truc. 1, 2, 66 (opp. to properare):2.bene et otiose percoquere,
Cato, R. R. 76 fin.:contemplari unumquodque otiose et considerare coepit,
Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 15, § 33:quaerere,
id. Fin. 4, 13, 22:segniter, otiose, neglegenter, contumaciter omnia agere,
Liv. 2, 57.—Free from fear, quietly, fearlessly:ademptum tibi jam faxo omnem metum, in aurem utramvis otiose ut dormias,
Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 100.
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