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21 reversed\ epithets
colloq.based on the contradiction between the logical and the syntactical: logically defining becomes syntactically defined and vice versa. The article with the second noun will help in doubtful cases"this devil of a woman" instead of "this devilish woman", "the giant man" (a gigantic man); "the prude of a woman" (a prudish woman), "the toy of a girl" (a small, toylike girl), "the kitten of a woman" (a kittenlike woman)
She was a faded white rabbit of a woman. (A.Cronin)
a doll of a wife (the wife is like a doll), an angel of a girl (the girls is an angel), a hell of a mess, a devil of a sea, a dwarf of a fellow, a horse of a girl, a fool of a policeman, a hook of a nose, a vow of a hat, a jewel of a film (I.V.A.)
a two-legged ski-rocket of a kid, a forty-pound skunk of a freckled wild cat (I.V.A.)
See: epithetEnglish-Russian dictionary of stylistics (terminology and examples) > reversed\ epithets
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22 catch smb. red-handed
(catch (или take) smb. red-handed)застать кого-л. на месте преступления, захватить кого-л. с поличным (take red-hanted [впервые встречается в романе В. Скотта "Айвенго"; см. цитату])I did but tie one fellow, who was taken red-handed in the fact, to the horns of a wild stag. (W. Skott, ‘Ivanhoe’, ch. XXV) — Я привязал к рогам дикого оленя одного парня, пойманного на месте преступления.
‘Now, Higgins,’ said the lieutenant, ‘You have been caught red-handed in treason against your country and its flag.’ (U. Sinclair, ‘Jimmie Higgins’, ch. XXVI) — - Так вот, Хиггинс, - снова заговорил лейтенант, - вас поймали с поличным. Вы изменили родине и флагу.
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23 consort
1. n арх. офиц. супруг; супругаprince consort — принц-консорт; супруг царствующей королевы
2. n мор. корабль сопровождения3. n группа музыкальных инструментов4. n гармония, согласованность5. v неодобр. часто общаться, якшаться6. v соответствовать, гармонироватьСинонимический ряд:1. companion (noun) accompaniment; associate; companion; concomitant; fellow; friend; husband; mate; partner; spouse; wife2. agree (verb) accord; agree; check; check out; cohere; coincide; comport; concur; conform; consist; correspond; dovetail; fit in; go; harmonise; harmonize; jibe; march; quadrate; rhyme; square; suit; tally3. join (verb) accompany; associate; befriend; fraternise; fraternize; hobnob; join; mingle; socialize; troopАнтонимический ряд: -
24 robust
1. a здоровый, крепкий, сильный2. a тех. прочный; устойчивый, надёжный в эксплуатацииrobust algorithm — живучий алгоритм; устойчивый алгоритм
3. a здравый, ясный4. a трудный, требующий усилий5. a грубоватый6. a устойчивый, робастныйСинонимический ряд:1. athletic (adj.) athletic; hefty; husky; rugged; solid2. burly (adj.) brawny; burly; muscular; sinewy; sturdy3. flavorful (adj.) flavorful; rich; substantial4. healthy (adj.) booming; flourishing; healthy; prospering; prosperous; roaring; thrifty; thriving5. rude (adj.) boisterous; coarse; loud; rambunctious; riotous; rough; rude; tumultuous; wild6. strong (adj.) concentrated; full-bodied; potent; strong7. vigorous (adj.) energetic; hardy; lively; powerful; sound; stalwart; strapping; vigorous; vigourous8. vital (adj.) lusty; red-blooded; vitalАнтонимический ряд:frail; quiet; refined; sickly; soft; unhealthy; weak -
25 for fair
aмep. paзг.дeйcтвитeльнo, нecoмнeннoBrock would have figured out that L.W. was Willomena, and then Brock would have had the goods on him for fair (J. O'Hara). He's a wild cat for fair, the young fellow (D. Hammett) -
26 save one's (or smb.'s) bacon
cпacaть ceбя, cвoю шкуpу (cпacaть кoгo-л.)Celtic's Connaghan saved his team's bacon (Morning Star). When a newspaper reporter who had visited Billy told the governor that the kid 'appears to look to you to save his neck', the governor airily responded. 'I can't see how a fellow like him should expect any clemency from me' (Wild West). Clarke aroused loathing and contempt because he had turned informer to save his skin (K. S. Prichard)Concise English-Russian phrasebook > save one's (or smb.'s) bacon
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