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would-be

['wudbi(:)]
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gen. так называемый (trying, hoping, or merely pretending, to be • a would-be poet); претендующий (на что-либо); мечтающий (о чём-либо); с претензией (на что-либо); притворный; потенциальный (Lavrov); возможный; предполагаемый; мнимый; воображающий себя; начинающий (Anglophile); делающий вид; предполагаемый (As a would-be Oregon utility owner, though, Buffett still has to sell himself to state ratepayers who have proven highly suspicious of any private investor. golos); будущий (В.И.Макаров); желающий стать (кем-то • Would-be marines have to get through a rigorous examination. Franka_LV); якобы (Грушниций); изображающий из себя
amer. предстоящий (Val_Ships)
dipl. мечтающий (о чём-либо)
Gruzovik, fig. в кавычках
inf. "с претензиями"
Makarov. вероятный
mean.2 несостоявшийся (unfulfilled; frustrated in realizing a goal, ambition, etc. • Would-be film stars often become waitresses. 4uzhoj)
would be ['wudbi:,-bi]
gen. желающий быть; мнимый; так называемый
gram., context. был бы
math. было бы (the transfer of liquid hydrogen from the Earth's surface to orbit would be more difficult than)
will be
mil., avia. будет
would-be
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