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link 13.11.2011 13:53 |
Subject: build along the lines gen. Пожалуйста, помогите перевести. : )Выражение встречается в следующем контексте: It was a beautiful boat, built along the low, rakish lines of the fast barges of the old Russian navy. Заранее спасибо |
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link 13.11.2011 14:41 |
Also, on the lines of. Roughly similar or in keeping with. For example, We told the architect we want a design along the lines of his own house but smaller, or Jane asked the caterer for a menu on the lines of the Morgans' wedding reception. This idiom uses line in the sense of “a direction or procedure,” a usage dating from the early 1600s. The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
очертания которой повторяют |
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link 13.11.2011 15:13 |
Thank you a lot : ) |
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link 13.11.2011 19:02 |
"...построенная по стремительным обводам быстроходных катеров..." (и не вздумайте приплетать сюда "баржи" ;-)) |
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link 13.11.2011 23:20 |
речь идет о баркасе. да, спасибо, уже сформулировала |
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