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28.04.2025 | 22:56:55 | gen. | exercise | проявление (French firm ERDF takes over management of the Tomsk Grid Company, or TRK, Tuesday in the first exercise in handing Russia’s electricity companies to Western firms to improve performance.) |
25.04.2025 | 17:53:53 | gen. | route | маршрут (The only direct competitor on the Brussels-to Moscow route is Aeroflot, which flies daily out of Sheremetyevo.) |
25.04.2025 | 12:19:44 | gen. | expert | эксперт ("The major point about gas is that it now goes east and not west," says Gunnar Sander, senior adviser at the Norwegian Polar Institute and an expert on how climate change impacts economic activity in the Arctic.) |
18.04.2025 | 22:05:59 | gen. | elicit | добиться (The purpose of any cross-examination is twofold: to elicit favourable evidence and discredit evidence that is unhelpful.) |
18.04.2025 | 19:30:38 | gen. | scant | едва (Russian geologists estimate the blocks offered to Eni in Wednesday’s agreement hold about 36 billion barrels of oil or the equivalent in natural gas, though they have been only scantly explored.) |
17.04.2025 | 10:08:28 | gen. | remain | оставаться (This is a three year fixed-term contract and that two and a half years of this term remains unexpired.) |
17.04.2025 | 9:31:58 | gen. | corporate | юридическое лицо (a corporate company or group) |
14.04.2025 | 12:17:52 | gen. | off | рядом (рядом с Красной площадью – off Red Square) |
10.04.2025 | 11:47:04 | gen. | game the system | обхитрить систему (To use the rules and procedures meant to protect a system in order to instead manipulate the system for a desired outcome.
Near-synonyms: play the system, beat the system, work the system • Doctors often 'game the system' by manipulating the organ allocation system to favor patients of their choosing.
Huge spikes in wholesale electricity prices in South Australia have been a result of energy companies “gaming” the system and exploiting their unusual market power to charge “monopoly rents”, according to an in-depth report by the Melbourne Energy Institute.
The moral appears to be that wealthy individuals can game the system, and if the pressure becomes unbearable they can make a settlement – otherwise off they go. |
8.04.2025 | 13:51:06 | gen. | refreshments | закуски и напитки (small amounts of food and drink • He stopped at a bar for a little refreshment. Light refreshments will be available at the back of the hall. • Light refreshments will be available at the back of the hall.) |
8.04.2025 | 11:51:04 | gen. | that ship has sailed | момент упущен ((originally US) That opportunity has already passed; it is too late to do anything about it. • No, I'm afraid they're no longer taking applications for the job. Unfortunately, that ship has sailed. |
26.03.2025 | 0:19:44 | gen. | fine | штрафовать (Others complained of overzealous traffic inspectors roaming the streets looking for drivers to fine the 2,500 rubles for nonpayment.) |
18.03.2025 | 22:20:16 | gen. | oversight of | контроль за (the state of being in charge of somebody / something • The committee has oversight of finance and general policy.) |
17.03.2025 | 11:22:29 | gen. | reach | зона доступа (beyond the reach of the madding crowd • And of course, we know that opportunity lies outside the reach of some of our people. • Today over 15 million households fall outside the reach of municipal water. • Coastal shingle vegetation outside the reach of waves.) |
14.03.2025 | 9:27:15 | gen. | man camp | вахтовый посёлок (Man camps are temporary workforce housing to accommodate a large influx of high-paid workers in the resource extraction industries, especially in Canada and the United States. Twentieth century boom–bust housing cycles related to the oil and gas industry made companies reluctant to invest in permanent housing for temporary workforces. The term "man camp' was popularized in association with the Bakken oil boom in North Dakota. Media and photography depicting the transient workers drawn to this boom led The New York Times to select 'man camp" as one of the most important words of 2012.
Workforces in the resource extraction industries are overwhelmingly male, and studies of man camps conclude that they are hyper-masculine environments—although they do include some women. |
8.03.2025 | 12:54:33 | gen. | single | лицо, не состоящее в браке (Living standards do not necessarily leave time for personal life, though. Census data show that the capital boasts 2 million singles – which are, interestingly, evenly split between the two sexes.) |
5.03.2025 | 11:09:35 | gen. | tax-related representative | налоговый представитель |
3.03.2025 | 23:27:08 | mil. | source | источник информации (But, citing a source within naval circles, Izvestia newspaper reported Wednesday that sailors are fearful of the Alexander Nevsky because flaws in its digital control systems make the vessel "dangerous" to handle.) |
1.03.2025 | 11:33:38 | railw. | sleeper | СВ (спальный вагон) |
27.02.2025 | 14:23:52 | gen. | liable | ответственный (Remember there is a hierarchy of liability which means, for example, a tenant is liable before a licensee and the owner may be liable where ... • Finally, under the law of tort there was no State responsibility for the liquidator's acts, whereas he was liable before the creditors. Kotov v. Russia) |
27.02.2025 | 14:23:10 | gen. | liable | обязанный (The author asssesses the likelihood of health-care librarians being held liable for the service they provide and discusses methods of reducing this risk. Babylon Spanish) |
25.02.2025 | 9:35:15 | gen. | it's not the size of the dog in fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog | размер собаки не решает исхода драки |
25.02.2025 | 9:34:46 | gen. | it's not the size of the dog in fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog | собачонка-то мала, да кусаться сильна |
24.02.2025 | 12:00:33 | gen. | the pen is mightier than the sword | перо сильнее меча ("The pen is mightier than the sword" is an expression indicating that the written word is more effective than violence as a means of social or political change. This sentiment has been expressed with metaphorical contrasts of writing implements and weapons for thousands of years. The specific wording that "the pen is mightier than the sword" was first used by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton in 1839.
Under some interpretations, written communication can refer to administrative power or an independent news media. |
24.02.2025 | 9:56:01 | gen. | it's not the size of the dog in fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog | собака может выглядеть как болонка, а драться – как волкодав |
23.02.2025 | 10:59:09 | gen. | it's not the size of the dog in fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog | слаб телом, но силён духом |
22.02.2025 | 9:37:19 | gen. | it's not the size of the dog in fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog | удаль решает всё (Usually refering to a small dog attacking a larger animal, this means that fierceness is not necessarily a matter of physical size, but rather mental/psychological attitude. |
13.02.2025 | 16:07:58 | gen. | maiden mineral resource estimate | ТЭО разведочных кондиций (Highlights of Bravo's 2023 Maiden Mineral Resource Estimate (MRE) at a 0.50 g/t PdEq cut-off grade. Indicated Mineral Resource of 73 million tonnes (Mt) at 1. ... • Maiden mineral resource estimate based on strike length of 7,000 ft of a total strike length of 25,000 ft. Potential for mineral resource ...) |
13.02.2025 | 15:56:09 | gen. | mineral resource estimate | технико-экономическое обоснование постоянных кондиций (The Company announced a maiden JORC Mineral Resource Estimate ('MRE') for the Afema Project of 2.52Moz gold. • A cut-off grade (COG) is an industry-accepted standard expression used to determine what part of a mineral deposit to include in a mineral resource estimate (MRE). For MRE reporting, COGs tend to be rounded down to ensure that material of no economic significance is excluded from the resource.) |
13.02.2025 | 15:56:09 | gen. | mineral resource estimate | ТЭО ПК (The Company announced a maiden JORC Mineral Resource Estimate ('MRE') for the Afema Project of 2.52Moz gold. • A cut-off grade (COG) is an industry-accepted standard expression used to determine what part of a mineral deposit to include in a mineral resource estimate (MRE). For MRE reporting, COGs tend to be rounded down to ensure that material of no economic significance is excluded from the resource.) |
13.02.2025 | 15:56:09 | gen. | MRE | технико-экономическое обоснование постоянных кондиций (The Company announced a maiden JORC Mineral Resource Estimate ('MRE') for the Afema Project of 2.52Moz gold. • A cut-off grade (COG) is an industry-accepted standard expression used to determine what part of a mineral deposit to include in a mineral resource estimate (MRE). For MRE reporting, COGs tend to be rounded down to ensure that material of no economic significance is excluded from the resource.) |
13.02.2025 | 15:56:09 | gen. | MRE | ТЭО ПК (The Company announced a maiden JORC Mineral Resource Estimate ('MRE') for the Afema Project of 2.52Moz gold. • A cut-off grade (COG) is an industry-accepted standard expression used to determine what part of a mineral deposit to include in a mineral resource estimate (MRE). For MRE reporting, COGs tend to be rounded down to ensure that material of no economic significance is excluded from the resource.) |
13.02.2025 | 10:52:59 | gen. | projected recovery rate | прогнозное извлечение (This equates to a total of 8,500 ounces at a projected recovery rate of 85% or $20M in gold at current spot price ($2,350 oz. Au).) |
13.02.2025 | 10:49:19 | gen. | non-refractory ore | неупорная руда (Non-refractory ore is where cyanide can be used to extract the gold. This is desirable as it means the process will be cheaper. |
13.02.2025 | 10:18:55 | gen. | basis of reserves estimation | постоянные кондиции (Кондиции устанавливают параметры для подсчёта запасов основных и совместно с ними залегающих полезных ископаемых, а также содержащихся в них ценных компонентов. Кондиции утверждаются для каждого месторождения полезных ископаемых (либо участка крупного месторождения, намечаемого к отработке самостоятельным предприятием), промышленных и теплоэнергетических подземных вод. По результатам предварительной разведки вырабатываются временные кондиции, по результатам детальной разведки новых, а также доразведки и эксплуатации разрабатываемых месторождений — постоянные кондиции. Временные кондиции используются для оперативного подсчёта предварительно разведанных запасов полезных ископаемых и решения вопроса о целесообразности производства детальной разведки месторождения. Постоянные кондиции — основа подсчёта подлежащих утверждению запасов месторождений, подготовленных для промышленного освоения или разрабатываемых; учитываются также при проектировании предприятия по добыче полезных ископаемых, планировании и производстве горно-эксплуатационных работ, решении вопросов, связанных с охраной недр. |
10.02.2025 | 12:06:06 | qual.cont. | suffer | подвергаться (Lugovoi on Wednesday appeared to reverse his earlier insistence that he had not suffered radiation poisoning.) |
31.01.2025 | 23:36:45 | sport. | all-around | многоборье (The men's individual all-around, also known as the heptathlon, was one of two gymnastics events on the Gymnastics at the 1908 Summer ... • These are the results of the women's individual all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics...) |
21.01.2025 | 11:04:35 | phys. | shock wave | ударная волна (1. a movement of very high air pressure that is caused by an explosion, earthquake, etc. 2. shock waves, plural: feelings of shock that people experience when something bad happens suddenly • The murder sent shock waves through the whole community.) |
15.01.2025 | 10:20:00 | gen. | sharp-eyed | наблюдательный (BBC headline • Soyuz launches sharp-eyed Pleiades satellite.) |
14.01.2025 | 14:20:31 | gen. | at hand | рассматриваемый (The drafting of the clauses will therefore depend upon the particular facts of the case at hand.) |
3.01.2025 | 23:32:54 | math. | one of two | один из двух (He can now go one of two ways, both of which are not without personal risk.) |
3.01.2025 | 12:42:31 | prop.&figur. | sap | подрывать (Corruption, falling living standards and fear of a "dictatorship" is sapping support for leader's United Russia party) |
1.01.2025 | 13:00:31 | gen. | circumstance | случай (They [exemplary damages] can be awarded in three circumstances.) |
26.12.2024 | 12:49:07 | gen. | action | действие (action noun [countable] something that someone does • He is responsible for his own actions. • They refused to give a reason for their actions. act noun [countable] a particular type of action: violent acts act of violence / kindness / defiance etc: I believe the killing was an act of desperation.) |
26.12.2024 | 12:43:31 | gen. | action | принятие мер (The time has come for action if these beautiful animals are to survive. • Firefighters took action immediately to stop the blaze spreading. • What is the best course of action in the circumstances?) |
23.12.2024 | 11:04:16 | gen. | matter-of-factly | прозаично (And although much has been written about the oligarchs’ seamy rise to riches, this is the first time so much has been revealed by the men themselves so matter-of-factly.) |
22.12.2024 | 11:01:31 | gen. | hagiofication | бронзовение (обретение ореола непогрешимости, неприкосновенности, святости. Coined by me. • Послания Дмитрия Медведева про необходимость повышать партийную конкуренцию и слова про бронзовение единороссов, безусловно, повлияли, — отмечает первый вице-президент Центра политических технологий Алексей Макаркин. Татьяна Кособокова, «Кремль хочет наполовину обновить список „Единой России“ в новой Госдуме», 2011 г. // «РБК Daily» [НКРЯ] |
9.12.2024 | 0:54:03 | law | employment relationship | трудовые отношения |
9.12.2024 | 0:12:58 | mil. | conning tower | рубка (подводной лодки • As president, he [Putin] appeared barechested on horseback, at the controls of a Tupolev bomber, on the conning tower of a submarine.) |
8.12.2024 | 10:47:10 | sport. | scout | искать таланты (to look for sports players, actors, musicians, etc. who have special ability, so you can offer them work • He scouts for Manchester United.) |
6.12.2024 | 11:13:03 | gen. | pace | несмотря на мнение (+ доп.) |
5.12.2024 | 20:41:26 | adv. | out-of-home advertising | наружная реклама (Out-of-home advertising (or outdoor advertising) is made up of more than 100 different formats, totaling $6.99 billion in annual revenues in 2008 in the USA. Outdoor advertising is essentially any type of advertising that reaches the consumer while he or she is outside the home. This is in contrast with broadcast, print, and Internet advertising. • Out of Home Media (OOH) Out of Home (OOH), also known as Outdoor, is advertising that reaches audiences outside of the home on a variety of formats including billboards, bus shelters, public transport, shopping centres, and office buildings. |
2.12.2024 | 18:46:07 | met.phys. | relative humidity | относительная влажность воздуха (The relative humidity of the air is the amount of water that is present in the air compared to the greatest amount it would be possible for the air to hold at that temperature • The relative humidity will be about 80% today.) |
15.11.2024 | 11:15:24 | gen. | engine | двигатель (Billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, who joined the race on Monday as the self-proclaimed champion of the disgruntled middle class – the engine behind post-election protests fueled by widespread allegations of fraud at the ballot box – scored a dismal 1 percent, according to the VTsIOM poll.) |
10.11.2024 | 18:46:04 | gen. | hinder | препятствовать (his disability hinders him from using the usual facilities.) |
2.11.2024 | 22:38:28 | O&G | practice | установившийся порядок (The study will identify opportunities to cut down on the practice, which is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions. TMT) |
1.11.2024 | 14:47:19 | OHS | collective protective equipment | средства коллективной защиты (Collective protective equipment (CPE) is equipment that protects the safety and health of workers by acting as far as possible on the source of the hazard.) |
29.10.2024 | 12:49:21 | gen. | rationale | обоснование причины (the rationale behind the decision • the government's rationale for introducing such radical legislation. NOTD) |
25.10.2024 | 19:27:41 | gen. | guarantee | гарантия (against • There was no guarantee against misuse of the king's power. • for: The demonstrators were demanding guarantees for fair elections. • of: Driving into town early is no longer a guarantee of getting a parking space.) |
23.10.2024 | 12:08:39 | gen. | hope | надеяться (The tagging program hopes to trace animals long enough to work out their main migration routes.) |
11.10.2024 | 13:56:28 | gen. | white | белогвардеец (часто White; The White movement (Russian: Бeлое движенiе/Белое движение, tr. Beloye dvizheniye; ) and its military arm the White Army (Бѣлая Армiя/Белая Армия, Belaya Armiya), also known as the White Guard (Бeлая Гвардiя/Белая Гвардия, Belaya Gvardiya) or the Whites (Белые and белогвардейцы, "White Guardsmen"), was a loose confederation of Anti-Communist forces who fought the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War (1917-1922). |
30.09.2024 | 11:13:41 | gen. | sham director | лжепредседатель (As long ago as 1999, Britain's sham director industry was officially struck down – or so it seemed. The minister Kim Howells, in the Department of Trade and Industry, boasted: "The government today struck a fatal blow against the practice of so-called 'nominee directorships'.". TG) |
29.09.2024 | 11:31:38 | gen. | within | с соблюдением (Within clear guidelines, managers can use their budget to entertain clients. OCD. Our aim is to continue to be as environmentally friendly as it is possible within the price constraints in our marketplace.) |
27.09.2024 | 14:50:27 | econ. | spiral | постепенно повышаться (о ценах и т.п. • But speculation of Putin's failing health has been spiraling since, with some opposition activists even claiming that the president is terminally ill with cancer. TMT) |
24.09.2024 | 9:10:37 | gen. | land charges | обременения незарегистрированного участка (third party rights affecting unregistered land that require to be registered in the Land Charges Register in order to bind purchasers for value of that land. Included in the categories of land charges are restrictive covenants, equitable easements, estate contracts, mortgages not protected by the deposit of title deeds and the right of a deserted spouse to remain in the matrimonial home. Additionally, local authorities in England and Wales are required to keep a Register of Local Land Charges in which are to be entered details of local authority charges, planning charges and the like, which, when registered, bind successive owners of the land. Local land charges affect registered as well as unregistered land. Collins Dictionary of Law) |
19.09.2024 | 11:15:17 | gen. | game on | от винта (People say game on to mean that they are ready for something challenging to begin.
You think you can beat me? Game on!
Note: You can also say it's game on for someone to mean that they are about to face a challenge.
It's game on for toy makers as Christmas approaches. |
19.09.2024 | 11:12:56 | gen. | game on | ты в игре (1. A phrase used to literally start a game.
Is everyone lined up? OK, game on!
2. A phrase used when one is ready to meet or pursue a particular challenge.
All right, game on—let's get the cleaning started!
3. A phrase used when one is eager to benefit from a particular situation.
I thought I was doing the work for free, but hey, if she wants to pay me, game on! |
16.09.2024 | 13:11:05 | gen. | systemic | общий (Corruption in the police force is systemic. LDCE) |
13.09.2024 | 10:35:00 | gen. | human capital | инвестиции в людей (people, when considering the value of their skills, knowledge and experience to an organization or a country: Financial capital means little to a company without human capital. OBED • «Инвестиции в людей: экономика качества населения» (1981 г.)) |
9.09.2024 | 16:46:51 | road.wrk. | junction | разгонно-тормозной участок (especially BrE) NAmE usually inter·sec·tion) the place where two or more roads or railway/railroad lines meet • It was near the junction of City Road and Old Street. • Come off the motorway at junction 6. • The most complicated motorway interchange in Britain is known as Spaghetti Junction. OALD. • Any attempt to build a junction to allow non-motorway traffic to exit would, therefore, be spending wads of cash on sliproads and bridges to ...) |
9.09.2024 | 16:44:59 | gen. | junction | перекрёсток (A collision occurred when the said Ford motor car, travelling in a northerly direction along Regent Street, drove into the Claimant’s vehicle at the junction between Oxford Street and Regent Street. LE) |
9.09.2024 | 13:22:30 | gen. | desperately want | быть кровно заинтересованным (Мы кровно заинтересованы в улучшении ситуации в стране – We desperately want to see an improvement of the situation in the country) |
4.09.2024 | 18:16:14 | gen. | make way | уступать дорогу (make way (for sb/something) idiom to allow sb/something to pass; to allow sb/something to take the place of sb/something • Make way for the Lord Mayor! • Tropical forest is felled to make way for grassland. OALD) |
2.09.2024 | 21:23:29 | gen. | far off | на большом расстоянии от (Debris from a failed Russian spacecraft fell into the Pacific Ocean far off Chile on Sunday, the state-run RIA news agency has quoted a Russian military official as saying.) |
27.08.2024 | 9:38:15 | gen. | stagehand | рабочий сцены (источник – Speak better Russian. A conversation manual. George Rubinstein; ссылка –
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23.08.2024 | 12:57:33 | gen. | registered | зарегистрированный (GNMTC is not a Libyan-registered company subject to economic sanctions, but Hannibal Gadhafi is on a United Nations blacklist of figures associated with the North African regime. TMT) |
23.08.2024 | 9:25:14 | gen. | notice of pre-emptive right | сообщение об итогах осуществления преимущественного права |
21.08.2024 | 12:58:42 | adv. | fitting room | примерочная (источник – Speak better Russian. A conversation manual. George Rubinstein; ссылка –
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20.08.2024 | 10:44:49 | gen. | length of service | стаж работы (источник – Speak better Russian. A conversation manual. George Rubinstein; ссылка –
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9.08.2024 | 9:44:19 | gen. | birtherism | биртеризм ((slang, often derogatory, US politics) A movement in the United States of America that doubts or denies that the 44th President, Barack Obama, is a natural-born U.S. citizen, thus implying that he is ineligible to be President. • But Obama's plunge into the fever swamp of birtherism was just the latest detour on what had already been a long, strange trip—with many miles still to go. |
7.08.2024 | 19:53:35 | brit. | footplate | опорная поверхность (the platform for the crew in the cab of a locomotive. COED) |
24.07.2024 | 16:09:12 | account. | Income and Expenditure Account | Отчёт о доходах и расходах (готовится неприбыльными организациями (non-profit-making organizations), напр., клубами, как аналог Отчета о прибылях и убытках (Profit and Loss Account) для компаний; Income and expenditure account is merely another name for profit and loss account. Such type of profit and loss account is generally adopted by non trading concerns like clubs, societies, hospitals, and like etc. This account is credited with all earnings (both realized and unrealized) and debited with all expenses (both paid and unpaid) The difference represents a surplus of deficiency for a given period which is carried to the capital account. It should be noted that items of receipts or payments of capital nature such as legacies, purchases or sales of any fixed assets must not be included in this account. Read more at |
22.07.2024 | 11:41:55 | gen. | geography | территория (выполнения работ и т.д. и т.п. // (chiefly business and marketing) A territory: a geographical area as a field of business or market sector. • We currently operate only in EU countries but we're building prototype services for various geographies.) |
22.07.2024 | 10:59:15 | EBRD | spread | маржа (the difference between two rates or prices. COED) |
12.07.2024 | 19:28:20 | gen. | proprietor | владелец |
8.07.2024 | 13:18:25 | gen. | May | майский (In a May poll by the respected Levada Center, 22 percent of respondents said they wanted to move abroad for good, compared with 13 percent in April 2009. TMT) |
5.07.2024 | 17:23:47 | law | remedy | средство защиты прав (The usual remedy which the court may order for breach of contract is damages. Another remedy the court may grant in certain cases is an injunction. LE) |
5.07.2024 | 10:47:55 | gen. | entitle | давать право (на что-либо: to give someone the right to do or have something • Being unemployed entitles you to free medical treatment. LDCE) |
5.07.2024 | 10:06:35 | gen. | entitle | давать право (to give someone the right to do or have something: entitle sb to (do) something • "The chief executive will face protest at the AGM over his contract, which could entitle him to a £5m pay off. be entitled to (do) something "He was not entitled to receive any compensation. entitle sb to do something "If I have a registered trademark, does that automatically entitle me to use that mark as my domain name? • be entitled to do something "He was not entitled to receive any compensation under his employment contract. CBED) |
30.06.2024 | 19:49:14 | med. | diagnosis | постановка диагноза (быстрая постановка диагноза — fast diagnosis) |
24.06.2024 | 16:05:55 | gen. | total | совокупный (We already have 31 overseas members out of a total 140 members. CALD3) |
24.06.2024 | 15:49:43 | gen. | total | всего (A total 1,200 such 91-ton-payload dump trucks are produced worldwide annually. TMT) |
21.06.2024 | 14:00:54 | gen. | nothing like | ничего похожего (And besides, although he likes to toy with the symbols of the Soviet Union, the modern Russian Federation is nothing like as disciplined or unitary as the communist state was. TG) |
29.05.2024 | 9:54:09 | gen. | leave no stone unturned | проверить везде (to search in all possible places. (As if one might search under every rock.) • Don't worry. We'll find your stolen car. We'll leave no stone unturned. In searching for a nice place to live, we left no stone unturned. |
29.05.2024 | 9:51:29 | gen. | leave no stone unturned | постараться по максимуму (1. To look for something in every possible place.2. To do all that one can or use every available resource to complete a task. • 1 We left no stone unturned looking for that earring, but we still couldn't find it. I'm thinking it got thrown out. Police vowed to leave no stone unturned trying to track down the fugitive. 2 I left no stone unturned when I was researching my thesis topic. I think I checked out every book on it that the library had! |
28.05.2024 | 11:04:28 | gen. | you can't win them all | никогда не знаешь, где найдешь, где потеряешь (1953 R. CHANDLER Long Good-bye xxiv. Wade took him by the shoulder and spun him round. ‘Take it easy, Doc. You can’t win them all.’ 1984 ‘C. AIRD’ Harm’s Way xviii. ‘The finger being found on the footpath was just bad luck on the murderer’s part.’ ‘You can’t win them all,’ said Crosby ambiguously. 2002 Washington Post 18 Mar. C11 (Born Loser comic strip) ‘They say you can’t win them all..however, as evidenced by Brutus Thornapple, evidently you can lose them all!’ Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs) |
28.05.2024 | 11:02:38 | gen. | you can't win them all | неудачи бывают у всех (you can't win them all/(you) win some, (you) lose some phrase. used for showing sympathy to someone who has not been successful or for showing that you accept that you have not been successful: • I thought we’d get the building contract, but I suppose you can’t win them all. MEDAL) |
28.05.2024 | 11:00:11 | gen. | it's better to have tried and failed than never to have tried at all | лучше попробовать что-то и жалеть об этом, чем потом жалеть, что не попробовал (As the saying goes, "it's better to have tried and failed than never to have tried at all." How can you be successful if you don't make an attempt?) |
28.05.2024 | 9:50:33 | law | to order | на заказ (in response to a specific order or request Everything in this restaurant is cooked to order. MWALD) |
23.05.2024 | 11:40:54 | gen. | enforcement | взыскивание (Enforcement / enforcing a judgment: When a judgment/order has not been paid or terms obeyed with, enforcement proceedings can be issued to ensure compliance. A court can order such action as the seizure of a defendant’s property for sale. LT) |