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22.05.2023 | 4:07:20 | disappr. | it doesn't really make sense + infinitive | овчинка выделки не стоит (“We’re still growing in Surrey by 1,200 to 1,400 people a month, in the Metro Vancouver region we’re expecting another 1.3 million people — it doesn’t really make sense to replace a four-lane bridge with another four-lane bridge,” SBoT president and CEO Anita Huberman told Global News. globalnews.ca) |
22.05.2023 | 4:07:20 | disappr. | it doesn't really make sense + infinitive | незачем делать что-л. (“We’re still growing in Surrey by 1,200 to 1,400 people a month, in the Metro Vancouver region we’re expecting another 1.3 million people — it doesn’t really make sense to replace a four-lane bridge with another four-lane bridge,” SBoT president and CEO Anita Huberman told Global News. globalnews.ca) |
22.05.2023 | 4:07:20 | disappr. | it doesn't really make sense + infinitive | нелепо делать что-л. (“We’re still growing in Surrey by 1,200 to 1,400 people a month, in the Metro Vancouver region we’re expecting another 1.3 million people — it doesn’t really make sense to replace a four-lane bridge with another four-lane bridge,” SBoT president and CEO Anita Huberman told Global News. globalnews.ca) |
22.05.2023 | 4:07:20 | disappr. | it doesn't really make sense + infinitive | бессмысленно делать что-л. (“We’re still growing in Surrey by 1,200 to 1,400 people a month, in the Metro Vancouver region we’re expecting another 1.3 million people — it doesn’t really make sense to replace a four-lane bridge with another four-lane bridge,” SBoT president and CEO Anita Huberman told Global News. globalnews.ca) |
22.05.2023 | 3:28:05 | gen. | come across | сталкиваться с (In all my 30 years as an exotic animal show promoter, I've never come across a case like that! – я с таким никогда не сталкивался • It's not the first time a UFO has been spotted after former US Navy pilot Lt Ryan Graves said he saw the objects "pretty much daily" while he was on duty. He admitted he came across flashing lights, strange crafts, and other things he couldn't explain. mirror.co.uk) |
22.05.2023 | 3:27:17 | gen. | come across | произвести впечатление (Really? That's not how she comes across. – У меня о ней сложилось другое впечатление. • Mr. Ignatieff is so cold and stiff, that's how he comes across to many voters.) |
22.05.2023 | 3:21:44 | disappr. | pull a trick | отчебучить (Mr Klokus asked if Dr Nolan was sure humans possessed “literal physical material to evaluate, to analyse”. “Yes, 100 per cent,” he said. “It’s there. I was working with a group about seven or eight years ago and I literally got within a few weeks of gaining access to one of the objects. And when the people who didn’t want us to gain access to it found out about it they pulled some bureaucratic administrative tricks and snatched it away.” com.au) |
22.05.2023 | 3:21:44 | disappr. | pull a trick | отмочить (Mr Klokus asked if Dr Nolan was sure humans possessed “literal physical material to evaluate, to analyse”. “Yes, 100 per cent,” he said. “It’s there. I was working with a group about seven or eight years ago and I literally got within a few weeks of gaining access to one of the objects. And when the people who didn’t want us to gain access to it found out about it they pulled some bureaucratic administrative tricks and snatched it away.” com.au) |
22.05.2023 | 3:21:44 | disappr. | pull a trick | учудить (Mr Klokus asked if Dr Nolan was sure humans possessed “literal physical material to evaluate, to analyse”. “Yes, 100 per cent,” he said. “It’s there. I was working with a group about seven or eight years ago and I literally got within a few weeks of gaining access to one of the objects. And when the people who didn’t want us to gain access to it found out about it they pulled some bureaucratic administrative tricks and snatched it away.” com.au) |
22.05.2023 | 3:21:44 | disappr. | pull a trick | отколоть (Mr Klokus asked if Dr Nolan was sure humans possessed “literal physical material to evaluate, to analyse”. “Yes, 100 per cent,” he said. “It’s there. I was working with a group about seven or eight years ago and I literally got within a few weeks of gaining access to one of the objects. And when the people who didn’t want us to gain access to it found out about it they pulled some bureaucratic administrative tricks and snatched it away.” com.au) |
22.05.2023 | 3:21:44 | disappr. | pull a trick | устроить такое (Mr Klokus asked if Dr Nolan was sure humans possessed “literal physical material to evaluate, to analyse”. “Yes, 100 per cent,” he said. “It’s there. I was working with a group about seven or eight years ago and I literally got within a few weeks of gaining access to one of the objects. And when the people who didn’t want us to gain access to it found out about it they pulled some bureaucratic administrative tricks and snatched it away.” com.au) |
22.05.2023 | 3:21:44 | disappr. | pull a trick | проделать такое (Mr Klokus asked if Dr Nolan was sure humans possessed “literal physical material to evaluate, to analyse”. “Yes, 100 per cent,” he said. “It’s there. I was working with a group about seven or eight years ago and I literally got within a few weeks of gaining access to one of the objects. And when the people who didn’t want us to gain access to it found out about it they pulled some bureaucratic administrative tricks and snatched it away.” com.au) |
22.05.2023 | 3:10:44 | space | extraterrestrial intelligence | инопланетная цивилизация (A Stanford professor who has researched unidentified aerial phenomena for the US government says he believes extraterrestrial intelligence has not only visited earth but “it’s been here a long time and it’s still here”. Dr Garry Nolan also claimed that whistleblowers who have worked on “reverse-engineering downed craft” had recently given classified testimony to Congress, creating a “hornet’s nest in Washington”. com.au) |
22.05.2023 | 3:06:59 | space | advanced intelligence | высокоразвитая цивилизация (“Now the first question that people will ask is, well if they’re so frigging advanced why are they crashing? Because what’s crashing is not actual living things. I use this example a lot — if you wanted to study a tribe of cannibals in the middle of the Amazon, are you going to go yourself and show up in the middle of the tribe and not hopefully become dinner? If you’re an advanced intelligence, you’re not going to put your life and limb at risk by coming here.” Dr Nolan said “mostly what you’re seeing here are either drones or some sort of advanced AI or whatever it is”. com.au) |
22.05.2023 | 3:03:53 | gen. | sign off on | поставить свою подпись под документом (Asked by Mr Klokus what the “most compelling evidence” was for his claim, Dr Nolan said “you just need to look at what your government is doing right now about it”. “Just go and look at the number of politicians on both sides of the aisle who have come together and signed off on this statement,” he said. -- которые подписались / поставили свои подписи под этим заявлением com.au) |
22.05.2023 | 2:25:27 | cliche. | first-person account | повествование от первого лица ("Four Shot Dead, Nine Wounded." This was the headline on May 4, 1970 in Kent, Ohio, when National Guardsmen turned and fired more than 60 bullets at demonstrators against the Vietnam War at Kent State University. In just 13 seconds, four students were killed. Veteran May 4th journalist, Robert Giles, editor who directed The Akron Beacon Journal's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage, joined Ian Punnett to present an unforgettable, first-person account of what took place on the Kent State campus and in his newsroom during that fateful time. coasttocoastam.com) |
22.05.2023 | 2:25:13 | cliche. | first-person account | рассказ от первого лица ("Four Shot Dead, Nine Wounded." This was the headline on May 4, 1970 in Kent, Ohio, when National Guardsmen turned and fired more than 60 bullets at demonstrators against the Vietnam War at Kent State University. In just 13 seconds, four students were killed. Veteran May 4th journalist, Robert Giles, editor who directed The Akron Beacon Journal's Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage, joined Ian Punnett to present an unforgettable, first-person account of what took place on the Kent State campus and in his newsroom during that fateful time. coasttocoastam.com) |
22.05.2023 | 2:11:58 | idiom. | we're not out of the woods yet | положение остаётся сложным ("I want to make it clear: we're not out of the woods yet. What we'd like to see is a long steady rain that will soak into the forest and into the ground," Tucker said. "That will help us more than a short burst that would bring lightning and could spark a new wildfire.") |
21.05.2023 | 7:54:30 | formal | subject + be exempt from + object | не распространяться на (Cards and certificates that are for a specific good or service from a retailer are exempt from the new regulations. – Действие новых правил не распространяется на ... • Non-heritage homes in the Buckingham Heights area will be exempt from the new conservation requirements. – Действие ... не распространяется на ...) |
21.05.2023 | 7:53:59 | gen. | not apply to | не распространяться на (The new law does not apply to loyalty cards used to collect rewards or points, or to cards that are subject to federal jurisdiction, such as pre-paid phone cards. – не распространяется на) |
21.05.2023 | 7:03:47 | inf. | crazy busy with people | не протолкнуться (Sasamat Lake was crazy busy with people today. -- народу было не протолкнуться ) |
21.05.2023 | 3:38:37 | cliche. | once in the water | оказавшись в воде (The pair kept the stranded skate wet and tried to move it into some standing water nearby. "We pulled it by its tail into a tide pool," Pospisil tells V.I.A. "Skates do not have poisonous barbs like a stingray. They have small thorns to be wary of like a small prickle bush." Once in the water, the skate was able to breathe again; Pospisil adds that the tide was coming in to give it a route to the ocean again. -- Оказавшись в воде, скат снова смог дышать. vancouverisawesome.com) |
21.05.2023 | 3:27:28 | idiom. | get things off the ground | привести в действие (Because of the painstakingly complex and "restrictive" process, the Vancouver-based sports and entertainment company is forced to take business south. "In the States, it's so much more streamlined and they want you to do these things," says Weston. "For us to be successful, to get things off the ground, sadly we've got to go elsewhere." vancouverisawesome.com) |
21.05.2023 | 3:27:08 | idiom. | get things off the ground | запустить проект (Because of the painstakingly complex and "restrictive" process, the Vancouver-based sports and entertainment company is forced to take business south. "In the States, it's so much more streamlined and they want you to do these things," says Weston. "For us to be successful, to get things off the ground, sadly we've got to go elsewhere." vancouverisawesome.com) |
20.05.2023 | 7:02:57 | gen. | on the gaudy side | безвкусно ("Cuidado, señor!" he said with a sharp sneer. "And keep your paws to yourself. Nobody fools with me." He walked lithely across the room and plucked the knife out of the wood, tossed it in the air, spun on his toes and caught it behind him. With a snap it disappeared under his shirt. "Neat," I said, "but just a little on the gaudy side." (Raymond Chandler) – Ловко, но немного безвкусно.) |
20.05.2023 | 6:59:17 | law, contr. | unreasonable | без достаточных на то оснований (subject to written approval of the Supplier, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed ) |
20.05.2023 | 6:34:04 | gen. | tell from | отличить (How do you tell a good deal from a scam? – Как отличить, где настоящее предложение, а где надувательство?) |
20.05.2023 | 6:07:02 | fig. | put on a show | показаться во всей красе (Stunning sunrise. Clouds were putting on a show this morning.) |
20.05.2023 | 2:53:16 | fig. | make a leap | совершить прыжок ("Cultures all around the world," he continued, "have these stories of visitors from the stars coming and enabling us to make that great leap forward that turned us from living on subsistence on the planet's surface to civilization builders." One example of this was Asherah, a female entity remembered by the ancient tribes of Israel, who was said to teach our ancestors the secrets of farming. coasttocoastam.com) |
20.05.2023 | 1:39:41 | polit. | be part of | участвовать (In 2020, Brigadier General Haim Eshed, Israel's former Chief of Space Security, said that ET races have been in contact at a covert government level for decades and are part of a Galactic Federation. coasttocoastam.com) |
20.05.2023 | 1:39:41 | polit. | be part of | принимать участие (In 2020, Brigadier General Haim Eshed, Israel's former Chief of Space Security, said that ET races have been in contact at a covert government level for decades and are part of a Galactic Federation. coasttocoastam.com) |
20.05.2023 | 1:39:41 | polit. | be part of | быть участником (In 2020, Brigadier General Haim Eshed, Israel's former Chief of Space Security, said that ET races have been in contact at a covert government level for decades and are part of a Galactic Federation. coasttocoastam.com) |
19.05.2023 | 8:02:36 | gen. | Yours lovingly | Любящий тебя (заканчивая письмо: "My Dear Wife:(space) I am called out of town to some major operations. I go with Dr. Robertson, my old friend. He promises me a bonanza! Do not worry. I will write details later. (space) Yours lovingly, (space) Willie") |
19.05.2023 | 5:16:23 | gen. | expert | профильный специалист |
19.05.2023 | 4:12:12 | cliche. | more like | скорее ..., чем ("Yes, it's time to start the design and planning process so it can be started 10 years from now." "More like 20 years from now. These projects take a long time. These are generational projects." (Reddit)) |
19.05.2023 | 3:16:52 | cliche. | relevant | сохраняющий своё значение ("Old old 'news'." "Extremely important and relevant news, even if you don't care." (Reddit)) |
19.05.2023 | 3:16:39 | cliche. | relevant | не утративший своего значения ("Old old 'news'." "Extremely important and relevant news, even if you don't care." (Reddit)) |
19.05.2023 | 3:14:14 | cliche. | relevant news | актуальная новость ("Old old 'news'." "Extremely important and relevant news, even if you don't care." (Reddit)) |
19.05.2023 | 3:02:37 | topogr. | superimpose | совпадать с контурами (на карте: Oliver was perhaps the first to propose the ancient technology aspect of Atlantis, detailing the idea of projected holographic images. The map Oliver drew in 1886 of the Atlantean island superimposes perfectly over a modern-day scan of the Atlantic Ridge, Le Flem marveled. -- идеально совпадает с контурами / идеально накладывается на контуры coasttocoastam.com) |
19.05.2023 | 2:51:25 | gen. | outline can be seen | видны очертания (He pointed out that the outline of an enormous continent can be seen in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, and this may have been the site of the fabled Atlantis, which was said to break into a number of islands over several cataclysmic events. coasttocoastam.com) |
19.05.2023 | 2:46:33 | polit. | maintain practical control of | практически контролировать (Gaffney asserted that China maintains practical control of such international organizations as the UN, the World Trade Organization, and especially the World Health Organization. He also claimed that many members of the US government have betrayed our country in regards to China and should be held accountable. coasttocoastam.com) |
19.05.2023 | 2:44:34 | polit. | perpetrate warfare | вести войну (He views the Chinese-owned app TikTok as a tool of propaganda and "an instrument of warfare" that warps the viewpoints of the younger generations, as well as mines their personal data. Further, he cited the fentanyl crisis as a form of "chemical warfare" perpetrated by China. coasttocoastam.com) |
19.05.2023 | 2:41:02 | polit. | tool of propaganda | пропагандистское оружие (He views the Chinese-owned app TikTok as a tool of propaganda and "an instrument of warfare" that warps the viewpoints of the younger generations, as well as mines their personal data. coasttocoastam.com) |
19.05.2023 | 2:33:07 | gen. | lure | переманить (He lured her from our employment.) |
19.05.2023 | 2:32:33 | polit. | co-opt | переманить (в своих интересах: to persuade or lure (an opponent) to join one's own system, party, etc. (Collins Dictionary): He considers the Chinese Communist Party to be a "transnational criminal organization" akin to the Mafia that has committed crimes against its own people and humanity in general. The centerpiece of their strategy has been to co-opt American elites and receive preferential treatment for the marketplace and trade, he maintained, adding that "they transferred something on the order of 3 to 6 trillion dollars from our pension funds, our mutual funds...to the Chinese Communist Party." coasttocoastam.com) |
19.05.2023 | 2:28:14 | gen. | akin to | наподобие (She referred to the idea of the "electrome"-- our body's individual bioelectric system, and how every cell in the body has a voltage akin to a tiny battery. • He considers the Chinese Communist Party to be a "transnational criminal organization" akin to the Mafia that has committed crimes against its own people and humanity in general. coasttocoastam.com, coasttocoastam.com) |
19.05.2023 | 2:19:01 | inf. | hold off | сдерживать (The pre-sales are scheduled to begin in June, so we're holding off buyers till then. – до того времени мы сдерживаем покупателей) |
19.05.2023 | 2:12:51 | book. | thwart | помешать (to stop something from happening or someone from doing something; to prevent something from happening (Cambridge Dictionary): Our alarm system thwarted the burglary. • Nicolás Maduro claimed his troops have thwarted a botched attempt to topple him.) |
19.05.2023 | 2:12:30 | book. | thwart | остановить (to stop something from happening or someone from doing something; to prevent something from happening (Cambridge Dictionary): Remarkably, Eshed revealed that President Trump had been poised to reveal this information to the public, but was thwarted when the 'Galactic Federation,' which presumably governs intelligent species in the galaxy, intervened and requested that such a disclosure not occur. coasttocoastam.com) |
19.05.2023 | 2:10:27 | book. | thwart | удержать от (to stop something from happening or someone from doing something; to prevent something from happening (Cambridge Dictionary): Nicolás Maduro claimed his troops have thwarted a botched attempt to topple him. • In the first half, founder and executive chairman of the Center for Security Policy, an organization that champions "peace through strength," Frank Gaffney, shared his contention that China must be thwarted in what he views as its determined bid to crush liberty, destroy the US, and institute what Xi Jinping calls "global governance, directed and enforced from Beijing." coasttocoastam.com) |
19.05.2023 | 2:10:27 | book. | thwart | сдерживать (to stop something from happening or someone from doing something; to prevent something from happening (Cambridge Dictionary): Nicolás Maduro claimed his troops have thwarted a botched attempt to topple him. • In the first half, founder and executive chairman of the Center for Security Policy, an organization that champions "peace through strength," Frank Gaffney, shared his contention that China must be thwarted in what he views as its determined bid to crush liberty, destroy the US, and institute what Xi Jinping calls "global governance, directed and enforced from Beijing." coasttocoastam.com) |
19.05.2023 | 2:10:27 | book. | thwart | сдержать (to stop something from happening or someone from doing something; to prevent something from happening (Cambridge Dictionary): Nicolás Maduro claimed his troops have thwarted a botched attempt to topple him. • In the first half, founder and executive chairman of the Center for Security Policy, an organization that champions "peace through strength," Frank Gaffney, shared his contention that China must be thwarted in what he views as its determined bid to crush liberty, destroy the US, and institute what Xi Jinping calls "global governance, directed and enforced from Beijing." coasttocoastam.com) |
19.05.2023 | 2:10:27 | book. | thwart | предотвратить (to stop something from happening or someone from doing something; to prevent something from happening (Cambridge Dictionary): Nicolás Maduro claimed his troops have thwarted a botched attempt to topple him. • In the first half, founder and executive chairman of the Center for Security Policy, an organization that champions "peace through strength," Frank Gaffney, shared his contention that China must be thwarted in what he views as its determined bid to crush liberty, destroy the US, and institute what Xi Jinping calls "global governance, directed and enforced from Beijing." coasttocoastam.com) |
18.05.2023 | 9:31:09 | book. | sinister reputation | худая слава ("... who fled with a sinister reputation to South America" (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) -- "... который пользовался худой славой здесь и бежал впоследствии в Южную Америку" (русский перевод сделан до 1917 г.)) |
18.05.2023 | 6:26:26 | poetic | leaf-canopied | тенистый (об улице с густыми кронами высаженных деревьев: a 15-munute walk from city centre, down the leaf-canopied streets of the West End) |
18.05.2023 | 6:19:54 | photo. | clear image | чёткая фотография (Capturing a clear image on a kayak is also a struggle, so the photographer leans his body far out across the kayak to gain stability. vancouverisawesome.com) |
18.05.2023 | 6:19:54 | photo. | clear image | чёткий снимок (Capturing a clear image on a kayak is also a struggle, so the photographer leans his body far out across the kayak to gain stability. vancouverisawesome.com) |
18.05.2023 | 5:54:21 | univer. | graduate from a university | окончить университет (Martin Corrigan recently graduated from the University of British Columbia (UBC) with a degree in Environmental Sciences.) |
18.05.2023 | 5:10:08 | gen. | revamp | пересмотреть (Is it time to revamp our liquor laws?) |
18.05.2023 | 4:13:38 | cliche. | pretty much | можно считать, что (давая оценку: “The second I made that decision, he decided to run and he ran right across the road, right in front of me and I smashed into him right behind his shoulder blade,” he said. “I did a flip over him. I pretty much kissed the bear and then I guess I flew through the air.” nsnews.com) |
18.05.2023 | 4:12:44 | cliche. | pretty much | считайте, что (давая оценку: “The second I made that decision, he decided to run and he ran right across the road, right in front of me and I smashed into him right behind his shoulder blade,” he said. “I did a flip over him. I pretty much kissed the bear and then I guess I flew through the air.” nsnews.com) |
18.05.2023 | 4:08:25 | idiom. | make a split-second decision | принять мгновенное решение (The 30-year-old had to make a split-second decision – either slam on the brakes and come to a stop right next to the equally startled bear, or attempt to scoot around him and keep going. nsnews.com) |
18.05.2023 | 4:07:46 | idiom. | make a split-second decision | мгновенно принять решение (The 30-year-old had to make a split-second decision – either slam on the brakes and come to a stop right next to the equally startled bear, or attempt to scoot around him and keep going. nsnews.com) |
18.05.2023 | 3:57:58 | gen. | do a flip over | перелететь через (что-л.: Unfortunately, Milner and the bear both chose the same exit strategy. “The second I made that decision, he decided to run and he ran right across the road, right in front of me and I smashed into him right behind his shoulder blade,” he said. “I did a flip over him. I pretty much kissed the bear and then I guess I flew through the air.” nsnews.com) |
18.05.2023 | 3:55:25 | gen. | fare better | лучше перенести (неприятности, удар [than sb. -- чем кто-л.]: They waited about 15 minutes but it wasn’t help that arrived next. “He was like, “Oh shit, dude. He’s back. The bear’s back,’” Milner said. The bear, evidently, fared better in the collision than Milner did. “Man, those bears are built like a truck,” he said. “I thought I was going to die.” The bear also wasn’t phased by the bystander trying to ward it off from the injured and upset Milner. “He was kind of looking at me, really curious, kind of like, ‘What’s up with you?’ he said. “Then the bear just started eating grass. He pretty much just carried on with his day.” nsnews.com) |
18.05.2023 | 3:49:43 | cliche. | carry on with one's day | как ни в чём ни бывало продолжать заниматься своими делами (The bear, evidently, fared better in the collision than Milner did. “Man, those bears are built like a truck,” he said. “I thought I was going to die.” The bear also wasn’t phased by the bystander trying to ward it off from the injured and upset Milner. “He was kind of looking at me, really curious, kind of like, ‘What’s up with you?’ he said. “Then the bear just started eating grass. He pretty much just carried on with his day.” nsnews.com) |
18.05.2023 | 3:44:44 | gen. | hit | столкнуться с (Milner, who grew up in Lynn Valley, said he’s been riding in the Lower Seymour Conservation Reserve his whole life. That will probably stop now, he said. “The reason I rode in the demonstration forest is just to get away from the traffic, right?” he said. “But after hitting the bear, I mean, it’s probably safer just riding with cars.” nsnews.com) |
18.05.2023 | 3:41:12 | inf. | bump | столкнуться (случайно с кем-либо – into someone: The victim was with a girlfriend when they bumped into Brown and some of his colleagues in a bar.) |
18.05.2023 | 3:31:25 | cliche. | definitive explanation | исчерпывающее объяснение (for sth. – чего-л.: As things stand however, no definitive explanation for these sightings has ever been found. unexplained-mysteries.com) |
17.05.2023 | 8:05:21 | cliche. | fling around accusations | бросаться обвинениями (It is high time that Kennedy Stewart and all his ilk who claim to speak for the vulnerable to start taking the responsibility seriously and not as an opportunity to fling around accusations with real significance and meaning as though they were cheap toys at a party for spoiled children. nationalpost.com) |
17.05.2023 | 7:58:22 | cliche. | sad though it may be | как это ни печально (Former Vancouver mayor Kennedy Stewart is up to his old habits: parading petty grievances around like serious issues. This habit is long past being tiresome and is completely unbefitting someone who held top job in our country’s third largest city. Sad though it may be, this is now the go-to leftist political playbook: righteous victory if you win, blame systemic discrimination if you lose. nationalpost.com) |
17.05.2023 | 7:45:24 | gen. | have a firm hold | крепко держать (If your baby were to slip for any reason, you in fact have a firm hold here, so nothing bad will happen to him.) |
17.05.2023 | 7:45:09 | idiom. | keep a tight grip | крепко держаться (on – за: As I make my way up the stairs that lead to the attic, I realize Samantha wasn't exaggerating. First I feel a cold spot, then someone invisible tries to push me down the stairs. Luckily, I kept a tight grip on the railing.) |
17.05.2023 | 7:44:35 | gen. | hold on tightly | крепко держать (The woman – who only wants to be identified as Sally – says she was outside on her parents’ 31st-floor balcony when her husband told her to hold on to their three-year-old son tightly. He noticed a glass panel on the balcony was missing.) |
17.05.2023 | 4:48:07 | adv. | special offer | акция (Right now we have a special offer for our customers: 30% off on all patio doors!) |
17.05.2023 | 4:40:07 | gen. | had the news got out | если бы это стало известно (Over the years, he reportedly built up quite an archive of documents, records and investigative material pertaining to the phenomenon, yet none of this ever saw the light of day during the Queen's reign. "This is highly sensitive," UFO investigator Nick Pope told History TV. "Here you have the queen's husband investigating UFOs. Had the news got out it would have caused a sensation." unexplained-mysteries.com) |
17.05.2023 | 4:29:24 | avia. | hover | зависнуть в воздухе (To hover means to stay in the same position in the air without moving forwards or backwards. (Collins English Dictionary): The Duke allegedly first become interested in UFOs after his uncle – Lord Mountbatten – wrote an official report about a strange object that landed at his estate in Romsey, Hampshire back in 1955. In it, he described witnessing a saucer-shaped craft which hovered just above the ground before a strange man wearing overalls and a helmet descended to the ground. He was then knocked off his bike and pinned to the floor by an 'invisible force'. unexplained-mysteries.com) |
17.05.2023 | 4:07:17 | gen. | keep up to date on the subject | не отставать от последних новостей (на определённую тему: To keep up to date on the subject, Prince Philip had reportedly maintained a subscription to the journal Flying Saucer Review and had even looked over military reports about the phenomenon. unexplained-mysteries.com) |
17.05.2023 | 3:53:59 | formal | members of the public | граждане (обычно в речи представителя полиции и т.п.: We strongly urge any members of the public who witness the incident to please reach out and contact the transit police. • A series of minor tremors recorded on the Danish Baltic island of Bornholm Saturday has puzzled scientists, who now say they were caused by "acoustic pressure waves from an unknown source." (...) Police said they too were contacted by members of the public about the tremor on the eastern part of the island. Danish media reported that the tremors caused a crack in the wall of a house. phys.org) |
17.05.2023 | 3:48:33 | gen. | grow older | вырастать (о детях: Children, she suggested, have the ability to sense subtle types of energies and spirits, but these gifts tend to disappear as they grow older. coasttocoastam.com) |
17.05.2023 | 3:39:09 | gen. | as a kid | в детстве (As a kid, I worked at a dairy farm. • I remembered what happened to me as a kid. • My favorite movie as a kid was Ghostbusters.) |
17.05.2023 | 3:38:51 | gen. | as a kid | ребёнком ("Woke me up as a kid; I can recall coming out of my bedroom and seeing the dogwood in the back yard swaying." "Thanks for sharing! I slept through it here in Victoria (as a teenager), but many people felt it." twitter.com) |
17.05.2023 | 2:25:01 | police | impairment | наличие алкоголя (в крови у водителя при ДТП, обычно alcohol impairment: Pictures were shared with Daily Hive of a crash scene on Hastings Street in front of the Owl Drugs building. Pictures suggest at least two cars were involved in the accident, and it looks like police have blocked off the street until the crash is cleared. While impairment doesn’t seem to be a factor, Vancouver Police is continuing to investigate. dailyhive.com) |
17.05.2023 | 2:13:48 | cliche. | to the point that | до такой степени, что (The city said that after receiving two third-party engineering reports on the current fire and structural risks, it became clear the hotel has deteriorated to the point that it poses a danger to the public and adjacent buildings. vancouverisawesome.com) |
17.05.2023 | 2:13:15 | cliche. | to the point where | до такой степени, что (A close friend's spouse is in business real estate downtown and they're seeing a huge drop in interest for new leases, to the point where they're looking at changing their career focus. reddit.com) |
16.05.2023 | 23:36:47 | cliche. | used to + verb | раньше (My son's lunch used to consist of a peanut butter and jelly sandwich but he's not allowed that now because of peanut allergies in his class.) |
16.05.2023 | 23:36:02 | cliche. | it used to be that | раньше (It used to be that if you wanted to buy groceries you had to drive to the store. Now you can order your groceries online.) |
16.05.2023 | 8:27:38 | idiom. | deep waters | опасное положение (Англо-русский фразеологический словарь А.В. Кунина, М., 1984: "These are deep waters... Be cautious and think twice." – R.L. Stevenson 'Catriona', Ch.3 – "Это дело серьёзное... Будьте осторожны и хорошенько всё обдумайте." • "These are much deeper waters than I had thought." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) – Положение гораздо серьёзнее, чем я думал.) |
16.05.2023 | 8:26:57 | idiom. | deep waters | серьёзное положение (Англо-русский фразеологический словарь А.В. Кунина, М., 1984: "These are deep waters... Be cautious and think twice." – R.L. Stevenson 'Catriona', Ch.3 – "Это дело серьёзное... Будьте осторожны и хорошенько всё обдумайте." • "These are much deeper waters than I had thought." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) – Положение гораздо серьёзнее, чем я думал.) |
16.05.2023 | 8:26:24 | idiom. | deep waters | затруднительное положение (Англо-русский фразеологический словарь А.В. Кунина, М., 1984 : "These are deep waters... Be cautious and think twice." – R.L. Stevenson 'Catriona', Ch.3 – "Это дело серьёзное... Будьте осторожны и хорошенько всё обдумайте." • "These are much deeper waters than I had thought." (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) – Положение гораздо серьёзнее, чем я думал.) |
16.05.2023 | 5:06:22 | gen. | get indoors | укрыться в помещении (If you are in or near Kamloops, please get indoors. There is a powerful thunderstorm that is producing cloud-to-ground lightning and cloud-to-cloud lightning. It's not safe to be outside, so please get indoors. ) |
16.05.2023 | 4:58:11 | traf. | secure the load | закрепить груз (Nearly happened to me while riding a motorcycle, except it was a ladder. Another time riding a queen-sized mattress caught wind and flew off the back of a pickup truck. Again...I was lucky because I saw it ahead of time and was keeping my distance behind the truck. What really frustrated me though...is when I pulled over and helped the guy put the mattress back into the truck he said it was the second time that it happened that day. It was his girlfriend's mattress. He was helping her move but didn't secure the load. It fell out of his truck when I was riding behind him...apparently that was the second time. He didn't learn from the first time to tie it down. (Reddit)) |
16.05.2023 | 4:03:08 | humor. | take credit for | признаться в чём-л. (The seemingly innocuous Facebook post featuring various critters like turkeys and skunks caused residents to do a double take when they noticed that, included among the images, were three pictures featuring an unnerving figure with a monstrous face and skeletal hands. (...) That speculation was later confirmed when Evansville chief of police, Mike Thompson, stepped forward to take credit for the clever prank, which he said was inspired by the town's annual Halloween festivities. -- признался в содеянном coasttocoastam.com) |
16.05.2023 | 3:55:17 | journ. | do a story | снять репортаж (on – о чём-л, ком-л.: Today on the tree planting block one of the tree planters found this crazy humanoid FOOT! Friends who know archaeology, anthropology, palaeontology, weird animal identification… what IS this?? We all think it’s a baby Sasquatch foot. CTV contacted me and wants to do a story on Camille’s find! I’ll keep you posted! coasttocoastam.com) |
16.05.2023 | 3:49:37 | emph. | eye-popping | обалденный (That was one eye-popping show, I tell you.) |
16.05.2023 | 3:47:19 | emph. | jaw-dropping | обалденный (We went snow-shoeing to Dog Mountain for some jaw-dropping views of the city.) |
15.05.2023 | 4:10:39 | formal | engage with | проконсультироваться с (по поводу решении органа власти и т.п.: Dhawan is concerned that the city never engaged with neighbours when it decided to install the courts a few years ago. Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove confirmed there was no consultation, because that's not something the city typically does when it comes to parks. cbc.ca) |
15.05.2023 | 4:10:39 | formal | engage with | известить (по поводу решении органа власти и т.п.: Dhawan is concerned that the city never engaged with neighbours when it decided to install the courts a few years ago. Chilliwack Mayor Ken Popove confirmed there was no consultation, because that's not something the city typically does when it comes to parks. cbc.ca) |
15.05.2023 | 3:59:35 | emph. | treat as human beings | обращаться по-человечески (Something's in the air…please stop abusing us! I’m speaking for all servers who work at restaurants in English Bay, but holy cow we’ve collectively never seen some of the meanest most awful folks walk through our doors and sit in our sections. You guys, we’re not expecting huge tips and you to be our best friend. But please treat us as human beings. (...) Please be kind, please be patient, we understand you’re hot n hungry…so are we! We’re running around in the heat to make sure you’ve got your beers n food! reddit.com) |
15.05.2023 | 3:59:35 | emph. | treat as human beings | обращаться как с людьми (Something's in the air…please stop abusing us! I’m speaking for all servers who work at restaurants in English Bay, but holy cow we’ve collectively never seen some of the meanest most awful folks walk through our doors and sit in our sections. You guys, we’re not expecting huge tips and you to be our best friend. But please treat us as human beings. (...) Please be kind, please be patient, we understand you’re hot n hungry…so are we! We’re running around in the heat to make sure you’ve got your beers n food! reddit.com) |