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19.04.2024 | 9:09:17 | gen. | whatever that might mean | неизвестно, что он этим хотел сказать |
19.04.2024 | 9:02:20 | gen. | not to the extent that | не до такой степени, чтобы ("It seems to me there is no rational explanation for the perpetration of these crimes by Mr. Vermeulen," Provincial court Judge Eric Peterson said Wednesday before delivering the sentence. "He is mentally ill, but not to the extent that it would excuse his conduct." (News 1130)) |
19.04.2024 | 8:59:33 | gen. | drive around aimlessly | бесцельно ездить (We climbed back into his car and drove around aimlessly until it was time to get on the train. ) |
19.04.2024 | 8:52:48 | inf. | pumpkin-headed | тупой (о человеке) |
19.04.2024 | 8:51:22 | idiom. | as sharp as a marble | тупой как пробка (Some people are about as sharp as a marble.) |
19.04.2024 | 8:50:50 | idiom. | as sharp as a marble | недалёкий (Some people are about as sharp as a marble.) |
19.04.2024 | 8:14:39 | archit. | bland character | невыразительный (Handy transit. Intense street traffic. Convenient shopping and services. But bland character, at least so far. That about sums up the verdict of people interviewed who live and work at the dense glass-and-steel highrise hub that has shot up in the past eight years at the congested intersection of Vancouver’s Cambie Street and SW Marine Drive. (vancouversun.com)) |
19.04.2024 | 8:13:24 | inf. | keep it clean | не выражаться (нецензурно • Keep it clean and stay on the subject, or we might delete your comment. • Keep it clean guys. – Не выражаться, мужики) |
19.04.2024 | 8:12:46 | law, contr. | make no representations or warranties | не выступать с заверениями или гарантиями (The parties make no representations or warranties other than those expressly stated in this Agreement. – Стороны не выступают с заверениями или гарантиями иного рода, чем те, которые недвусмысленным образом выражены в данном Договоре.) |
19.04.2024 | 8:11:00 | inf. | negative stuff | негатив (Sometimes there's negative stuff in the news and we have to cover it.) |
19.04.2024 | 8:05:47 | cliche. | that is not the point | не в этом дело (That is not the point. What I'm saying is that some bus drivers should not be on the road. I just saw a near-accident caused by a transit bus travelling in the right turn lane and blowing straight through the intersection. The guy turning left was almost T-boned.) |
19.04.2024 | 7:57:53 | idiom. | steer clear of | не приближаться к (He estimated the creature was 12 to 15 feet long — and it was “grunting.” The sight were so disconcerting, the couple decided to steer clear of the hulk as it headed toward a nearby channel, he said. |
19.04.2024 | 7:54:29 | fig. | low-key | не привлекающий к себе внимания (Some families are really flashy and obnoxious about their wealth, they live in glitzy neighbourhoods, but there are even more of those who prefer a low-key lifestyle. – предпочитают не привлекать к себе внимания / вести скромный образ жизни) |
19.04.2024 | 7:53:02 | fig. | low-key | не выделяющийся (на фоне соседей – предпочитающий жить скромно, не привлекать к себе внимания) |
19.04.2024 | 7:52:15 | law | outstanding fees | невыплаченное комиссионное вознаграждение |
19.04.2024 | 7:11:18 | cliche. | sole purpose | единственное предназначение (Предназначение — добавление приставки "пред" сужает количество значений, в которых употребляется слово. Контекст подразумевает назначение чего-либо, которое произведено заранее (предварительно). "Тренер рассказал предназначение разных тренажеров. На курсах мы изучили предназначение столовых приборов." (kak-pravilno.net) • Yes, dogs will chase after and attack coyotes. There’s several breeds of dogs whose sole purpose was to protect farm animals from coyotes, wolves or bears. Whenever I’m out walking my dog he loses his mind if we cross paths with a coyote and if not leashed would chase after it. (Reddit)) |
19.04.2024 | 6:39:29 | cliche. | I sure hope so | надеюсь, что да |
19.04.2024 | 6:39:29 | cliche. | I sure hope so | надеюсь, что так и есть |
19.04.2024 | 6:39:29 | cliche. | I sure hope so | надеюсь, что это так |
19.04.2024 | 6:37:15 | HR | interpersonal skills | умение общаться с людьми |
19.04.2024 | 6:26:29 | formal | that makes me inclined to concur with | я склонен согласиться с (вследствие чего-л. • Anyway, it's the kind of thing that makes me inclined to concur with the lawyer who told me these kinds of random audits are really a waste of resources. (Twitter)) |
19.04.2024 | 6:22:39 | sarcast. | my sympathies | сочувствую вам ("I received notice -- I’m being audited for empty homes tax for 2022. Follow me for this journey as I work to prove I’ve lived in the same home for 15 yrs." "Ha ha ha. My sympathies. I had to prove this last year (lived in the same house since 2001). One tip: Producing a utility bill for, say, February in your name and another for November of same year in your name is not good enough." (Twitter)) |
19.04.2024 | 6:07:16 | gen. | not entitled to | не положено (+ verb • “They’re not entitled to know how much income is; they’re not entitled to know any of these things at all; it’s a huge invasion of privacy,” he said. Since he went public with his experience, he’s received hundreds of responses from friends and even other government employees stating that they’ve also experienced a nightmare dealing with this process. -- Им не положено знать, какой у меня доход, им ничего этого не положено знать, это крупномасштабное вмешательство в мою частную жизнь (dailyhive.com)) |
19.04.2024 | 6:00:29 | gen. | that seems to be good enough | этого достаточно (for sb. – для кго-л. • He said the Province, through its Speculation and Vacancy Tax, doesn’t ask nearly as many questions, and he has real concerns about what the City does with that information. “ICBC, I give them my address. They don’t double-check. They just put your address down on your driver’s license. To get on the voter’s list, I just swear a statutory declaration that I live at this address, and that seems to be good enough for Elections Canada. But for some reason, it’s not good enough for the City of Vancouver, and to me, there’s just something wrong here with how intrusive this is,” he said. (dailyhive.com)) |
19.04.2024 | 5:53:30 | disappr. | absolutely nuts | полный маразм (“Is it constitutionally essential to prove my residency by sharing my marriage certificate with a municipality?” he asked online, in what the former Chief of Staff called a “Stalin-era style probe.” How do you prove you live in your home? In an interview with Daily Hive, Allam says not only is this an overstep, but their marriage certificate proves nothing about whether they actually live there or not. “None of that proves residency,” he said. “Absolutely nuts, all this stuff that’s going on.” (dailyhive.com)) |
19.04.2024 | 5:06:03 | cliche. | the issue is that | проблема заключается в том, что (He says the City told them they needed to provide additional information and that those documents needed to match the people who live in the home. The issue is that his wife put down her legal name instead of her maiden name on the declaration, which is what was used when they bought the home years ago, and now they have a paper trail nightmare. (dailyhive.com)) |
19.04.2024 | 4:17:48 | inet. | live stream via YouTube | вести прямую трансляцию на Ютубе (He described his remote observatories, which he has set up in places like Arizona's Sonoran desert, and how he live streams viewings via YouTube. "We're trying to make the sky accessible to people in a way that they may not ever see because they're in a big city with lights," he noted, adding that they view such things as stellar nurseries and supernovae. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
19.04.2024 | 4:15:00 | space | interstellar travel | путешествия к другим планетам (In the first half, he discussed the idea of interstellar travel, and venturing forth into the cosmos using various advanced technologies. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
19.04.2024 | 4:13:52 | abbr. | p/q | каждый квартал (strata levies: $477.00 p/q; water rates: $148.00 p/q.) |
19.04.2024 | 4:12:07 | cliche. | seems like just yesterday | кажется, что только вчера (Seems like just yesterday we were investing in dot-com stocks.) |
19.04.2024 | 4:07:50 | busin. | allocate funds | распределять средства (One solution he proposed is that if a corporation receives a federal contract or a federal subsidy, then they should not be allowed to conduct forced layoffs and instead set up a voluntary layoff system with incentive packages for people to leave. Leopold was also critical of how companies allocate their funds, paying out enormous salaries to their CEOs, which have ballooned to 800 times that of the average employee. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
19.04.2024 | 4:05:53 | gen. | propose a solution | предложить решение проблемы (to a problem • One solution he proposed is that if a corporation receives a federal contract or a federal subsidy, then they should not be allowed to conduct forced layoffs and instead set up a voluntary layoff system with incentive packages for people to leave. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
19.04.2024 | 4:03:27 | HR | layoff | кадровое сокращение (He also pointed out that many tech companies in recent years have made significant layoffs in their workforce, even though they remain profitable. -- провели массовые сокращения штата (coasttocoastam.com)) |
19.04.2024 | 3:53:42 | disappr. | cite the example of | привести в пример (In the first half, Les Leopold, the director of two non-profits, discussed how corporations in the US have used mass layoffs and stock buybacks to enrich shareholders at the expense of employees and how the impact of this financial strip mining and legalized looting is destroying the integrity of democratic institutions. The deregulation of Wall Street and an emphasis on greed created this situation, he noted, citing the example of Bed, Bath, & Beyond, where investors made gigantic stock buybacks, and this eventually led to the collapse of the company, where 30,000 people lost their jobs. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
19.04.2024 | 3:49:11 | disappr. | legalized looting | узаконенный грабёж (In the first half, Les Leopold, the director of two non-profits, discussed how corporations in the US have used mass layoffs and stock buybacks to enrich shareholders at the expense of employees and how the impact of this financial strip mining and legalized looting is destroying the integrity of democratic institutions. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
19.04.2024 | 2:45:34 | gen. | research vessel | "научник" (научно-исследовательское судно • On that occasion, actually on 18 August 1980, the captain of a Russian research vessel in the Sea of Japan saw a metallic-looking cylindrical object rise slowly from the sea and hover nearby before shooting away. (Janet & Colin Bord, "Unexplained Mysteries of The 20th Century") |
19.04.2024 | 2:38:35 | inf. | I'm stuffed | я наелся досыта |
19.04.2024 | 2:38:35 | inf. | I'm stuffed like a pig. | я наелся досыта |
19.04.2024 | 0:28:22 | gov. | government property | объект госимущества (Объявление, обращённое к любителям портить общественные туалеты, появилось в севастопольском Динопарке. Однако метод объявлений на объектах госимущества поддерживают не все. (из рус. источников)) |
19.04.2024 | 0:19:28 | met.work. | wrought iron | ковка (К сожалению при ремонтах не раз видел как красивая ковка срезается и идёт в металлолом, а вместо неё ставятся сварные конструкции. А ведь это и правда облик нашего города. Так сейчас не куют. Многие изделия собраны без сварки, на заклёпках и хомутах. Причём раньше клепали так, что заклёпку увидеть почти нельзя. (из рус. источников)) |
18.04.2024 | 10:05:37 | obs. | inferior station | низкое происхождение (of inferior station = низкого происхождения • "A half-starved Highland woman frequently bears more than twenty children, while a pampered fine lady is often incapable of bearing any (...). Barrenness, so frequent among women of fashion, is very rare among those of inferior station." (Adam Smith, "The Wealth of Nations")) |
18.04.2024 | 10:03:53 | gen. | foul language | нецензурные выражения (Violence and foul language will not be tolerated. (объявление в приёмной палате госпиталя)) |
18.04.2024 | 10:03:18 | gen. | not the easiest thing in the world | не так-то просто (Running a restaurant is not the easiest thing in the world.) |
18.04.2024 | 9:43:17 | gen. | be tight with money | не разбазаривать деньги (Tell her she should be tight with money in these tough times.) |
18.04.2024 | 9:42:42 | idiom. | tough sell | непопулярное решение (The new harmonized tax has turned out to be a tough sell among restaurant owners.) |
18.04.2024 | 9:42:12 | idiom. | tough sell | непопулярная идея |
18.04.2024 | 9:40:45 | gen. | for no obvious reason | по непонятной причине (She hates me for no obvious reason.) |
18.04.2024 | 9:38:05 | gen. | ignore the order | не подчиниться приказу (The father and son who ignored the order to evacuate saved the pilot of a water bomber who crashed into Okanagan Lake.) |
18.04.2024 | 9:36:16 | gen. | improperly | неподобающим образом (e.g., speaking of carrying out repairs or other work without due care) |
18.04.2024 | 9:34:40 | gen. | inappropriately | неподобающим образом (touching a baby inappropriately – дотронуться до ребёнка неподобающим образом) |
18.04.2024 | 9:31:54 | law, contr. | is not responsible and assumes no liability | не несёт ответственности (While every effort has been made to ensure its accuracy, XYZ Inc. is not responsible and assumes no liability for any action by any person in utilizing this financial information.) |
18.04.2024 | 9:31:39 | law, contr. | shall not be liable | не несёт ответственности (... shall not be liable to you for such deductions, withholdings or remittances – не несёт перед Вами ответственности) |
18.04.2024 | 9:31:10 | law, contr. | will not be held liable | не несёт ответственности (за – for • As the designated Greenville Shopping Center Santa Claus, I will not be held liable for any unfulfilled wishes.) |
18.04.2024 | 7:22:49 | gen. | stay out of one's way | не мешать (If you want to finish the cabinets, you can come on Thursday or Friday. Andy is having dental surgery on Thursday so he will be home on Friday, but will stay out of your way. – не будет вам мешать работать) |
18.04.2024 | 7:21:47 | inf. | one-time hot | некогда популярный (a one-time hot rocker • a one-time hot band) |
18.04.2024 | 7:14:52 | gen. | stay inside | не выходить на улицу (Environment Canada advises Metro Vancouver residents to drink lots of fluids and stay inside during this once-in-a-lifetime heat wave.) |
18.04.2024 | 7:10:47 | idiom. | on the lookout | начеку (Our officers are on the lookout for drunk drivers 24/7.) |
18.04.2024 | 7:09:43 | gen. | authentic pizza | настоящая пицца (No need to go to Naples to get a taste of authentic pizza – just come to Marcello's Pizzeria & Ristorante.) |
18.04.2024 | 7:08:56 | crim.law. | sexual assault | насильственные действия сексуального характера (as in ч. 1 ст. 132 УК РФ) |
18.04.2024 | 7:03:00 | inf. | bust a ring | накрыть шайку (The police have busted a counterfeit ring in Cariboo Heights.) |
18.04.2024 | 6:58:01 | disappr. | do you realize what you have done? | ты вообще понимаешь, что ты наделал? (Do you realize what you have done? Do you have any idea at all?) |
18.04.2024 | 5:54:44 | cliche. | that's a new one | это что-то новое (Montana is known for plenty of large wildlife like bears, mountain goats and elk. But elephants? That's a new one. (NBC Montana) |
18.04.2024 | 5:00:28 | hydrol. | originate | брать своё начало (о реке, источнике • The spring originate in the eastern Mendips, collecting mineral salts on the way, and and reaching the surface again at Bath. (AA Illustrated Guide To Britain)) |
17.04.2024 | 10:46:08 | hobby | skateboard | роликовая доска |
17.04.2024 | 10:04:27 | inf. | whiz past | мотаться (мимо • This used to be a quiet neighbourhood and now that they've built this new highway exit we've got cars whizzing past 24/7.) |
17.04.2024 | 10:00:12 | gen. | pitiful | можно пожалеть (It's hard not to think of these people buying super-realistic dolls as a little lonely and pitiful.) |
17.04.2024 | 9:59:42 | gen. | you can buy it | можно купить (You can buy it online.) |
17.04.2024 | 9:59:32 | gen. | can be bought | можно купить (Suet can be bought in natural form in many supermarkets.) |
17.04.2024 | 9:58:49 | gen. | I've got another commitment | мне нужно ещё в одно место (Look, Steve, I've got another commitment. I've got to be out of here latest 4:30.) |
17.04.2024 | 9:57:32 | gen. | sweetest | милейший (The director is the sweetest, most engaging man who is constantly talking on his cell.) |
17.04.2024 | 9:56:56 | gen. | local man | местный житель (A local man explained to us how to get back to the main road.) |
17.04.2024 | 9:54:03 | inf. | really come down | лить как из ведра (It's going to really come down tonight – up to 50 mm with strong westerly winds!) |
17.04.2024 | 9:40:38 | cliche. | where do I start? | с чего же начать? ("What would you change about your husband, Kerry?" "Change about Todd? Ahhh... Where do I start?") |
17.04.2024 | 8:54:28 | cliche. | just recently | совсем недавно (A contributor on BNN today said the business climate in Canada is already poor and noted that there used to be 12 solar panel production companies in Ontario and over the past decade 11 have left with the last one moving to Connecticut just recently. (Twitter) • The CRTC just recently handed down this decision.) |
17.04.2024 | 8:54:08 | cliche. | not so long ago | совсем недавно |
17.04.2024 | 8:53:57 | cliche. | fairly recently | совсем недавно |
17.04.2024 | 8:53:30 | cliche. | just a little while ago | совсем недавно |
17.04.2024 | 6:00:56 | media. | fake news story | лженовость (Beware of misinformation. Another one of those fake news stories, which turns into a deceptive ad, is making the rounds. (Twitter)) |
17.04.2024 | 6:00:56 | media. | fake news story | фальшивка (Beware of misinformation. Another one of those fake news stories, which turns into a deceptive ad, is making the rounds. (Twitter)) |
17.04.2024 | 5:53:43 | gen. | not have enough detail | недостаточно подробный (The map does not have enough detail to look up an individual address.) |
17.04.2024 | 5:26:35 | formal | further note | далее отметить (He concluded that personal experiences, coupled with replicable scientific studies, are pivotal in substantiating the efficacy of energy healing. He further noted that we are currently witnessing a paradigm shift towards an energy-based model of health. -- Далее он отметил, что ... (coasttocoastam.com)) |
17.04.2024 | 5:23:57 | scient. | replicable scientific studies | воспроизводимые исследования (Leskowitz underscored the practicality of incorporating meditation and physical exercise, particularly from disciplines like yoga, Tai Chi, and Qi Gong, to enhance one's energy field. He concluded that personal experiences, coupled with replicable scientific studies, are pivotal in substantiating the efficacy of energy healing. (coasttocoastam.com) • Зачем проводить воспроизводимые исследования? Воспроизводимое исследование позволяет исследователям гарантировать, что они могут многократно повторять один и тот же анализ с одинаковыми результатами в любой момент этого процесса. (из рус. источников)) |
17.04.2024 | 5:12:58 | welln. | physical exercise | физические упражнения (Leskowitz underscored the practicality of incorporating meditation and physical exercise, particularly from disciplines like yoga, Tai Chi, and Qi Gong, to enhance one's energy field. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
17.04.2024 | 5:09:44 | med., alt. | energy healing | лечение биоэнергией (Лечение биоэнергией, биоэнерготерапия – лечение болезней и патологий с помощью биологической энергии • Psychiatrist Eric Leskowitz, MD, has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is the author/editor of four books. In the first half, he discussed the wealth of evidence supporting the reality of the human biofield, the role of life energy in healing therapies, and the many manifestations of energy at individual, group, and global levels. He shared his personal journey of moving away from a more traditional stance after discovering the power of energy healing and alternative medicine. The biofield, he explained, can be considered an energy field around and within the human body, and its reality has been demonstrated by such energy healing modalities as Reiki. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
17.04.2024 | 4:20:13 | life.sc. | human biofield | биополе человека (Psychiatrist Eric Leskowitz, MD, has published over 50 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and is the author/editor of four books. In the first half, he discussed the wealth of evidence supporting the reality of the human biofield, the role of life energy in healing therapies, and the many manifestations of energy at individual, group, and global levels. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
17.04.2024 | 4:15:29 | gen. | deem compelling | счесть убедительным (Malm indicated that the oddity stayed surfaced for approximately four minutes before it eventually vanished back into the waters of Loch Ness. In what may be a maddening detail to those who have spent countless hours looking for Nessie, the tourist noted that it was actually his family's first visit to the location. He also mused that the experience transformed him from a "total skeptic" to thinking "there must be something there." To that end, Malm subsequently submitted his image and account to the Official Loch Ness Monster Sightings Registry, which deemed it "compelling" and recognized it as the first official sighting of 2024. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
17.04.2024 | 4:13:03 | lit. | madden | лишить рассудка ("Her beauty maddened me like wine." (P.G. Wodehouse)) |
17.04.2024 | 4:08:17 | photo. | take an image | сделать фото (A British tourist recently snapped a photo of a peculiar anomaly emerging from the water of Loch Ness and, in turn, has been credited with the first official sighting of the site's famed monster for 2024. The intriguing image, seen below, was reportedly taken by Parry Malm on April 4th as he and his family were vacationing at the popular Scottish location. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
17.04.2024 | 4:08:17 | photo. | take an image | сделать снимок (A British tourist recently snapped a photo of a peculiar anomaly emerging from the water of Loch Ness and, in turn, has been credited with the first official sighting of the site's famed monster for 2024. The intriguing image, seen below, was reportedly taken by Parry Malm on April 4th as he and his family were vacationing at the popular Scottish location. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
17.04.2024 | 4:04:25 | inf. | snap a photo | сфотографировать (*успеть быстро* • The weird anomaly was reported by multiple witnesses in the English county of Oxfordshire with many witnesses snapping photos of the sight and sharing the images on social media. (coasttocoastam.com) |
16.04.2024 | 7:24:49 | gen. | but there's more to the story | но это ещё не всё (Courtoy’s tomb would be remarkable for its imposing stature and cryptic veneer alone: It’s the largest, most elaborate construction in Brompton. But there’s more to the story. For the many visitors who make moonlight visits to the cemetery and for a small band of London raconteurs, the tomb’s missing key and resulting lack of access has led to speculation that something strange is going on inside—that it's secretly a time machine. (mentalfloss.com)) |
16.04.2024 | 7:20:53 | show.biz. | secure | договориться о приезде (или выступлении знаменитости • "The Queen Elizabeth Theatre is unfortunately the largest venue that was available to us on the day we were able to secure Mrs. Obama for that particular date," he says. Black admits no other event has sold out so fast.) |
16.04.2024 | 5:50:06 | gen. | be a happy-go-lucky person | жить, не думая о завтрашнем дне (A happy-go-lucky person does not plan much and accepts what happens without becoming worried. (Cambridge Dictionary) | Someone who is happy-go-lucky enjoys life and does not worry about the future. (Collins Dictionary): "I started out as a happy-go-lucky photojournalist...[but when] I stumbled on the story of Danny Casolaro and started learning about the CIA's involvement with drug dealing...I was so appalled I had keep to pushing on to either disprove these allegations...or come to terms with them," he revealed. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
16.04.2024 | 5:50:06 | gen. | be a happy-go-lucky person | жить беззаботно (A happy-go-lucky person does not plan much and accepts what happens without becoming worried. (Cambridge Dictionary) | Someone who is happy-go-lucky enjoys life and does not worry about the future. (Collins Dictionary): "I started out as a happy-go-lucky photojournalist...[but when] I stumbled on the story of Danny Casolaro and started learning about the CIA's involvement with drug dealing...I was so appalled I had keep to pushing on to either disprove these allegations...or come to terms with them," he revealed. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
16.04.2024 | 5:46:31 | gen. | be a happy-go-lucky person | не загадывать наперёд (A happy-go-lucky person does not plan much and accepts what happens without becoming worried. (Cambridge Dictionary) | Someone who is happy-go-lucky enjoys life and does not worry about the future. (Collins Dictionary) • "I started out as a happy-go-lucky photojournalist...[but when] I stumbled on the story of Danny Casolaro and started learning about the CIA's involvement with drug dealing...I was so appalled I had keep to pushing on to either disprove these allegations...or come to terms with them," he revealed. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
16.04.2024 | 5:45:43 | gen. | be a happy-go-lucky person | жить сегодняшним днём (A happy-go-lucky person does not plan much and accepts what happens without becoming worried. (Cambridge Dictionary) | Someone who is happy-go-lucky enjoys life and does not worry about the future. (Collins Dictionary) • "I started out as a happy-go-lucky photojournalist...[but when] I stumbled on the story of Danny Casolaro and started learning about the CIA's involvement with drug dealing...I was so appalled I had keep to pushing on to either disprove these allegations...or come to terms with them," he revealed. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
16.04.2024 | 5:44:26 | gen. | be a happy-go-lucky person | жить одним днём (A happy-go-lucky person does not plan much and accepts what happens without becoming worried. (Cambridge Dictionary) | Someone who is happy-go-lucky enjoys life and does not worry about the future. (Collins Dictionary) • "I started out as a happy-go-lucky photojournalist...[but when] I stumbled on the story of Danny Casolaro and started learning about the CIA's involvement with drug dealing...I was so appalled I had keep to pushing on to either disprove these allegations...or come to terms with them," he revealed. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
16.04.2024 | 5:33:43 | penitent. | serve a long sentence | отсидеть много лет (... Hansen and Treitz picking him up from prison (after he served a long sentence) and interviewing him over a long drive in the desert. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
16.04.2024 | 4:54:51 | gen. | peer into | заглядывать в (окно, дверь, некий портал • Hawthorne also touched on telepathic communications he received from the Reptilian, which took the form of brief phrases, as well as how, in some of the video footage, it seemed as though he might have been peering into a kind of portal where other entities were coming through. (coasttocoastam.com)) |
16.04.2024 | 4:49:39 | idiom. | make a break for it | вырваться на свободу (to escape from/towards somewhere or something, often by force (Cambridge Dictionary) • According to a local media report, the wild incident occurred early Saturday morning in the Cape Town suburb of Grassy Park. During a skirmish between two hippos at the Rondevlei Nature Reserve, one of the monstrous creatures attempted to flee the fracas and, in doing so, barreled through a fence to freedom. Noting that the fence that fell to the hippo during its escape was newly built, residents are understandably calling for the barrier to be strengthened in order to prevent future incidents wherein the sizable animals make a break for it. |