English | Russian |
a short while | вскоре (Within a short while it becomes hard to understand how we could have functioned without the knowledge gained from it. – Вскоре, становится трудно понять, как мы могли существовать без знания, полученного из неё (книги). NickMick) |
a whale of a | отличный (exceptionally great or excellent: This stuffed-shirt epitome of the East Coast Establishment of his day had a whale of a time at Chicago's World's Fair. 4uzhoj) |
amid a backdrop | на фоне (The counter-offensive comes amid a backdrop of losses for Isis in the Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk, in the Syrian capital of Damascus, after militants invaded it on 1 April. 4uzhoj) |
be at a high | быть очень высоким (The term refers to Finland's strict neutrality during the Cold War, enshrined in a 1948 treaty with Moscow when tensions between the Soviet Union and the West were at a high. nytimes.com) |
come up with a tit-for-tat response | дать зеркальный ответ |
come up with a tit-for-tat response | принять симметричные меры (4uzhoj) |
come up with a tit-for-tat response | отвечать зеркально |
drop to a new low | обновить минимум (As sterling dropped to new lows on Tuesday, signs outside bureaux de change along London's busiest shopping street offered variations that ranged from £92 to £96.50 for €100. 4uzhoj) |
fall to a fresh low | обновить минимум (fall to a fresh 13-month low – обновить 13-месячный минимум sega_tarasov) |
have a leading hand in military operations | руководить военными операциями (Washington Post Alex_Odeychuk) |
have a run-in with the law | попасть в поле зрения правоохранителей (During that time he had two more run-ins with the law. One involved the sale of stolen property. The other was for a series of hot checks. – ...она попадала в поле зрения правоохранителей ещё дважы 4uzhoj) |
hit with a fine | оштрафовать (Female tennis star Irina-Camelia Begu has been hit with a $10,000 fine by the French Tennis Federation for throwing her racket into the crowd at Roland Garros on Thursday. -- оштрафована на 10 тыс. долларов ART Vancouver) |
more on that in a bit | подробнее об этом читайте далее (dimock) |
put a cap on | законодательно ограничить (Bail bondsmen generally charge 10% of the bail amount up front in return for their service and may charge additional fees. Some states have put a cap of 8% on the amount charged. 4uzhoj) |
put someone in a tough spot | ставить в трудное положение (VLZ_58) |
put someone in a tough spot | ставить в неловкое положение (кого-либо: There really is no such thing as free advice, not for the person receiving it or giving it, as the president and a number of corporate CEOs on various economic advisory boards have experienced.
Some have commented that this has put business leaders in a tough spot as the President they advise becomes more controversial in his statements about race and bigotry. mercurynews.com 4uzhoj) |
put someone in a tough spot | поставить в неловкое положение (кого-либо 4uzhoj) |
put someone in a tough spot | поставить в трудное положение (VLZ_58) |
reject a claim | опровергнуть обвинения (Truss rejects claim that sanctions policy is influenced by Russia-linked donations to Tory party theguardian.com 4uzhoj) |
slap with a fine | оштрафовать (Woman with Down syndrome slapped with $223 fine for not topping up myki card: The mother of a Melbourne woman with Down syndrome who was slapped with a $223 fine for not topping up her myki card has called the incident “despicable”. com.au ART Vancouver) |
Topic A | главная тема (в газете) |
trigger a war | запустить маховик войны (Logofreak) |